Swiss & Austrian Motorway vignettes

[colintf]

Any news on these? Not heard anything for a while.

Nothing to worry. I'll get them as late as it seams _useful_
All paperwork and VIN plate pictures are fine and will work.

The green sticker for Keith is already on my workdesk. (Had to do another trial with the special V5)

thanks Dieter!

[Dieter K]

Work in progress...

7 of ready as the V5 had been supplied
Had another couple of strange experiances with numbering, though.

http://up.picr.de/1045354.jpg

Swiss and Austrian stickers to follow.
I'll be off for our Trip to the Alps tomorrow, and back on next Tuesday.

[adrianclifford]

Cheers Dieter, have a great trip.

[Keith Williams]

Thanks Dieter, even with the thumb in place, I can recognise the registration on the top green sticker in your hand.

Have a good weekend whilst we enjoy Silverstone

[colintf]

Many thanks - have a great trip!

[Dieter K]

Many thanks - have a great trip!

Thank You.
Btw. I fear the weather for Silverstone will be less wet than that for South Tyrol.

Have Fun in any way.

[Dieter K]

2000km later ... me's back
What a great ride and even the wheather was sunny, .. as long as we stood south of Austria
Some pics so far:
http://picasaweb.google.de/DKoennecke/2008SDTirol02
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Anyway: Austrian toll sticker completed for 10 days with passing the boarder on August 06.
http://up.picr.de/1063380.jpg


I just ordered the Swiss toll badges at http://tinyurl.com/5td2z9
So the postman could do his job may be already in next week.

[adrianclifford]

Some great pictures there Dieter.

I still see your love of food photography, I'm not going to ask what tartofi is !

A few cars I recognise Sven's TF for example.

[Herbie]

Great bunch of pictures Dieter. I see the good old "food shots" are back
... well I am hungry now !

[Dieter K]

Great bunch of pictures Dieter. I see the good old "food shots" are back
... well I am hungry now !

Errr, only a very few of that silly "gourmet-run" Been very lazy on taking pics this time.
You should have seen the with "spaghetti with dandelion" ... or other tasty creations *yamyam*

Anyway, today the Swiss Vignettes arrived. I'll ship them to Adrian for further distribution.


Would suggest to put on the above sticker collection as late as possible.
Just in case the MG needs a new windscreen before you get over here
All from inside:
- the green on the drivers side lower corner
- the red and the yellow on top of the co-drivers side (i.e. LH of the windscreen mirror)

[colintf]

thankyou Dieter!

[adrianclifford]

Good advice about fitting as late as possible, this I have already mentioned, just as well for Simon as he has to have a new windscreen fitted tomorrow

[Steve White]

May sound like a stupid question, but how are you meant to stick the swiss vignette on? Just went to put mine on so I wont forget it and found it was sticky on the back, so when stuck on the inside of the screen it would be back to front. Is that correct?

[Kasper]

Yep you have to stick it on the inside, It has weak points in it that will break if you remove the vignette making it impossible to reuse the sticker.

[Geoff.F]

Have you removed the thin plastic Vignette from the backing, or perhaps the 'Fronting' as it is on the front face ?? This face is very sticky so you have one chance to stick it on the inside of the screen.
As Kasper says, the Vignette is cut into radial strips so that it cannot be removed (thieved) and reapplied.
I have an 08 Vignette but it is on the wrong car.
Geoff F,

[Steve White]

Have you removed the thin plastic Vignette from the backing, or perhaps the 'Fronting' as it is on the front face ?? This face is very sticky so you have one chance to stick it on the inside of the screen.
Geoff F,

Thats the thing Geoff, mine seems to have backing, so the sticky side is on the reverse of the vignette. So if I were to stick it to the inside of the screen, when viewed from outside you would see the reverse of the vignette, not the front face. The front face isn’t sticky at all. It’s the opposite way round to my Austrian vignette which was sticky on the front and had ‘fronting’.
At the moment I am thinking about either get a tax disk holder or just taping it to the screen so I can fit it facing out.

[Geoff.F]

Steve, Your Vignette must have come from Nigeria. If it is not adhered correctly, then you are liable to be Fined, particularly when you get stopped for speeding..
Fitting using Cling Wrap may not be so noticeable.
Geoff F.

[Keith Williams]

Strange Geoff mine is the same as Steves. The sticky side is on what I would have thought is the back as the number on it would only be read from inside the car. It looks as if it needs fitting to the outside of the screen? Does the number on the Vignette need to be able to read from the outside of the car? Puzzling

[Steve White]

Have stuck mine on the inside of the screen as per the instructions. It has he same yellow/green colours on the other side but the '08' is a different colour (purple).
Have kept the backing which has the instructions on so can dispute any fines if need be, as it has been applied in accordance with the instructions I have.

[Keith Williams]

Will do the same here once I have cleaned the screen again. Noticed the 08 was a different colour on that face but still seems strange not to be able to read the ID number on it from outside the car