Need Ski Purchasing Advice

[mamaof2]

I am a 39 year old mother of 2...raced (more of an intramural league) in college, ski bummed in vail for a season... Anyway, as I live near a ski resort, I can get GREAT deals on used gear. As a mother of 2, I can't afford the latest and greatest gear - just want something more modern than my straight skis. I used to ski expert level skis @ 190 cm - most of my adult life. I'm 5'3" and 145 lbs. I want shaped skis. What do you guys thing of the 160 Volkl AX3 for $150/OBO? (assuming they are in decent shape).
I want an all mountain ski - I ski everything from cruisers to bumps (mostly now on the Bunny hill while my 5 and 3 year old daughters learn)but I'd like to be able to cruise with stability and rip it up in the pow-pow. Anyone know anything about them? What about the Volkl Aura 164 with bindings for $490? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[volklgirl]

Aura for $490?????? Wow, I'd jump on that! The demo pair I just looked into was $750. It's a substantial ski, but it sounds like you wouldn't have any problem with it, although it'd be quite a handful on the bunny hill and wouldn't be happy doing slow-speed anything with the kiddies.

Did you see my review on the AX3? Look here: https://www.theskidiva.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2422 If you're on a tight budget it's a very nice ski and it would be fine on the bunny hill.

Will be posting my review on the Aura (and others) in the next day or 2.

 

[SnowHot]

I can't hardly top the advice given by Volklgirl.

For me, I have really had some great results with the Blizzard Titan Eos this winter. Though you won't find any deals on that right now.

I would love to demo the Aura but had issues with the Volkl guy over the weekend.

Turns out Volklgirl had no trouble at all with her demo time with the same guys.
If there is anything I hate worse than the "Short Fat chick can't ski" attitude, is the "wimpy petite chick can't ski" attitude.