We're trying to decide on a roof rack for our 2014 Forester that has rails. Once we have the cross bars, we will get the attachable ski racks.
Subaru parts: the aero bars appear, from photos, to attach directly to the rails and are essentially no higher than the rails themselves. Downside is that they appear to be permanently attached. Can anyone confirm this?
The round bars, again from photos, appear to attach to towers that attach to the rails and are several inches above the rails. They are also more expensive.
After market (Thule or Yakima): Both companies appear to have rounds or aero bar setups for the 2014 Forester.
Does anyone have positive or negative experience with any of these racks?
Any clue what they do to gas mileage?
Thanks for your opinions.