J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by felthorpe

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There is a long and wide green at Val Thoren with a magic carpet back up, if I recall?

Well done Ally for bringing this to the fore in the forum again.

I am really looking forward to this holiday and meeting the other J2Skiers.

Imagine the pile up in the tunnel when some numpty gets it wrong!

I have always had a better experience when using a broker. If you get a good one they deal with all the rubbish that insurance co's spew out.

When I tried doing it myself I had an awful job getting the insurance co to communicate with me, they just avoid you, lose your paperwork and hope you will get fed up and go away. So although it costs a bit more I am back with the broker, it's worth it not to have the hassle.

Wait for us Ally, we want to see that first spectacular fall and put it on Facebook :D

We solved this problem when it happened to me because my husband was skiing behind me and when the boarder approached me out of control and was about to grap me to stop himself, my OH gave him a quick tap with a ski pole, he soon changed his mind then and fell over on his own rather than take us both down.

What I meant was that I was aware of the boarder approaching as I could hear the scraping noise of the board as he tried and failed to slow down. I even felt his hands grab the back of my jacket. So I was ready for an impact and had prepared myself to fall. I hoped I would do less damage to myself and others around me by having some choice on how and where I fell over. In this case there was nowhere else for me to go, as the slope was quite crowded and I couldn't easily get out of his way without getting in someone else's way.

msej449 wrote:Also check your wheels and that your wheel size can take chains. Surprisingly, even 4x4s get fitted with wheels that are so low-profile that you can't fit chains (because the inner tyre wall is too close to the drive/brakes/steering). Look in you user's manual, or ask the dealer.

I had this with my Jeep Grand Cherokee: The wheels fitted to the UK version simply couldn't take chains at all. When I asked the dealer, he said that the logic was that they fitted low-profile wheels because UK buyers preferred the improved handling. And that we didn't get snow in the South of England so cars here didn't need chains.

We had the same problem with our Merc GL. Apparently you are not supposed to need chains on it. You are supposed to just use winter tyres. They didn't understand that the French insist on chains so..... my OH fitted spacers on the wheels, which gives enough clearance for the chains. Problem solved Mr Mercedes (no thanks to our local dealer) and they worked a treat.