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All I had to do was drop off the car …
In Germany, and many European countries, you legally have to have winter tyres or all-weather tyres if you want to drive around at below 6 degrees C and still be covered by your insurance in case of a crash.
Against my better judgement, this year I put off getting them switched out for various reasons. One was that we had to replace a front tyre because one of us (no names mentioned) drove into the kerb back in March and damaged it. Instead of replacing it, we just got our summer tyres put on early and figured we’d sort it out later in the year.
Roll on November and we have snow and ice, and suddenly it’s not only dangerous to drive but also highly illegal… if you have an accident.
Germans are, in fact, not organised whatsoever
Turn out I wasn’t the only one who decided to get their tyres switched out that frosty week, and I had to wait until mid-December for my appointment. In fact, while contemplating which date would work for us, the availability jumped from 12th to 18th December within minutes. Argh! What is this madness? I thought German people were organised and would have done this at the beginning of autumn!
