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My Toyota 4Runner gets me to the slopes under any conditions.
Sure it is, if you're buying a Volkswagen.
There isn't enough in this forum for me to get into what has gone wrong with my wife's Volkswagen Jetta. When she got it, I bet it was a fine car, but when that thing started having problems, it was more like falling off a 10,000 foot cliff than just going downhill. We're bailing on it and getting another Toyota.
Is it a 1.8T? They had lots of problems with the turbo engines after they made the switch halfway throught the 1999 model year. The 2 liter normally aspirated engines run forever. I suppose it's still too early to know what the reliability of the new 5 cylinder engines will be like.
The AC3 or 5-Star (or whatever they call it this year) will be my purchase at the end of the year prices.
I also tested the new atomic B5's and the new SX 12's Both are fanominal skis. but they BOTH have HUGE drawbacks.. they are EXTREMELY HEAVEY. i put the skis on and by the time i skated to the lift my legs were burnig.. fininally there, i sat down and sitting on the chair lift is suppost to be relieving.. instead it was horrible! the weight of the skis and bindings was soo much that my knees and ankles got extremely soar, it wasn't until i was able to get over to a lift with leg rest that the lift ride was comforting. HOWEVER, a ski is designed to ski, not sit on lifts with, once skiing they were GREATTT at mach 10.. there was absolutly NO chatter or even signs of chatter, both designed for broad GS turns, for they are VERY stiff.
ONLY use these when there is nobody on the slopes.. they are only fun at high speeds when you can cruise: the weigh causes them to really grip the snow and hold a great highspeed turn.
at slower speeds these skis are NO FUN. they were too heavey to really have fun on.
A GREAT ATOMIC ski is the new METRON series!!! for the price you get a ski that is super easy to use, hold a great edge, and i found no problems or any bad issues about these skis!! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
I also tested the new atomic B5's and the new SX 12's Both are fanominal skis. but they BOTH have HUGE drawbacks.. they are EXTREMELY HEAVEY. i put the skis on and by the time i skated to the lift my legs were burnig.. fininally there, i sat down and sitting on the chair lift is suppost to be relieving.. instead it was horrible! the weight of the skis and bindings was soo much that my knees and ankles got extremely soar, it wasn't until i was able to get over to a lift with leg rest that the lift ride was comforting. HOWEVER, a ski is designed to ski, not sit on lifts with, once skiing they were GREATTT at mach 10.. there was absolutly NO chatter or even signs of chatter, both designed for broad GS turns, for they are VERY stiff.
ONLY use these when there is nobody on the slopes.. they are only fun at high speeds when you can cruise: the weigh causes them to really grip the snow and hold a great highspeed turn.
at slower speeds these skis are NO FUN. they were too heavey to really have fun on.
A GREAT ATOMIC ski is the new METRON series!!! for the price you get a ski that is super easy to use, hold a great edge, and i found no problems or any bad issues about these skis!! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
When you were describing your experience with the Atomic B5, I thought you were talking about the Metron B5. Your reference to the Metron series in the last paragraph suggests a different experience with Metrons. You must have skied the SX B5.
I own the Metron B5 and love the way they ski. I will admit that they are heavy, as you describe in your first paragraph, but that aspect is not so significant for me to otherwise turn me off on their excellent performance (at least for me).
Assuming you skied the SX B5, did you think those were heavier than the Metron B5s? I have heard otherwise but I've never skied the SX B5 so I don't know from personal experience.
Some of these "reports" bother me. Hawkshot99 said he liked the B5 for "High Speeds" Well it is a 12 metre ski. It wasn't really built for "High Speeds" It was built for slower speeds.
And to answer your question, The SXB5 and the MB5 weigh about the same.