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At the tollgate, I had to park the M2, go to a seperate booth with my passport plus all the BMW paperwork. I was instructed to go back to my car where 2 security guards met me. They then began inspecting my car inside, out and underneath. they asked my wife and I to stand outside and remove our luggage from the trunk. They then asked me a whole bunch of questions about my purpose of travel and about my new car. It wasn't excited new car talk, it was more in line with thinking that I maybe was sneaking a stolen car across the border. They were not familiar with the BMW ED program. The whole process took about 45 minutes. The guards weren't rude but neither were they friendly. If I had the vignette prior, I could have drove through a different line and I'm sure it would have sped up the process. |
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09-09-2019, 09:38 AM | #24 | |
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09-12-2019, 03:52 AM | #26 |
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Ok so far in Switzerland it is better to stay on the big roads. We used the USB Navigation and it took us to a closed bridge when we tried to enter from Austria. We also ran into a very diifficult situation using our Iphone Maps. We were attemtping to go from the Furka Pass and Grimsel Pass to Engelberg (Mt. Titlis) and it took us through a back road with a toll. 6 miles later we were bottomed out on a very narrow dirt road on a ledge with a beautiful lake a couple feet down. We had to reverse down the edge of the ledge a couple miles to find a spot where we can make a 3-point turn and get out of there. The undercarriage probably has some bruises from this experience but we are just happy we made it out of there. This also left all four wheels covered in mud as well as mud along both sides of the car. Luckily found a wash station outside of Interlaken's train station and got it rinsed off All in all its been an amazing experience so far as we are heading up to First Mountain today in Grindewald!
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09-24-2019, 07:51 PM | #27 |
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I would just 2nd the tip about keeping Swiss Francs with you. I remember one night stoping at a gas station (9-10 pm) and you could only prepay by credit card by yourself and all my credit cards where refused, lucky I was with a Swiss friend! Also many places don't take credit cards, amex even less.
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09-25-2019, 07:42 AM | #28 | |
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Yes my Amex and credit union debit card were useless. We used the girlfriends Capital One Venture for Everything and paid it off after each use. Only had to fill up twice as I only put 507 miles on her. Both places used cards. Needed the Francs mainly for parking garages and car washes and food trucks in Bern.
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