another official source here . This says if you are Swiss & drive a foreign registered vehicle then it is regarded as an import & you have to pay the import taxes.
Not totally correct:
The TCS will cover you if you have an ETI card. Definitely worth the extra ~90chf a year if you cross the border a lot.
I understand from members here that other breakdown insurances will rescue you as well if you've arranged European cover.
My basic breakdown cover is for any vehicle I am in or on and covers any country in europe and those surrounding the med.
If I understand correctly you have TCS cover for ch then need to buy additional cover @90chf for europe ?
My German isn't good enough to read the nuance of this law, but I can't imagine that they're going to try to accuse me of trying to 'import' a rental car.
Take the bus
I would, if only someone could tell me exactly where to catch it....
You're right (I don't drive, I have a chauffeur/husband); TCS covers you in Switzerland, they then have agreements with groups like the AA, RAC for breakdowns. ETI covers you for health breakdowns....
I just looked at the tcs site. I pay 75, tcs is 56 then around 75 for the same cover....
Thats because you cant import something you dont own! There seems to be some strange ideas floating around out there lets find a random website to try and support some idea and then claim it is the law. Personally driven numerous foreign rental cars here always shown my swiss drivers license and the details of the car to the border the result was - totally uninterested this car is owned by the rental company who you dont work for and you need to return the car to the rental company
There are exceptions for rental cars.
Swiss residents are allowed to use foreign registered rental cars in Switzerland for up to eight days from the start of the rental contract.
If the contract has been valid for more than five days when you enter Switzerland, you have three days to leave Switzerland with the rental car or to return it to a rental station in Switzerland.
OK, so the cover for outside of Switzerland is a seperate option....
Perhaps we pay more because it covers a family?
It's still a hell of a lot cheaper than having to call a tow truck as an independant!
Here's an idea for a bit of business.
Park at my house for a negotiated fee, I live 5 mins from the airport french side.
Will you give us a lift to the airport as well?
you can borrow my bike
I know this is probably not the best time for such a question but I am flying to Spain tomorrow from Basel. I was planning on spending the night at Rheinfelden and to take the car to the airport in the morning. Will only be gone until Friday so I wanted to leave the car in the parking at the airport (French side as stated by the collective wisdom on EF) but I don’t know if that is a good idea time-wise. Is it better to choose a route via Germany in order to beat traffic jam from Rheinfelden to Basel in the morning? Flight is Easy Jet leaving 10.15 am so taking the train would be possible. No luggage, checked in online already. Gate closes at 9.45 am so is it ok if we get to the airport at 9 am?
Any suggestions?
Can't comment on the best driving routes, but for a 10:15 EJ flight you can turn up at the airport at 9:45; despite their "be at the gate" threats, Basel doesn't have a "holding pen" at the gate (such as the one they have in Berlin) so there's no checkpoint to say when you got there.
If it were me, I'd aim to get to the airport around 9:30.
NO NO NO it is not. I have driven around in France (Mülhausen, Colmar, Strassburg,Metz, Nancy, Dijon, Paris, Chartres, Rennes, St. Malo, Calais, Tours, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Narbonne, Marseille, Lyon, Nice) and never heard about anything thelike, in spite of having talked with chaps of the Douane Français and having had my car parked for weeks at places in France. What you refer to is the case if you have residence in France but it then is a matter of up to a year and not a month
The topic is:
A driver living in CH driving a car in CH that is registered abroad. Marton is correct, it's illegal.
Important to note (I dont' think it's been mentioned already):
Since it's illegal no insurance will pay for any kind of damages.
I personally always park in the S13 Zone: 66CHF for 4 days, I consider it as not so bad...
You can save quite a bit by parking on the French side , its the same airport so I'm surprised this anomaly exists.