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Drive to germany

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    #62
    craichoe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,706 ✭✭✭craichoe


    Actually .. just thought of this (I'm driving to Dusseldorf tomorrow) If your in Bavaria, Winter Tyres are a requirement. If you get stopped and you have alloys the German police look for a document stating you have winter tyres to fit the alloys (Dutch colleague of mine was stopped last month, she had winter tyres but on alloy rims)

    If you just have steel rims you never get asked apparently.

    Nordrhein Westphalia is different, its not a requirement, but if you have an accident your automatically in the wrong.


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    #63
    2Shae
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    peasant wrote: »
    Well ...if you're coming from Calais going towards southern Germany, you'll be driving right past the Nuerburgring for starters :D (and Hockenheim, but that's not open to the public)
    Can you rent a car at the nuerburgring? cos i wont be insured to drive on that!, plus i wouldn't like to deal with insurance company about a crash like that.
    craichoe wrote: »
    Actually .. just thought of this (I'm driving to Dusseldorf tomorrow) If your in Bavaria, Winter Tyres are a requirement. If you get stopped and you have alloys the German police look for a document stating you have winter tyres to fit the alloys (Dutch colleague of mine was stopped last month, she had winter tyres but on alloy rims)

    If you just have steel rims you never get asked apparently.

    Nordrhein Westphalia is different, its not a requirement, but if you have an accident your automatically in the wrong.

    Im going in june/july :-)


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    #64
    peasant
    Registered Users Posts: 17,819 ✭✭✭✭peasant


    2Shae wrote: »
    Can you rent a car at the nuerburgring?

    Do a search, there have been several threads on this


    EDIT:

    somewhat cheaper, but pretty cool too.

    Technik museum Sinsheim/Speyer, also along your route
    http://www.technik-museum.de/museum_sinsheim_english.html

    or the Mercedes Benz museum
    http://www.museum-mercedes-benz.com/?lang=en


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    #65
    mick.fr
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    Davidth88 wrote: »

    DON'T speed in France it's an on-the spot fine and they will march you to an ATM .

    Rofl where did you see that, in a cartoon?
    lol


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    #66
    Alun
    Registered Users Posts: 21,466 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    mick.fr wrote: »
    Rofl where did you see that, in a cartoon?
    lol
    They certainly do it in Belgium ... I know that for an absolute 100% fact, but only for foreign reg cars.


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    #67
    craichoe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,706 ✭✭✭craichoe


    mick.fr wrote: »
    Rofl where did you see that, in a cartoon?
    lol

    Same in Holland, the phrase:
    Went like this:

    "Are you registered here"
    me: no
    "Ok, you go to Geldautomaat to get cash or we take your car until you pay"


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    #68
    Alun
    Registered Users Posts: 21,466 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    craichoe wrote: »
    "Ok, you go to Geldautomaat to get cash or we take your car until you pay"
    In Belgium I was actually escorted off the motorway by the cops (in unmarked BMW) to the (very conveniently placed!) bank and ATM and took the money out and handed it straight to them (this was in the pre-Euro days and I didn't have any Belgian francs on me). They seemed to have a convenient little loop between two motorway exits with a bank in between, and just went round in circles all day nabbing furriners. Wouldn't have entirely surprised me if some of that cash didn't end up somewhere other than the Belgian state coffers either.

    What pissed me off the most is that they picked me (in Dutch registered car) out of a group of at least 10 Belgian cars all doing exactly the same speed :)


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    #69
    craichoe
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    Alun wrote: »
    In Belgium I was actually escorted off the motorway by the cops (in unmarked BMW) to the (very conveniently placed!) bank and ATM and took the money out and handed it straight to them (this was in the pre-Euro days and I didn't have any Belgian francs on me). They seemed to have a convenient little loop between two motorway exits with a bank in between, and just went round in circles all day nabbing furriners. Wouldn't have entirely surprised me if some of that cash didn't end up somewhere other than the Belgian state coffers either.

    What pissed me off the most is that they picked me (in Dutch registered car) out of a group of at least 10 Belgian cars all doing exactly the same speed :)

    :lol: their not too keen on the Dutch ;)
    I've seen Dutch cars being picked off at checkpoints over Belgian ones.

    I had the same experience with the dutch cops, when i asked for a receipt they got a bit pissy, I was getting my back up because it didnt say how much the fine was on the ticket. So she wrote €80 Betaald on the back and signed it.


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