Why we replaced the factory roof rails and crossbars with a made-to-measure steel platform. Under 2 m with the rack alone, 2.3 m with the rooftop tent, and four bolts to fit the tent. One solution that has worked for us for years.

Almost ten years with one rooftop tent, from Norwegian fjords to the bush of central Portugal. How we judged its size, what we really use, how we store it and mount it on the roof. For us, setting it up is like building a home each time in a new place.

Eighteen hours on a ferry full of people, cars and other dogs. Mrok coped better than we expected, and we learned that his calm depends mostly on ours. Then, on the way home, we met a white poodle.