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snowball,
Funny you should say that because I always smile when I talk to my nan who lives in a small village in the Lot. Many british citizens now live in the area, or have a second home there. There are also many dutch people and some germans..
Well my nan always says she liked the "anglais" because they take part in the local life and shop in the local shops, as opposed to the Dutch which she says come over with trailer loads form holland and just do not contribute to the local life or economy...
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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snowball, I think she is going to Switzerland, but the same thing surely applies.
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I used to drive to Scotland with a mountain bike and 3-4 pairs of skis on the roof of my Panda. Skis were in bags, bungied on (tight). Never a problem. I disagree with Kruisler, however, they should be bagged - just look at all the muck on you car at the end of the journey - you want that on your new skis.
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Why not stuff the skis and light squashable stuff like ski clothing in the roof box and put the heavy food lower down in the boot.
I guess there is no supermarket of any size in resort X. There is a MM Migros 22km back in the valley (takes 2h22 according to ViaMichelin ). BTW you should definitely get your chocky bars in Migros. Cheaper and better than the Cadburys and Mars.
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What's the issue with bungees? I use them for a surfboard and that's a heck of a lot more fragile than some skis.
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Swirly,
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What's the issue with bungees? I use them for a surfboard and that's a heck of a lot more fragile than some skis.
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Don't you find it difficult to stay upright on them?
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nessy, correct info. re: supermarket. There's a small spar, in the immediate valley village, but the mountain road must be 8+ miles long and takes some getting up - DH isn't keen on driving down and back again if we can avoid it once we are there - the last two years we haven't moved the car once we arrive. You can get bread, milk, butter etc. bought up, but at some expense!! and you need about 48hrs notice to get things.
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Megamum, you're making this far to complicated.
Put the skis inside the car, and bungee the kids next to the roof box. one either side will balance the car out, and if the bungees fail, then they can always hold on tight
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halfhand, dammit that explains a lot!
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Elizabeth B, That's the best idea yet , I'll threaten my two with that option, but will be kind and put them in the box.
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Megamum What a lot of chit chat we've had about your new skis - let's hope they ski well for you, or you might just end up murdering them.
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You know it makes sense.
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For what its worth - our roof box is always on one side of the car. Is a VW Sharan and I couldn't put it centrally without having to pack a ladder to reach it.
I personally think the stuff about weight distribution is tosh - the limit for our roofbox is 75KG. I'm 90KG so if driving the car on my own I'm equally unbalanced as putting a roofbox to one side
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Boris, isn't it down to the centre of gravity being more affected by the height of the roofbox though?
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Poster: A snowHead
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well, just to add to the conversation, I never bungee anything to the roof bars, just use a bit of rope, the right knots, and naked skis. However, a proper ski carrier is much better - can't be faffing with knots or bungee every time you drive to the slopes. Not that much muck gets up to the roof of the car, and it rubs off, first run down the hill. However, I agree with the posters above who have questioned the weight limit for the roof. It is pretty important NOT to exceed either the roof box manufacturers weight limit or the car manufacturer's weight limit. Can seriously affect balance of the car in extremis - eg an emergency stop on a bend. Surely it's the weight, not where the box is, that matters (unless you also have faulty suspension....)
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Megamum With all these threads worrying about your skiing holiday would it not be easier and less stressful for you to go with a tour operator to a catered chalet or hotel in a 'mainstream' resort
Last edited by Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person on Tue 8-01-08 15:44; edited 1 time in total
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Surely it's the weight, not where the box is, that matters
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But extra weight at the top of the car will affect handling more thna the extra weight in the car.
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Swirly, not by much - VW Sharan has a kerbweight of 1900KG and a Gross laden weight of 2500KG, 70 odd KG on the roof will have minmal impact given the bulk of the weight is well down
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Centre of gravity plays hugely on the handling of a car. Always try and keep the weight low. Why take food? It is cheaper and fresher over there.
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Frosty the Snowman wrote: |
... Why take food? It is cheaper and fresher over there. |
you already defended Megamum's decision to take food on another thread, IIRC
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holidayloverxx, I suspect it was the EoSb self catering thread. Buying in resort is more expensive than stocking up at a large hypermarket (Which MM can do as she has a car). Besides, you try keeping track of all the shoite I write
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Frosty the Snowman, obviously I do, oh great one
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You know it makes sense.
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Nissan X-trail + roofbox will go under all the barriers EXCEPT the ones at Chalons (I suspect they will, but as they specifically have a notice above them saying no roofboxes, we haven't attempted it) . I think I measured car+box as 2.05m,.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Megamum, no, you're a weirdo attention-seeker. Now go and stick your skis on the car and stop messing about.
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OK, OK, I WAS JOKING about the boot carriers !!!
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I'm a bit loathe to get into this conversation Megamum, but if you sold your modern car and got an old Volvo 240 estate you would have loads of cash in hand and could get all your food and skis inside the car!
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Trenmold, food? We do have food here, you know. Please tell me the daft old bat isn't trucking Tesco's entire range of blue-stripe ming all over Europe.
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Lizzard, Mrs Trenmold also seems to think that there are no shops abroad selling food and insists on carting huge consignments of tea bags and the like around with us. I have drunk Australian wine from Waitrose in France and Sainsbury's ground coffee in Brazil.
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