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Old Jan 11, 2010 | 4:51 am
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Originally Posted by Stewie Mac
I understand that it's both legally and logically necessary to get winter tyres.

I don't understand, asetch5895 and Kathrin say, how the rental companies can get away with it. I have hired cars in Austria in winter and they all (Sixt, Avis, Hertz) include winter tyres in winter. Out of FRA, they are all demanding extra for them.
Sixt in Austria charges you a mandatory fee of two Euro per day for winter tyres on top of their by far higher rates. Mercedes E-Class in an Austrian downtown location (normal Sixt front page web rate) is 212,93 Euro, the same car for the same day in a German downtown location (normal Sixt front page web rate) 140.00 Euro plus non mandatory 16,00 Euro for winter tyres. Why does everybody believe that one gets anything for free on this globe? You need to pay for everything, even if 2 Euro a day appears to be cheaper than 16 Euro a day.
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