Universal roof racks saved my dignity in a supermarket car park on a humid Saturday afternoon. There I was, attempting to slide a flat packed bookshelf into a hatchback clearly designed for optimism rather than practicality. A kind stranger watched as I tried angles that defied geometry. That was the day I realised two things. First, I should measure before buying furniture. Second, there is a quiet hero sitting on top of many cars, waiting to turn chaos into competence.
Let us talk about that hero.