I've been a life-long Thule customer with racks, bike carriers, and boxes. While I think that their boxes and racks work well (how can you screw up a box?), I don't think that I'll ever buy another one of their bike carriers again. I have a 2" hitch carrier and what would be considered a T2 Classic (bought before the XT existed). I've seen the way that their products have evolved, and I feel that over the last few years their bike carriers have turned to junk relative to the price that you pay. On a longer road trip the front wheel holders on the T2 always come loose, you need to find the sweet-spot to position the arm between location and air pressure. On their roof carriers, there is just a lot of slop, and it took them 10 years to make something that is what I would consider secure. I have a pile of their older roof carriers that I don't think I could sell to anyone in good conscience. For the prices that they charge for their hitch carriers, I would look elsewhere, like Kuat or OneUp. I know that I will.