Poster: A snowHead
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booked care hired for next week from geneva but forgot to specify winter tyres. now asked to get winter tyres and was told would cost an extra 180 euros + tax. it was 170 to book it for the week with no excess. any tips on how to get round this little wheeze? will be driving to valloire and back but have to pick up girlfriend on the way from some as yet unspecified point.
bert
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I'd ask for chains.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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it was 170 to book it for the week with no excess
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Thats with full protected CDW and no excess? Pretty good. Payed £200odd for a C4 from chambery last week. Who's that from?
As Monkey says, just get chains. cost me 35 euro from the hire co. for the week. Or you get some from a supermarket for less if you could be bothered!
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BertIsfantastic, I agree, get chains. But DO get chains, and make sure you know how to fit them.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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By law, all Swiss cars have to have winter tyres fitted during the winter months, so they should not be charging you for them as an optional extra.
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stephen buck, he might have hired in France. At that price, which is very cheap, probably did.
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stephen buck wrote: |
By law, all Swiss cars have to have winter tyres fitted during the winter months, so they should not be charging you for them as an optional extra. |
From Geneva airport you can get cars from the French side or the Swiss side, I assume Bertisfantastic is getting it from the French side as
a) he's going to valloire and so has no need of a swiss motorway carnet and
b) the price quoted did not make one breathe in sharply or phone a mortgage broker.....
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(Admit it pam w, you're stalking me and posting just a second before or after I do in each thread )
(BTW, are you safely back in the UK now? healing up OK I hope)
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andyrew, yes, I am back in the UK and healing up well. Not stalking you though. Just got plenty of time on my hands....
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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pam w, that's what all the stalkers lead with, honest, guv, I weren't near any of 'em
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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stephen buck wrote: |
By law, all Swiss cars have to have winter tyres fitted during the winter months, so they should not be charging you for them as an optional extra. |
Which law is this? Are you sure?
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snoozeboy wrote: |
stephen buck wrote: |
By law, all Swiss cars have to have winter tyres fitted during the winter months, so they should not be charging you for them as an optional extra. |
Which law is this? Are you sure? |
Actually I don't think its quite correct as in Germany and Austria, see http://www.blackcircles.com/tyres/winter-tyres/laws-and-legislation which says they are needed some places though.
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You know it makes sense.
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Ok, happy to stand corrected - that's just what we were told while living over there a few years back.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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In Switz and France, winter tyres are recommended but not mandatory in the winter months. Cars hired from the swiss side are fitted with winter tyres (and a swiss motorway vignette), but apparently you pay 2x the hire price compared with the French side. Cheaper just to pick up some chains from a service station.
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