Feinstaubplakett fragen

[xbo11ox]

YO!

I am going for a job interview next Friday, which if successful, will see myself and Ms_Bolx moving to the mighty megalopolis that is STUTTGART!!!!!!!11!

Now, my mate lives there already and he tells me that to drive around the town centre you have to have one of these 'feinstaub' stickers which says how eco-friendly your mota is. This is becuase very soon, the less eco-friendly motors will be start getting banned from the roads! But whenever I go over to stuttgart I always see plenty of old beetles, W123's and what have you blezzing around. Whats the sketch with owning and using an old car in these big german towns? If I end up over there I fancy getting an old Rover P6 or Triumph 2000 and doing some sort of 'englishman abroad' kind of thing, wearing a cravate and a tweed jacket. "Come on man, get out of my way! Cah! Bloody foreigners" etc etc.

Here are a few ebay.de honeys, I wouldnt mind lifting up the dirndl of a one or two of these little beauties!


cgi.ebay.de/Audi-100-GL-2-tuerig-zum-restaurieren-Baujahr-1972_W0QQitemZ190342856636


cgi.ebay.de/Audi-100-LS-Oldtimer_W0QQitemZ110449127528


cgi.ebay.de/Opel-Rekord-D-L-1-9l-75-PS-EZ-09-Juli-1975_W0QQitemZ150381116248


cgi.ebay.de/OPEL-Rekord-D-Caravan-1977_W0QQitemZ180423518196

[mrj]

hey, that would be great news, you'd be my neighbour then (please bring your welder over ) in the Stuttgart city centre you need that Feinstaubplakette, even if your car is registered abroad...no-one knows how to issue this sticker on foreign vehicle papers but it's a 40 € and 1 point fine if you don't have one... I can get you one if you want, just let me know.....

as long as a cat is fitted and the car complies to Euro one, a green sticker is issued... on diesels its different however, in the worst case you get no sticker , in better cases a red or a yellow sticker... red/yellow stickers will be banned in the next couple of years (each town has their different rules ) ... afaik know, Stuttgart bans the red ones in 2012....

all those 123s and the other stuff will be cars more than 30 years old , with the "H" plate you don't need that sticker, you have free access.... a lot of those 123s were retro-fitted with catalytic converters in the 90s, so that could explain a bit....

[miballsaritchie]

There are some facts here alan you complete DONG.

ADAC have some info too. You'll quickly have to learn german to understand that tho.

[xbo11ox]

Give us 5 mins al, I'll just become fluent in german, then I will have a look at that.

[Team Blitz]

Is George Clooney making the move too, or will you leave him here?

[Hirst]

Hey plums, what will you do with your cars in the UK if you do move there? Perhaps fix them all up and donate them to an executive taxi firm?

[autohausdolby]

I can't wait to see what happens when plums has yet another storage location open to him

[Oldbus]

Oct 25, 2009 18:19:10 GMT xbo11ox said:

Give us 5 mins al, I'll just become fluent in german, then I will have a look at that.

what a great way of saying thanks to someone for digging out that information for you - the top link is in english FFS

...and a bit of german might not be a bad idea if you´re planning working in Stuttgart!

[PhoenixCapri]

Theres a good German course in Stuttgart centre if you need to get on top of German - if your planning on being here more than a couple of months you really should, you wouldn't believe what you miss out on when you can't speak the local langauge! Especially things relating to fun with cars!

And why is everybody moving to Stuttgart as I'm finally about to get back to the UK?! If you move over before the end of the year drop me a PM and I'll buy you a Bier.

[xbo11ox]

Oct 26, 2009 6:10:37 GMT Oldbus said:

Oct 25, 2009 18:19:10 GMT xbo11ox said:

Give us 5 mins al, I'll just become fluent in german, then I will have a look at that.

what a great way of saying thanks to someone for digging out that information for you - the top link is in english FFS

...and a bit of german might not be a bad idea if you´re planning working in Stuttgart!

Gordon Bennett, calm down OB, this guy is actually my Stuttgart-resident mate as referred to in the original post. And i fully intend to learn the lingo to a decent standard, (as I did with French when i lived/worked there)

[UtterPiffle]

Oct 25, 2009 17:38:59 GMT xbo11ox said:

I am going for a job interview next Friday, which if successful, will see myself and Ms_Bolx moving to the mighty megalopolis that is STUTTGART!!!!!!!11!

Ah good luck with the interview Mr.B, I had a similar experience in Düsseldorf a couple of weeks ago. Just playing the waiting game now.

As for learning the lingo, I have downloaded some German talking book things that will have you swearing proficiently within mere months...

[mrj]

an easy guide to german language :




;D

and german is not so hard to learn, it is really hard to learn the dialect here in the land of Maultaschen and Kehrwoche .... but i'll happily teach you how to behave like a typical stuttgarter ;D

[Team Blitz]

9 out of every 10 Germans you meet speak German and English. I speak a little of both. Just as with some bad English-speaking English, you meet some Germans who speak lousy German. Meh...

And 2 other things:

I am worried about the future of George Clooney. And I'd like an answer to my question.

And second, the use of "dong" as a non-fighting personal reference is what we call a clue in our particular household that levity is afoot.

[xbo11ox]

Unfortuately I have to admit that I don't know whether levity is afoot, as I don't actually know what that means. I can confirm however that George Clooney will be moving to Germany with me, (unless I get a better offer)

[Hirst]

Actually I forgot to put in an obligatory European Vacation quote/picture, we'll go with this one.


"They're going to hang someone!"

I wonder if being in Germany in the right place at the right time could be good way of getting some cheap motors. If those old diesels are effectively being outlawed in certain areas, they should in theory become pretty cheap. You could handpick some lovely motors, stick them in a field near the border and gradually sneak them across to the UK on the A-frame. It's asylum seeking for cars!

[hairnet]

newsflash

george has dumped blx ;D

good luck with that R

is bolox going for the how many different european countries can i stash cars in record ;D