$270.00 ticket if it covers your license plate.
Parked at Moja earlier this week with a Kuat on the subaru, right between the NV Bike police van with at NS rack, and an SUV with a rear tray rack that covered the plateā¦driven by an off duty cop. Your luck may change when you cross the bridge though (I've been warned in Vancouver a couple times in recent years).
Have had a Kuat NV for 5 years now. Very solid but keep the bits lubed and you'll be good to go. I had the ratchet arms replaced this year do to the internals being corroded, free of charge. Almost every part can be ordered for these racks as well, at a very reasonable price on their website.