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Have 5 adults traveling from frankfurt hahn in jan to mayrhofen (7-8 hr drive) in a hired mid size estate ie mondeo peugeot 407 etc. we have 2 pairs of skis in a ski bag + 5 large suitcases. any pictures i see on the hire web sites of any estate cars seem to have roof bars/rails on them. my question is has anybody ever tried to tie a ski bag on to one of these rails? do all estates have roof rails? with 5 in the car and the long journey i dont tink we would manage the ski bag in the car, or would we?
too tight to pay 80 euro for ski rack
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too tight to pay 80 euro for ski rack
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2 euros an hour each, for a much more comfortable trip? Yes, you're tight.  If someone offered you a job, where you got paid 16 euros to sit in a car for eight hours in the winter, with the windows open so a ski bag could stick out, would you take the job?
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creedgearoid, take the skis out the bag and stick them down between the passenger seat and the door should be doable and not much tighter than it would be anyway. We did it with 3 sets and a snowboard in Arno's small hire car no bother (admittedly only from Vaujany to Auris) and 4 sets and a board in Scottish Skier's ZX. Alternatively take a soft rack with you designed for surfboards but I used it to take skis and boards out form the UK no problem, cost you about £20 on ebay.
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Just looked at the www link . How do you attach skis? Is the rack deep enough so that bindings don't dent the hire car roof? Or does the £600 excess beckon  ?
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There are 5 d-rings between the inflatable tubes. It is supplied with two straps that you just thread over the skis and under the buckles. You might have a problem with the bindings on bare skis unless you can keep the skis on their edges somehow. But we had no problems with 3 ski tubes and a ski bag. The most we have carried is 4 pairs of skis inside 3 tubes and one bag plus 2 bare pairs on the top.
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pam w, yep we are that tight, do you think we would be using hahn airport otherwise for 30euro return via munich for 200!altis, that looks like a really usefull invention but after delivery it would cost the same as the 80 euro ski rack.Swirly, that makes perfect sense didnt think of that. thanks all
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bertie bassett, sorry forgot to ask what type of straps would fit under the new type racks/rails? tie wraps?thank you for the heads up re the new type racks
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| bertie bassett, sorry forgot to ask what type of straps would fit under the new type racks/rails? tie wraps?thank you for the heads up re the new type racks |
Sorry I don't think I was that clear - the roof rails on the new estates are flush to the roof so NOTHING will get underneath - but they have a groove on either side which the foot for a cross-bar would connect too, and I was kind of idly wondering whether you could use that with a strap and a hook - so the hook goes into that groove and gets tightened. On reflection I think that would be very unsafe, unless you had something that clamped completely firmly to the new roof rails and then strapped off that...
the handirack is probably a better idea...
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5 up is gonna be a squeeze with just 5 large bags. I'd pay the extra €80 for ski rack/roofbox and split it between you. Frankfurt to the alps is a long trek and you have to do it twice. If it was only 3-up then I'd say just put down one half of the split fold rear seats.
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If you're tempted to use this, make sure you take some carpet or karrimat or something else to go underneath the racks, otherwise you can kiss the paint on the roof - and any damage deposit - goodbye.
In fact, if you can't run straps underneath the rails, these ain't gonna work anyway...
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I checked when we returned to Chambery and there was absolutely no visible damage to the paintwork. However, I did remember to take an old cloth and made sure that the roof was very clean each time before we mounted the rack.
Thinking about it more - some may have difficulty with soft ski bags. I have demountable bindings so it's easy to arrange a flat surface on the underside of the bag. If you have a soft bag and fixed bindings then you may need to add some sort of packing to hold the skis on their edge.
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