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| chicken george Member Since: 06 Dec 2007 Location: N. Yorks Posts: 13283   
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Floods roads closed. Just like being at home. The car of choice for Austrias emergency ambulances. Fl2.
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2nd Jun 2013 8:27 am |
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| bish789 Member Since: 30 Apr 2012 Location: St. Andrews Posts: 512
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Bought another Chicken farm in Austria CG with the capitalist gains made from farmers subsidies in the UK? |
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2nd Jun 2013 8:39 am |
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| Steve D Member Since: 19 Jan 2013 Location: Essexshire Posts: 4092
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Drive on the right. |
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2nd Jun 2013 5:48 pm |
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| chicken george Member Since: 06 Dec 2007 Location: N. Yorks Posts: 13283
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dont go there if rain is forcast, staying 3 extra days now |
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2nd Jun 2013 9:40 pm |
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nice place, friendly good roads| michal969 Member Since: 01 Sep 2012 Location: Semily Posts: 185 
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as CG said very good roads,friendly people and nice place to be...just watch your speed as the "Polizei"are not as friendly as other locals |
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2nd Jun 2013 10:02 pm |
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| ad210358 Member Since: 12 Oct 2008 Location: Here and There Posts: 7464 
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Rain forecast, shame, gorgeous over here at the moment, no rain forecast for another week, should be hitting 21 degrees by next weekend  p****d off with a Digital Keyboard Warrior
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2nd Jun 2013 10:12 pm |
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| npinks Member Since: 28 Jun 2007 Location: Ls25 Posts: 20090
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Hope your travel insurance is picking up the tab for the extended stay |
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2nd Jun 2013 10:43 pm |
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| Past master Member Since: 30 Jun 2010 Location: Isle of Ely Posts: 2710
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If using a motorway you will need to buy and display a "Vignette". Unlike the Swiss 13-month one there is a choice of durations (from memory the shortest is a fortnight). You can get them in service stations at the border. If you use the Brenner motorway, there is a toll AS WELL! Check diesel prices online first - Austrian may be more expensive. Worth going via Luxembourg to fill up en route, but watch the prices there - it's much cheaper to nip off the motorway and find a filling station. As far as I know, Austria has the same rule as Germany - when turning left or right at traffic lights pedestrians AND cyclists crossing have right of way! This means a cyclist coming up behind you and overtaking on the right has priority, and will expect you to check mirrors and give way as you turn  .
Also, if you are into winter snow you may come across closed roads, or ones where snow chains are mandatory. |
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2nd Jun 2013 11:06 pm |
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| WizzardPrang Member Since: 19 Oct 2012 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 93
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He he! Rub it in! 2020 Defender D200 110S Pangea Green Gone: 2018 L550, TD4 SE Tech Auto, Carpathian Grey Gone: Defender 90 200Tdi, Grey Raptor Gone: 2012 FL2, TD4 GS Manual, Santorini Black |
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3rd Jun 2013 12:12 am |
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| Dave k Member Since: 26 Mar 2013 Location: Cheshire Posts: 11 
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AT: 10-day vignette 2013 (for vehicles up to 3.5 t) Valid as from the desired day. 8.30€ AT: 2-month vignette 2013 (for vehicles up to 3.5 t) Valid as from the desired day. 24.20€ AT: 1-year vignette 2013 (for vehicles up to 3.5 t) Valid from 1 December of the preceding year until 31 January of the following year. 80.60€ As had been said, Watch your speed! (Wasn't a problem in previous years as we went in a elderly Defender!) Fuel in Germany expensive, & German Autobahns (on the way down) can be busier than their French counterparts. Some of the driving can be a bit zany, watch out for the drivers overtaking coming towards you. 110 Station Wagon Part-Owner Freelander 2 |
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3rd Jun 2013 10:48 am |
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| Past master Member Since: 30 Jun 2010 Location: Isle of Ely Posts: 2710
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Absolutely! On the Autobahn the guy in the fast lane can be doing well over 150, he expects you to get out of the way, and there's someone else a few feet behind him! There are people who commute in road versions of F1 cars! Luckily they are installing more and more speed limits, and the traffic is now so heavy that you rarely get the chance to do much over a ton. Once you get to Austria the drivers can go a little bit mad on the mountain roads. As Dave says, expect people to overtake on bends, sometimes in both directions at once. Austrians tend to think they are driving F1 cars. Hey! A bit of national stereotyping that doesn't involve Yorkshiremen... |
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3rd Jun 2013 2:38 pm |
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| chicken george Member Since: 06 Dec 2007 Location: N. Yorks Posts: 13283
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made it home last night |
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7th Jun 2013 8:12 am |
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| Adrian888 Member Since: 07 Apr 2013 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 174
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In practice I find it little different to driving in Germany however try and avoid driving the autobahns on weekends in high summer, Germans go on holiday by car by the million and 25 mile tailbacks are not uncommon. Last summer fuel (diesel) was around 1.35-1.40 euros/litre however i understand it has crept up in price. Filling up in Luxembourg is good advice if it doesn't take you out of your itineray and there are plenty of places in Germany to visit on the way there and back but overall will not save that much out of the total cost so i wouldn't personally go out of my way. If the cost of fuel is that critical you can't afford it! last year we did Essen (my wifes home city) and Nuremburg on the way and Fuessen, Heidelberg and Aachen on the way home from Wolfgangsee. This year we are doing Rudesheim going and Fuessen and Trier coming back. eh tu? |
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7th Jun 2013 12:53 pm |
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