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Anyone know which type of ski carrier will fit the Espace's own roof bars. The Thule one won't. OH has seen one called Atera Nova and is wondering if that one will, he seems pretty sure but maybe someone can advise? Thanks.
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sarah, I use a Thule Ski Box on the Espace Roof Rails if I'm going on a long trip, other than that I can get 4 pairs of skis between the seats on the inside. My Espace is a 6 seater version.
I think the problem with fitting a normal ski rack is the fact that the Espace rails are arched, not flat bars.
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sarah, No problem in the Channel Tunnel, just go in with the Coaches, doesn't cost any more than an ordinary car.
Car Parks can be a problem though.
My Espace will take 7 seats, but I went for the 6 Captain's Chairs instead, 99% of the time it's set up as a 4 seater only, with huge legroom and a huge boot.
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Spyderman, do we need to amend the tunnel booking or just turn up with the box on? TBH it's the car parks I am more worried about, the overnight stop place on the return has an underground car park, we stayed there before, not sure it will take car + box, and the resort car parks too.
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Nice one  ! We got ours used so didn't have the choice, but they look good. I agree, ours is set up as a 5 or sometimes 4 seater just about all the time and the amount of space is amazing 
Anyway back to the original idea of a carrier, anyone any experience of the Atera Nova? It says it fits on normal bars and 'aerobars', would the Espace's bars be comparable with aerobars? Anyone know much about different types of roof bars?
I have tried with no luck to get through to the Roofbox Co both phone and email, seems they are still not sorted there.
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sarah, I think you'd be fine just turning up at the tunnel.
Ski resorts are used to people parking with roof boxes, it's just the underground ones that are tight.
I bought my Espace used, anyone who buys one new has money to burn. First year depreciation is just scary. Mine is an Initiale spec, so lots of toys, leather & suede, sat-nav, xenons, etc.
Aero bars are the same profile as the Espace rails, BUT they're straight, not arched. Thule make 2 types - standard box section and the Aero which is basically an oval profile.
Ski carriers would probably be made to fit, but they might need packing out at each end, otherwise they'd rock. I'm sure Renault make a specific one for the Espace, but it's probably twice the price at least.
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| hang11 wrote: |
| Are you trying to get ski racks on oversized aero bars? |
Yes that's it, the car has its own bars which don't seem to be compatible with any of the standard makes of ski racks.
Thanks very much for the suggestions, the Rhino Rack adaptors looks like they would work well but then only for their own racks which are a bit pricy and the design is not as good as the Thule extender which we quite like the look of. But then you can't have everything and we really do seem to have not many options for this.
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I wouldn't get too hung up on those extender racks - I know a few people that use them, basically a bit pointless, and with more bits to break when it gets cold and dirty.
Thule do an adapter for them too - think it's called a "big mouth" adapter. I've seen them advertised in NZ for about $40 kiwi.
Had similar issues with my wife's car last year. I managed to get all the bits to fit the racks on, and two days later, she reversed out the garage AFTER she had used the remote to close the door  She wrote off the racks and cost me a couple of thousand bucks on getting the garage door straightened out as well.
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You know it makes sense.
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Wouldnt suggest turning up at the tunnel with a standard height booking and expect to get in high space on the same crossing on spec. We were bumped by an hour for doing that pre-Christmas (had refreshed booking page which reverted to standard height and didn't notice) guy at the tunnel told us folks were getting 3 hour waits at peak times for doing the same.
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Nick Dawes, thanks for the heads up on that, will amend booking if we end up with roof load on.
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And then there's the issue with the box on of overall height for car park barriers, tunnel etc, easier without a box. Will keep thinking it over 
apparently the 'aerobar' adapters are in fact t-track adapters and Roofbox Co can't suggest any other solution for the Espace.
