How heavy is your canoe? I think the Yakima bars are rated to 115 pounds, but you should check into that. I've routinely flirted with (or exceeded) that weight in bikes on previous cars without problems, but you should know what weight the limit is and how close you are to it. You would also need tie downs in front and back. I'm sure there is a place on the HCH to tie down to, but I would make sure first.

On another note, I didn't notice any fuel economy impact for having the empty roof rack (with one bike tray) at city speeds. I pull my cross bars off on the highway so I don't know the impact there. With the bikes on, I see a 10-15% decrease, but it's still way better than my Subaru. I recently added two new bike trays, and did notice an impact on city mpg so you might see more of an impact than I did if your empty canoe carrier sticks up above the bars a lot. It's a 5 minute operation to put on/pull off a Yakima or Thule rack so unless you are canoeing weekly, it might be best to just leave it off when you aren't using it.

Commuter car, grocery getter, and summer road tripper--average 10k miles per year.


Winter road trips and ski trips, bad weather commuter and my wife's "daily" driver--expected average 4k miles per year.