Poster: A snowHead
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Anyone hired a car from Marco Polo and driven to the Corvara area.
Is there anything to be wary off?
No silly comments please boys and girls...
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Drove to Arraba from Venice in Jan and then back during that big dump mid Jan. Hire car came with chains but no winter tyres- no problems at all as long as you give plenty of time. If you are self catering we stopped at a supermarket just off treviso sud off ramp, that was huge and reasonably priced. There is a big sports shop opposite which had some really good deals if you need to get some last minute kit.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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New law passed recently all hire cars in Veneto now come with chains and winter tyres. Two routes up. The northern route through Zoldo Alto and Pescol is quicker than the southern route through Alleghe as you don't have to go through Belluno, which takes about twenty minutes. Belluno good for supermarkets and supplies if you're SC though. If you've got skis with you and an early morning flight in then ski Civetta for the afternoon on the way up. Well worth it.
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@cameronphillips2000, at a diesel pump in the mountains.
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Hells Bells wrote: |
@cameronphillips2000, at a diesel pump in the mountains. |
What will it say on the pump. Or is there some kind of sign on it?
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@cameronphillips2000, usually nothing at all.
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@cameronphillips2000,
When you arrive in Corvara, just fill it up, it will be winter diesel. Winter diesel can cope with low temperatures, regular diesel becomes waxy and sludgy and blocks the filters.
When we returned our replacement Panda to Europcar Marco Polo, there was a notice on the counter telling customers to fill up with winter diesel if going into the mountains. The girl behind the counter did freely admit that it hadn't been there when we'd collect our car.
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But lots of cars come with a full tank - which I guess could be a problem if you only have a short drive and it's extremely cold when you get there. You can buy wee bottles of an additive - might be useful to take one with you if the forecast is for v cold temperatures.
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@pam w, A short drive wont get you from the low areas to the mountains. If the car is hired at altitude, It'll already have winter diesel in it.
Any issues will be sorted by the hire company, it just becomes a PITA. We were taxied from Selva down to Bolzano where we jumped in another Europcar car.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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@Mollerski,
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A short drive wont get you from the low areas to the mountains.
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It is less than 100 miles from Venice to, say Cortina, about 1/5 or 1/6 of a diesel's range. IMHO 100 miles is a short drive
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johnE wrote: |
. IMHO 100 miles is a short drive |
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You know it makes sense.
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Just light a fire under the fuel tank before you come home.
Seriously, Corvara is probably not high enough to cause fuel freezing problems unless you get a very very cold snap.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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cameronphillips2000 wrote: |
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Seriously, Corvara is probably not high enough to cause fuel freezing problems unless you get a very very cold snap. |
It seriously is. Our Panda sludged up parked in the Hotel Alaska carpark, which is just up the valley from Corvara. Corvara is given at 1560m. Selva village is 1530m. The Alaska is at the top of the nursery slope, probably around 1560m, identical.
As I said earlier, when you arrive in Corvara, top it back up rather than leave it half empty for the week. You're gonna have to put more in at some point.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Always best to keep the tank topped up. And if it's snowy/icy/slushy leave the handbrake off when parked.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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The diesel in our car, filled up in Turin, waxed up in 2005 in Serre Chevalier at around 1500m.
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