Austrian motorway vignettes

In an effort to save a few minutes on our way to Italy tonight, I want to buy an Austrian vignette before we head off. Anyone know of somewhere that sells them in the center of town? I don't know if any gas stations around the center do or not, so I'm hoping someone else out there will have a clue.

maybe the ADAC shop by SendlingorTor???

P

the Aral Tankstelle on the Richard Strauss Strasse sells them (or at least it did)

so too will most Tankstellen on the Mittlere Ring, I would have thought, especially the closer you get to A8

Yeah, but I want the center of town, where I am now. Maybe I'll give the ADAC shop a call. Thanks for the tip Pootle.

Okay, all ADAC numbers are permanently busy. Any other ideas?

just spend the 46.88 seconds it takes to to stop at any gas station along the A8 to buy one. you just spent 20 minutes on the forum and on the phone didn't you?

Yes, but I have nothing better to do now. On my way to Italy we have lots of better things to do, like get there!

I was just at the ADAC at Sendlingor Tor - absolutely insane. Don't even bother I tell you. I'll be stopping then tomorrow AM... have a great weekend everyone!

Theres also an ADAC shop by Ostbahnhof

P

You're driving to Italy this weekend??? Good luck!!!

I have just asked a Colleague. The ADAC in town defintely does sell them.

Starting 1 April 2007 the vignette will no longer be available at gas stations (garages) in the vicinity of Munich. Asfinag, the distributor, is sizing down its vending system and will only supply gas stations along the Autobahn and within a 20-km-zone of the Austrian border with the vignettes.
Gas station owners are clearly upset about this decision. The owner of a gas station in Oberhaching had a turnover of €6000 to €8000 per month of which she kept 3% - plus whatever else Austria-bound skiers stacked up on in her store. "Losing the vignette is costing us one of the legs our gas station stands on", says Evelyn Geisbauer.


Source: Süddeutsche Zeitung, 23.March.2007, local section München-Nord, online

In other words the Austrians are trying all they can to give that 3% to Austrian vendors.
As Fuel is approaching 30% cheaper in Austria anyway, it makes sense to stop when you get over the border for both!

Vignettes are usually available at the OMV stations as they are Austrian.
Does the above mentioned cancellation include those?

If not, find an OMV station for your vignette.
MT

Vignettes (amongst others) can be ordered online from ADAC if you're a member. Postage is 77 cents.

The article didn't say, just that it will be available at Autobahn gas stations only, and around the border.

How do I buy a 10 day Autobahnvignette to allow me to use the Austrian Autobahns?

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Buy it nearly every petrol station near the border. Costs something like €7 or €8

Or even at the border crossing itself. Where there used to be customs houses there are often now souvenir shops and vignette sales points.

Alternatively you can get one in advance from the ADAC (on Sonnenstrasse in Munich).

You can buy them at most petrol stations around Munich - certainly in Ottobrunn they all have them.

We bought ours in an ADAC service centre (shop) in Munich. At the same time we bought a toll-ticket for the Brenner Motorway. It is a piece of paper that you hold up for a video camera to read at the toll-station. Worked well and fast.

I don't think you can. This used to be the case but they restricted the amount of sales outlets a while back, god knows why.

No doubt to make it harder for foreigners to buy them, and easier for the Austrians to catch people and give them a 120 euro ticket.

How hard can it be? You can pick them up in every service station on the motorways leading down to Austria, plus they have rather large signs telling you where to get them near the boarder. Stop car. Get out. Pay for ticket. Basta?

Remember that you have to drive with your lights on in Austria at all times.

I have a slight problem with this because when I put my lights on on a sunny or even reasonably bright day, I cant see how fast I'm going as the electronic speedometer automatically dims.

Wonder if that would work as an excuse with the Austrian police, then again its quite difficult to speed in a twingo.

Not any more you don't. They did away with the law at the beginning of 2008. You may drive with your lights on but you don't have to. From ADAC.de:

Recht & Rat Verkehrsrecht Neuigkeiten 2008.
Wichtige Neuerungen für Kraftfahrer im Jahr 2008 Österreich: Wegfall der Lichtpflicht am Tage.
Seit 1. Januar 2008 entfällt die Verpflichtung, tagsüber mit dem Abblend- oder Tagfahrlicht zu fahren. Fahrlichtschaltungen, die Abblendlicht oder Tagfahrlicht automatisch mit der Zündung aufdrehen, bleiben auch nach dem Aus für Licht am Tag erlaubt.