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Ultimate ski-mobile

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LINE169
Posts: 267 - Karma: 12
being realistic here..... if you could have any car for skiing what would it be? volkswagen van? subaru with a fat ski rack on the top?
im buying a new car and i cant decide what vehicle would be ideal for bumming around the mountains
Aug 18 2007 12:25AM
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POWFIEND
Posts: 117 - Karma: 12
I think the ultimate ski mobile would be a truck with a canopy on it. Could put a matress in the back and sleep in there so you dont have to pay to stay at a hostel. Thats what im gonna do this winter
Aug 18 2007 12:29AM
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Alex_thedroog
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Outback or vanagon.  My friend has a vanagon and had the oppurtunity to get an out back for cutting his hair and he passed....pshh, I would have gotten it in a heart beat.  But back to the point, out backs are super hot!
Aug 18 2007 12:56AM
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SkierJulie
Posts: 2495 - Karma: 101
check the search bar
Aug 18 2007 1:06AM
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MaxSteeze
Posts: 60 - Karma: 18
Subaru are the bomb in snow, they have the best awd. Trucks are sickbut they don't have weight in the back and can be bad if it slick out
Aug 18 2007 1:17AM
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POWFIEND
Posts: 117 - Karma: 12
called sand bags in the back of ur truck if the back end is sliding around.
Aug 18 2007 1:20AM
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4frntSkier
Posts: 4008 - Karma: 143
volvo v70 wagon
Aug 18 2007 1:20AM
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Albino
Posts: 1400 - Karma: 123
sub legacy gt with fat carry case rack, icetrax all round but afat set of 20's for summer.
Aug 18 2007 1:49AM
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cobra_commander
Posts: 16909 - Karma: 4,686
I would not mind a audi s4 avant. or a toyota tundra converted to run on vegtibale oil. you could put a sled on the back. and store your skis back their or just put a canopy on and convert it to a living area.
Aug 18 2007 2:09AM
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eljefe
Posts: 915 - Karma: 467
it would be nice to run a tundra on veggie oil...to bad its not a diesel, which pretty much rules that out...unless you get the 8 foot bed you'll realize fast a tundra is not a sled truck...
Aug 18 2007 3:01AM
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AltaByrdSkier
Posts: 544 - Karma: 15
get a G-Wagon those are chill but if your going for something cheaper get like a Jeep Commander those things are nasty.
Aug 18 2007 3:09AM
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mizzike
Posts: 1386 - Karma: 251
I have a forrester and it works really well. Plus its ballinnnn.
Aug 18 2007 3:18AM
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JstHuckIt
Posts: 422 - Karma: 16
The Ridgeline is ill...
Aug 18 2007 3:27AM
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rudager
Posts: 11335 - Karma: 4,624
did you know that if you searchbar those exact title words
you get 2 of the practically same threads
isnt that awesome
Aug 18 2007 3:30AM
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martin.
Posts: 2115 - Karma: 34
my dad has an isuzu trooper, it was pretty good in the snow
Aug 18 2007 9:24AM
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cal*
Posts: 236 - Karma: 460
a mo-ped hands down
Aug 18 2007 9:27AM
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Myke
Posts: 937 - Karma: 11
Any Suburu WRX or STI.
Aug 18 2007 9:46AM
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Alex_thedroog
Posts: 3433 - Karma: 2
bahahahaha.  Every one has those cars.  They are GAYY!!!!!
Aug 18 2007 10:02AM
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timmi
Posts: 12874 - Karma: 3,460
dont get a blazer, ill tell you that much.
they got this funky traction device called "oh shit im backwards heading for a ditch"
Aug 18 2007 10:21AM
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WIllW
Posts: 4578 - Karma: 2,512
for a home for 2 or 3 people
http://www.sportsmobile.com/2_sr_vaninfo.html
decent size and 22mpg

for just driving and not sleeping in probably a subaru or Audi All Road
Aug 18 2007 11:06AM
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13stripes
Posts: 3795 - Karma: 273
well im runin the 99 dodge intrepid
holds 5 guys pretty comtrablely
holds all yours skis and snowboards up to 185 cm
all your gear like boots and clothers and stc. can go in the trunk cause its fuckin huge
and best of all i get about 27 to the gallon which is pretty good i think for a family size car fully loaded

and they run for ever im at 170000, my dads is at 210,000 there the way to go
and there cheap like 1000 bucks
Aug 18 2007 11:13AM
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Reonic
Posts: 430 - Karma: 10
i like my car.....fucking owns in snow and ice and rain
2003 audi a6
heavy car, good in snow, handles well, and it looks sick
Aug 18 2007 12:49PM
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sHrEdAgE
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Aug 18 2007 1:01PM
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ohiosucks
Posts: 184 - Karma: 59
im getting a audi a4 awd and big and nice to fit skis and friends
Aug 18 2007 1:15PM
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vtrider
Posts: 1988 - Karma: 41

I'm guessing that you all have never seen one of these...

http://www.earthroamer.com/tab_xpedition_vehicles/xvlt1_overview.html

http://www.earthroamer.com/galleries/xv-ltinactionphotos/boreas_pass_colorado_std.jpg

Aug 18 2007 1:47PM
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Alex_thedroog
Posts: 3433 - Karma: 2
That is sooooo sick.  I want one.
Aug 18 2007 2:02PM
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breckfreeskier
Posts: 1541 - Karma: 22
Jeep grand cherokee, it gets around great, plus there is room to sleep in it if the need arises
Aug 18 2007 2:26PM
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tronnnnnnn
Posts: 736 - Karma: 14
i think everyone has those cars because they're powerful and they kill it in the snow.......audi or subie is the way to go......get an awd system you can trust
Aug 18 2007 2:41PM
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PeteyG
Posts: 2946 - Karma: 49
Nissan Pathfinder or Xterra
Aug 18 2007 2:43PM
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Alex_thedroog
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Yeah, they are great in the snow.  But every rich kid who thinks they can race owns one.
Aug 18 2007 4:50PM
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Shadows
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Aug 18 2007 5:00PM
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ginty
Posts: 1073 - Karma: 163
a suburban with a thule put all your shit up top and put a matress in the back so you dont need to get a hotel and shit
Aug 18 2007 7:52PM
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Jeff_Lo
Posts: 5809 - Karma: 263
I've got a Jeep Cherokee, it does the trick!
Aug 18 2007 8:01PM
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Klick_2_klaim
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a 50 foot motorhome with all sorts of goodies!
Aug 18 2007 8:28PM
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Tucks
Posts: 2120 - Karma: 161
S4
Aug 18 2007 9:01PM
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DavidHonda.
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Aug 18 2007 9:31PM
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DavidHonda.
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Aug 18 2007 9:38PM
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mohawkskier
Posts: 743 - Karma: 98
get the one right above that is dope sauce
Aug 19 2007 6:48AM
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unchyll
Posts: 4554 - Karma: 96
exactly, one of the reasons i didnt get a wrx.
I love my GC, i got a brush guard for it. just need get it installed so now i can just hit shit without fear of losing my bumper. Also got a ski rack on the way in christmas
Aug 19 2007 10:41AM
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joe_cool_ski
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The ridgeline is the worst vehicle ever known to man. It's not a truck in anyway! The bed is small, the chassis would be better suited to a car, and you don’t even have the flexibility of an SUV! Definitely don’t buy a ridgeline.
Aug 19 2007 10:56AM
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Ahmets_Brother
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a monstrous subaru van would be incredible. they shoudl make one
Aug 19 2007 11:24AM
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joe_cool_ski
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[http://images.motortrend.com/auto_shows/coverage/sema/112_2006_sema_57z+2007_U_S_Ski_Team_Chevrolet_Tahoe+rear_view.jpg]
Aug 19 2007 11:50AM
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joe_cool_ski
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http://images.motortrend.com/auto_shows/coverage/sema/112_2006_sema_57z+2007_U_S_Ski_Team_Chevrolet_Tahoe+rear_view.jpg
Aug 19 2007 11:50AM
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mariob
Posts: 1036 - Karma: 36
vw bus vanagon their so sick fold down bed in the back, pop up roof that turns into a bed, stove, refridge, tables its sick nasty
Aug 19 2007 11:54AM
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stompdat
Posts: 641 - Karma: 50
definately that truck with the huge rail on it! I remember seeing one in a movie. it was tits.
Aug 19 2007 12:41PM
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Alex_thedroog
Posts: 3433 - Karma: 2
those are way fun for camping but they have terrible mileage.  And they are way slow going up canyons.  I love to go camping in my friends, it is soo sick.
Aug 19 2007 1:21PM
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Bangor
Posts: 9599 - Karma: 129
I've been driving an older Impreza for the last two winters, AWD and a rack on top. I actually pulled one of those Pathfinder Armadas (HUGE Nissan SUV) out of a ditch with my car and a tow cable, and my car has a pussy 1.8L engine. They're baller cars, when this one eventually blows up I'm getting another.
Aug 19 2007 6:55PM
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Bangor
Posts: 9599 - Karma: 129
Oh and compared to the trucks everybody else is throwing around, Imprezas are decent on gas at like 25mpg.
Aug 19 2007 6:56PM
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Elijah.
Posts: 9322 - Karma: 76
Get a school bus.
Aug 19 2007 7:14PM
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1stBlood
Posts: 594 - Karma: 10
and gut it and throw some couches and tvs back there and then have a kick ass system!!!

Aug 19 2007 7:15PM
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bigwhite.steeze
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keep in mind AWD burn's a hella lot of gas
Aug 19 2007 7:27PM
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