calling all newbies on line

Hi
We are only two in a saloon car, the cases / tool box etc go in the boot, ski bags on the back seats, with spare room for goods bought on the way home, I have the packing of the car down to a fine art now :) Our car does around 48 mpg
We have also done the trip 2x couples but we used their estate car and shared the cost

Magpie

Tony_H wrote:I'd be interested to know of those that drive what kind of car they take with them, and whether they go alone or share the cost with others?

Nissan X-Trail mostly these days. I have driven out alone, but mostly travel as a couple :D

In the past:...
Mini Metro
Honda Civic
Audi A4
Vauxhall Cavalier
Citroen Xantia
Toyota something or other saloon
VW Passat (forgot that one)

Always carried skis, always inside the car. BTW you can get a pair of 190's 2 peeps and luggage in a Metro :D

My OH used to get her Double Bass in a Mini Metro!!!!!!!!!

Says it was easier than our current station wagon!!!!

Hi - I'm fairly new to the forum though spend far too long most days looking at J2ski - mostly at snow reports till recently but last week we got back from our 2nd and last ski trip of 2009 so have to wait unitl 2010 till the snow reports relate to us. I live in Milton Keynes but the Snowdome just doesn't compare to a mountain!

I have been on 5 ski trips in total - all in France. Now I'm spending time researching where to go in Italy - not sure on the Milky Way or the Dolomites - but gives me something to do for the next 11 months.

Well,
Maybe somebody should try and organise a car sharing scheme for future holidays? It sounds as though several people here drive to France.

As far as global warming goes, I think 4 people in a car is the same as the train, and someone else here did some costings on a car (I've forgotten who it was I'm afraid) and as far as I remember it worked out at about £100 per person as long as you have 4 people, which is cheaper than the train.

A lot of the French resorts seem to be quite close together, so they wouldn't even have to go to the same resort.

Even if we wanted to fly, we live about 100 miles from Cardiff airport, the nearest one, and Cardiff doesn't fly everywhere and the places it does go to cost more than flying from Bristol, which is further again.

We usually spend nearly 5 hours on a train getting to London, spend the night with my elderly parents, and then have an 8 hour train journey (usually broken by changing stations in Paris) followed by a one hour bus transfer to resort, and then drag our suitcases through the snow to our self-catering apartment.

So, naturally we don't bring skis or boots with us.

We are thinking about going to Courchevel 1550 next year, and limiting ourselves to window shopping, apart from buying milk, pasta, toilet paper and other essentials, as we have heard everything is very expensive there.

Ally

Brucie wrote:My OH used to get her Double Bass in a Mini Metro!!!!!!!!!

Says it was easier than our current station wagon!!!!

Dont let he hear you say she has a big Double bASS!!