J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by freezywater

bandit wrote:

bandit wrote:

FWIW, having spent a week in Nendaz, I believe that the beginners skiing area is good, because it's up the mountain on a plateau surrounded by woods. Woods lined easy blues for beginners to build up skills. The town however is not pretty IMV. It's functional. I guess it's a little like Marmite.

I post up my view, based on how I see the resort as a direct result of having spent a week there. My view is as valid as the next person's. It is not a one star post. In what way can my comment be classed as Poor.
I invite whoever gave the star rating to explain themselves :evil:

what a joke, obviously the tourist office of Nendaz didn't like you running down their town :lol: I've given you 5 stars to make you feel better :thumbup:

started at the gym last May after suffering really badly with thigh burn on the last ski holiday (nothing to do with the spare tyre honest!) 8 months on and after lots of hard work i've dropped 4 inches off the waist and about 2 stone plus my quads are now much stronger. Off ski-ing in4 weeks so the proof will be in the pudding so to speak. I found that the thigh burn was seriously detracting from my technique so fingers crossed i can concentrate on my technique this time round.

tino_11 wrote:then carefully with a finger (important) apply a small amount of superglue to the area

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echo all the previous comments Tony, that road always has been a bit of an accident blackspot :cry: Glad to hear you're okay.

yup :lol:

ellistine wrote:I remember listening to BBC Radio Berkshire when I was stuck in the snow (god they've got some awful DJ's). A few people were calling in and complaining about their diesel turbos. They were able to pull away ok but then the turbo would kick in and they'd lose traction again.

Me I just couldn't get going in the first place.

sounds about right for the majority of muppetts on the road these days! the turbo will kick in around 1800rpm on most TDi's so should be enough torque to play around with to get you moving below that, this weather reveals the shocking standards of driving on our roads unfortunatly :evil:

KevinC wrote:Does diesel not freeze at around minus 10-15? I was concerned I'd get a diesel hire car in case it wouldn't start after being parked up for a week at the -20 that was the forecast low!

All sorts of suggestions out there such as putting a touch of petrol in the tank - try explaining that to the hire car company!

it's not the diesel that freezes rather than the water in the tanks and diesel that freezes which i think is called waxing(?) anyway crystallisation occurs which blocks the fuel filter causing a breakdown, of you are driving in seriously low temps, kepp the fuel tank topped up, this prevents condensation forming, don't leave a diesel for too long without running it and if its really cold run the engine for 10mins to warm the fuel pipes before starting your journey.

Pablo Escobar wrote:Diesel (assuming higher low end torque), would let you get in to higher gears at lower revs which I guess is good for snow? I would assume it is more to do with the person driving, if you have no grip it won't matter either way!

What a way to waste my 2000th post, if you see this Admin can you delete an old one somewhere so I get another crack? 8)

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