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Winter tyres in Austria?
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There is an efficient Train & Bus Service in Austria Very Happy
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stanton wrote:
There is an efficient Train & Bus Service in Austria Very Happy


the problem is the vastly inflated airport costs/reduced routes from up North this year getting there in order to use the train and bus!!
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stanton wrote:
There is an efficient Train & Bus Service in Austria Very Happy


That still doesn't stop many cloghoppers driving down NehNeh
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DB, Tell me about it Twisted Evil I have to fight the Cloggies and their bloody caravans on my way home from work every night! This week is the last of the quiet weeks on the motorways until after Easter! And a large percentage do not have suitable tyres on either their cars or their caravans - hence the pile ups on the Irschenberg at annoyingly frequent intervals

Mind you if you want a quiet holiday somewhere, the Netherlands will be empty for the rest of the winter! Laughing
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DB... thats awesome info. thanks ! if i ever bump into you on the slopes Stiegl's on me.
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DB wrote:
stanton wrote:
There is an efficient Train & Bus Service in Austria Very Happy


That still doesn't stop many cloghoppers driving down NehNeh


We are been counters but I know it less stress to just jump on the train & know your be there when they say Very Happy
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Stanton, I believe it is 'bean counters'. Not sure what that has to do with this thread!
I'm also not sure how you qualify to comment on winter tyres, chains or anything to do with driving in the modern world!
Just you stick to the train and the bicycle. Laughing
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 After all it is free Go on u know u want to!
After all it is free Go on u know u want to!

Well, reading all this has got me thinking and I've changed my mind. I was quite happy to drive to Austria this christmas on my normal 4x4 tyres and carry chains (just like I normally do). But their law is indeed murky and it simply isn't worth the uneasy feeling you get knowing that your tyres might not be up to the job... and, worse, if someone does prang me and I get blamed for having the wrong boots on (tyre man speak). My tyres will need changing in about 5000 miles anyway so I've just bitten the bullet and ordered me a nice set of Vredestein Wintrac 4xtreme XL. I'll keep the old ones in the back of the garage where they will eventually decompose in the year 3000.

Incidently, if you are considering the same and think best price is online... I tried mytyres.com and they appear to be in Germany. Price £150 each delivered but not including fitting. Called my local tyre man (ironically just to ask him what his fitting charge would be)... he quoted £134 each tyre including fitting, a free glimpse of the page 3 calendar 1998 and a nice muddy cup of tea to boot. So a healthy saving by going local.

Anyway, as of next week I'll be properly equipped, "legal" and also ready for the quarter inch of slush the wicked Home Counties weather will throw at me one day this winter.
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Update... I'm all Vredesteined-up. A fully fledged winter tyre snob. Have to say that the car feels very different - steering feels slightly heavier, much grippier and generally more planted on the road. OK so it's +10 and roads are only damp but can tell already that the difference on the icy slippery stuff will be vast.
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Bode Swiller wrote:
.....Anyway, as of next week I'll be properly equipped, "legal" and also ready for the quarter inch of slush the wicked Home Counties weather will throw at me one day this winter.


Could be a tad more than that.
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achilles, that would be nice. Was abroad so missed all that last year.
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Bode Swiller, actually, it was a treat. I don't go skiing - but walking was delightful.
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Hi,

Despite the fact of the winter tires be or not mandatory in Austria. I would say - if you are going there, in Winter - use winter tires.

We were headed to Neustift, Febuary/2008 and experience some very cold days and with a rented car, without WT, we've got involved in a car crash, on the little road from Neustif to Stubai.

The problem is not the snow, they do a great job to maintain the road clear, actually . But a thin layer of ice on the road that you'll not see and before, you can be noticed, you'll be slippery with no control.

One day of ski left and a lot of headache with Hertz !!! Twisted Evil
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