Poster: A snowHead
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Does anyone know if a double ski bag, c. 185 cms, will fit in the back of a rental Ford Focus with rear seats folded down? I'm thinking diagonally with other 2 small/medium cases piled around it.
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@Ozboy, When you hire a "Ford Focus," you won't necessarily get one - it could be any car of a similar size. My experience of cars that size is that you may need to remove the skis from the bag, and have one end of them sitting on the dash.
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I had the same question and after a bit of googling I found this link. Granted, it is for a VW Golf (Same class as Ford Focus, according to Avis) and for a snowboard, but it does seem doable.
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We used to have one - but an older model. No problems with fitting two pairs of skis in (one pair 169cm, one pair 175cm, in separate ski tubes) plus 2 big wheely bags and two lots of boot bags. We even did it one year with only one seat folded down and a passenger in the back!
If it's a bit tight, then taking the skis out of the bag usually works.
Mind you, I'm good at packing. I've gone away with a set of skis and a road bike, and all my skiing/bike/swim kit in a 2 seater so…..
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@Ozboy, i've rented all sorts of cars from different 'winter sports' destination airports, and from memory the smallest car I've ever been given from whatever 'class' of car I have specified, was a Renault Captur - which is probably a touch smaller than a Focus overall. I was able to get my skis in this vehicle with the split rear seat folded down. Granted this would have been a problem if I had had 3 other passengers. If you're only using the front seats, you should have no bother at all. If it is an issue when you get there, you might have to flutter your eyelashes and negotiate the use a different car that matches your requirements.
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I had a 2003 Ford Focus estate back in Geneva, and that was my ski car - easily carried multiple sets of skis on a regular basis, using one rear seat folded down.
Usual trip was 4 people in car, 4 pairs of skis/boards with one seat down, and everyone's boots and rucksacks, helmets etc in the rest of the boot.
Most extreme was coming back from the offpiste bash a couple of years ago, with two passengers - so 3 large suitcases, + a couple of cabin bags, one roller ski bag, and 10 other pairs of skis loose - including the biggest Whitedots they made at the time... It was a fairly tight fit, but all worked.
A non-estate would fit less though, and you are not guaranteed a Focus on pick-up, as said above.
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Thanks for all responses - very resourcseful forum. Worse case scenario I will suggest to Mrs Ozboy she sits in the back and will put the skis on the reclined front passenger seat from the footwell.
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@Ozboy, Suggest that you take a bungy cable with you. wrap it around the front headrests and support the front of skis on them. I do this in a VW polo with a set of 176's. The added advantage is if the skis are wet, they drip back into the boot.
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I have a ford focus and head to Glencoe all the time with 3 people in the car and 3 sets of skis.
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Ozboy wrote: |
Does anyone know if a double ski bag, c. 185 cms, will fit in the back of a rental Ford Focus with rear seats folded down? I'm thinking diagonally with other 2 small/medium cases piled around it.
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We do it about 3 times a year and have never had a problem with compact cars often they're Citroen C3s. We had a Corsa once, that was a bit of challenge with 10 days worth of stuff, 2 pairs of skis and a christmas tree (courtesy of Plaisirs Verts just outside Annecy), I think the skis might have gone down the middle that time. Our skis are 175 though so maybe you'll need a small hacksaw
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@pam w, or take out an eye if the bungy comes loose
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You know it makes sense.
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We have a Focus, I've tried bungees before now but they sag horribly under the weight unless you get them incredibly tight. So I put a wooden baton between the headrest uprights, cable tie it in place and rest the ski and board bags on that, down the centreline of the car with the tails on the parcel shelf. You could use a skipole instead or a golf umbrella.
We can, of course, fit stuff in diagonally, but we're usually traveling with the kids in the back in car seats.
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@SnoodyMcFlude, Correct... on all counts
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@Ozboy, I've had 193's in a Ka, so you should be fine. Take them out of the bag, sit the Mrs in the passenger seat and run the skis between her and the door.
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Thanks everyone - I'll go with the Focus.
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We have an A3 which is a similar size. You may get them in diagonally but the alternative to the drop 2 seats (inc centre) and put the bag on its side down the middle, resting on centre console (this for us with a double ski bag) You also may be able to wrap one of the belts around it to keep it secure.
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I used to get 2 sets of 205cm skis in an old Mini 1000 every week! You'll be alright!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@Ozboy, You could get one of these.
Ive used them for years, originally for hire car scenario - as you have described - but now tend to stow my skis inside my large estate for journey down then use rack for daily transport of (wet) skis.
Not too bulky so easily stowable in your luggage allowance and a really robust piece of kit that takes up to 5x sets of skis.
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I have the fall line 190 bag and got that into the back of a ford focus but yes it was tight
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If I can get skis in my old mini you'll be able to get them in a focus
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