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Is there any information on the forum about winter tyres for 993 (C4)? I thought there used to be a post search facility on the forums but I don't seem to be able to find it.

It's not that I've not given up (yet!) on the English summer it's just that I'll need to drive over to Germany in late Nov/early Dec and I understand that winter tyres are mandatory at that time of year. So I'm planning well in advance!

Thanks in advance for any help.
Anton
 
I'm out of date on the German requirements for winter tyres. It used to be that they were not legally required but if you were driving on snow/slush and had an accident on summer tyres, you were deemed to be driving a vehicle that was not roadworthy and would be punished for doing so, not to mention finding your insurance was invalid! I therefore used them from 1 Dec-31 Mar each year while living there. Certainly my daughter has been living in Germany recently and it was accepted that winter tyres were a requirement, not a choice. In any case the weather there in the winter months is generally much worse than in the UK. When I visited at Christmas I made sure that the tyres on my CR-V were All Season and had a snowflake mark.

I acquired winter wheels and tyres for my 993, intending to use it regularly through the winter, and they were very good, but a cabriolet without aircon or hardtop is not ideal in winter conditions, in my view. A friend who has a 964 cab and takes it to the Alps with skis on the roof every winter disagrees, but I am not as hardcore an open top driver as I thought, so I am considering selling the winter wheels/tyres. If interested, please send a PM or email.

 
All the latest information seems to indicate that winter tyres are now required. I got these from TripAdvisor replies:

Tyres

http://www.german-way.com/travel-and-tourism/driving-in-europe/driving/snow-tires-winter-driving/

and you also need an environmental sticker to enter some cities (including the two I'm visiting!)

http://www.german-way.com/travel-and-tourism/driving-in-europe/driving/driving-in-germany-green-zones/

Getting the sticker seems to be causing a problem at the moment as they only seem to be able to process the very latest V5's!

What seemed like a simple trip is getting more complex so I might give driving a miss.

Richard: If I do decide to go I'll certainly pm/email you about the winter wheels and tyres - what type and sizes are they?

Anton

 
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