Greece car hire, insider tips

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Taking your own car or motorhome to greece:

As we entered greece with a motorhome on our first trip to greece, we did not need to rent a car for greece until our last trips to rhodes, samos, kos, corfu or crete.

For a vacation with your own motorhome, you should join a car club before the trip, which provides for any spare parts to be procured or for a return transport of the vehicle in case of engine damage.

In addition, it can be advantageous if you also take out a foreign damage travel insurance, because even if you are not at fault in an accident, this insurance pays for costs incurred such as loss of use, interest and compensation for expenses. Foreign insurances do not have to reimburse these costs as we do.

With the rental car through greece:

on our second vacation in greece we flew to samos where we rented a jeep to explore the island better. If you rent a car for your vacation in greece, no matter if it is a motorhome or a jeep, you should in any case take out a fully comprehensive insurance.

At the top of the picture, we were just with the rented jeeps on the island of samos on the road. Since we have met other travelers, with which we made a discovery trip to beautiful viewpoints. But I had also borrowed a bike to explore a few paths and to do some sporty activities.

On the freeway in greece: you can’t compare it with germany. The highways in greece are good and are privately owned and operated. Tolls can be paid directly at the toll booths and do not cost very much.

Gasoline prices when refueling in 2010 in Greece

Freeway travel tips: there are in greece on the highways not many gas stations, so you should look with the rental car that you do not fill up too little gasoline even if you do not want to drive long distances. Who knows when the next gas station comes. The freeway in greece is almost a topic for itself, there is so much to say about it.

Actually, it is almost unbelievable what you see when you are on the Greek highway on the road. If you tell someone who wants to learn more about Greece, as a German you just shake your head. As you drive in Greece on the highway, left or right on the shoulder now and then a parked car, where the travelers do their emergency beside the freeway.

Because there is hardly any water on the few freeway service stations, there are often these toilet facilities around, as you know them in Germany from the construction sites. I also like to compare other countries, customs and traditions with those of the Germans. As horrible as this may sound sometimes. But what if you inform yourself here about greece and then on your own trip everything is completely different, that’s no use, you should already stay with the truth. And on vacation it should be different than at home, so you also have more to report.

At the last greece vacation, that was one of the samos travel end of august 2011 there cost the diesel only 1,39², the gasoline unleaded 95 octane only 1,71 euro per liter. That adds up to 10.000 kilometers in a greece round trip with the motorhome are not uncommon and you can see that in the prices for diesel fuel. Almost 20 cents per liter diesel cheaper than 2010 in northern greece is already a word and makes the greece vacation equal to a lot cheaper.

Sanitary facilities in a parking lot on the highway in Greece (northern Greece)

Conditions for renting a car in greece:

Normally it is common that the rental cars in greece are only rented with a fully comprehensive insurance. At the airports in greece you can have your rental car ready for a service fee, this costs between 15 and 40 euros extra depending on the rental period. Often a minimum rental period is agreed. Not infrequently, a certain minimum age (21 years) is required by the renter to be allowed to drive a car at all.

It is important not to forget that most car rental companies do not allow you to change to another greek island with your rental car, if you do this you will lose your insurance coverage. Theft safe, extra driver, child seats or a delivery of the rental car to the hotel usually costs a little more.

Furthermore, the car rental companies in greece offer so-called one-way rentals, that is, you rent the car in thessaloniki or another city and drive it only to your desired destination. The longer you rent a car, the less you have to pay in rent. Similarly, if you book a hotel room in greece, I can also tell you interesting but better in the travel section greece hotels.

prices for car hire in greece:

The categories are for short rentals, rental cars for 3-6 days or from 7 days, depending on the type of car a different price, from 25 euro for a small fiat, for a nissan with more horsepower in about 70 euro per day rental in the low season, which begins in early november and ends in early april. A week’s rental of a car in greece can cost between 200 and 1000 euros, depending on the size of the car and the length of the rental.

The one photo shows us in a jeep driving over the island of samos, the rental car for these greece trips was from the car rental company sixt. So you can enjoy your vacation completely carefree and relaxed. When returning the vehicle to the lender, you do not have to fear any inconvenience in the form of an inspection of any damage such as stone impact or otherwise.

Interesting routes of the roads near Athens the capital of Greece

Whether or not you are at fault in an accident, which can always happen, the insurance pays in any case. A fully comprehensive insurance is reflected in the bill for a rental car only insignificantly.

The current prices for gasoline in greece were in march 2010 for 95 octane unleaded at 1.739. For 100 octane unleaded at 1.999, super LRP 1,899 and for the diesel you paid in march 1,579 euro. But it was not at every gas station in Greece the fuel as expensive as on the one picture of the green scoreboard. But the prices for cigarettes in Greece are not as high as in Germany, per pack you pay 2.80 euros, but should now also be more expensive.

At the last greece vacation on the island of samos, which is almost on the coast of asia, we got a rental car directly from the hotel. From this point of view you don’t even need to go to an agency if you want a cheap rental car, you also save time.

Next time I will tell you what you have to do in greece if you want to buy this delicious barbecue spice.

Preparation and spare parts for greece with your own vehicle:

If you have special requests for a particular model of car for your stay in greece, it is advisable to order a rental car from home, or to rent a car from home. To reserve, because otherwise it can easily happen that the model is just rented elsewhere.

If you want to explore greece with your own vehicle, you should make a list at home which spare parts, like fan belts or if you drive in the winter over passes, evtl. to take snow chains (alps in austria). In any case, before your trip to greece, have your vehicle made ready for your vacation in a specialist workshop, where everything is checked again, just like during an inspection.

If you want to take this torture on yourself to drive with your own car from germany to greece, as I did once, then I can tell you which route is best to take there. For example by ferry via ancona in italy.

book a rental car from home:

If you want to book a rental car for your vacation from home, you are welcome to use our search engine on the subject of rental cars to rent a suitable vehicle according to your wishes.

Of course you can rent in greece also other vehicles than a car. There are still mopeds, quads, bicycles and what knows everything else. The prices for renting such a quad, I will tell you on the page about crete. There I was able to find out what the current rental prices for rental vehicles in Greece are at the moment. From the trip to crete I am only on the 18.09.2009 returned from greece with the latest info.

On the greece vacation 2012 the prices for gasoline and rental cars were on the greek island rhodesnot yet higher than in 2011 in athens! Let’s see what the prices are for greece vacation 2016 on the greek island of santorin, am curious. In 2015 our greece vacation was on the island of corfu.

It is not only since greta thunberg’s environmental demonstrations that it has become clear that we need to reduce our CO2 emissions. Even though the transport sector in germany only accounts for a small share of total CO2 emissions, we should try to minimize them. Especially because vehicles with internal combustion engines naturally produce a whole range of other harmful emissions.

1 what are the CO2 emissions of a car?. Where does the CO2 emission come from?

1.1 what causes the greatest CO2 emissions. What do CO2 emissions depend on?
1.2 what about the CO2 emissions of a diesel engine?
1.3 how you can help reduce your car’s CO2 emissions

What is the CO2 emission of a car?. Where do CO2 emissions come from?

CO2 is a gaseous end product of combustion. Since most vehicles today still have an internal combustion engine (usually diesel or gasoline), most cars also emit CO2. This is caused by the complete combustion of the long-chain hydrocarbons in the fuel. However, since gasoline and diesel also contain other compounds or gases, it is not possible to determine the CO2 content. compounds with other elements, such as nitrogen or also sulfur, are present, there are also other emissions in addition to CO2. This includes sulfur oxides and nitrogen oxides. With the aid of modern catalytic converter technologies, however, the latter emissions are being reduced further and further. This is also true for very modern diesel cars, which also emit very few other emissions with the help of the adblue additive.

The problem with carbon dioxide, as CO2 is also known, is that it is difficult to bind it in vehicles or to modify it so that it is no longer emitted. Therefore, it escapes, as well as the resulting water, through the exhaust pipe into the air. CO2 is an important climate gas that can lead to an increase in the greenhouse effect in the atmosphere. The thermal radiation of the sun leads to an ever higher warming of the earth’s atmosphere, because the CO2 prevents the surplus heat from being released back into space. For this reason, it is important to reduce the CO2 emissions of your car as much as possible over the kilometers you drive.

What causes the greatest CO2 emissions. What CO2 emissions depend on

If you compare the amounts of CO2 released during different journeys, you come to some astonishing conclusions. For example, the CO2 emissions of an average car over the course of a year are equivalent to a two-week vacation in Majorca. Of course, most of this is caused by air travel, which releases a great deal of CO2 per kilometer, which cannot be compensated for by the large number of people transported.

When driving a car, the engine is of course the main source of CO2 emissions. Other systems only indirectly produce higher CO2 emissions, because they are supplied with energy by the engine. This is done either by the alternator and the electrical system or by a direct drive. In summer, the built-in air conditioner is one of the biggest energy consumers.

Generally, significant amounts of pollutants are emitted whenever the engine is cold-started. For example, there are studies that compare the first half-minute after starting the engine with the emissions on 300 compare kilometers driven (warm engine). This is due in particular to the fact that at this point in time the efficiency of the individual systems, especially those for exhaust gas cleaning, cannot yet work optimally. This is why the use of electric systems for preheating (similar to the glow plugs used in diesel engines) is now being promoted.

What about the CO2 emissions of a diesel engine?

The CO2 emissions of a car with a diesel engine in g/km are generally lower than those of a comparable vehicle with a gasoline engine. However, it should not be forgotten that some vehicle manufacturers have used unfair methods, in particular to improve nitrogen oxide (nox) emissions. In this area, diesel engines are therefore less clean than gasoline engines. In the meantime, however, it can be assumed that the "dieselgate" scams have come to an end and that the latest generation of engines really does have extremely low nitrogen oxide emissions. Another point that plays a role, especially in connection with diesel engines, is so-called fine dust emissions. However, these are now reliably eliminated by modern soot particle filters (dpfs).

How can you help to reduce the CO2 emissions of your car?

First of all, if it is possible, you should not drive your vehicle. In addition, you should think in particular about how to avoid short journeys, because these result in particularly high pollutant emissions. If you want more detailed information, there are numerous online calculators available for your personal CO2 balance sheet.

But what other measures can help reduce your carbon footprint?. First of all, there are the regular and mandatory maintenance and inspections. So your engine can only function optimally if it is regularly refilled with new operating fluids and filters. Other work, such as changing water pumps or timing belts, should also be carried out according to the manufacturer’s specifications. In addition, every system that is switched off also saves CO2. For example, reduce the output of your air-conditioning system so that it is not running at 30 °C outside temperature must cool your vehicle to 20 °C.

By adjusting your driving style, you can also do something to make your engine work more efficiently. And higher engine efficiency automatically leads to lower CO2 emissions. Thus, you should equip your drive unit with 1.500 by 2.500 revolutions per minute. This is where it reaches its highest efficiency. At the same time, they reduce their fuel consumption by about 20%. To achieve this, use from 30 km/h the 3., from 40 km/h the 4. And from 50 km/h the 5. Gear.

Another option is to change the fuel used by your car to a different. This is how many vehicles can be converted to alternative fuels. For example, bio-diesel and bio-ethanol produce comparatively low CO2 emissions.

Conclusion

Make your contribution today to achieving our climate protection targets. by trying to reduce the CO2 emissions per kilometer of your car, you make your own personal contribution. This is particularly advantageous if you are unable to replace your vehicle with a new one, or if you are unable to do so now in a sensible and economically viable manner. We hope that this article has provided you with a suitable guide so that you can drive in a more environmentally conscious manner in the future.

A tip from AUTODOC:
always remember that you do not emit CO2 when you leave your car or switch to an electric vehicle. In the case of the latter, however, the climate only benefits if the electricity used for the car is also generated in an ecologically sensible and climate-friendly manner. For example, you can use the electricity from your own photovoltaic system to charge your car.

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With an automatic watch, the movement is the be-all and end-all. If these watches are to work, it needs the movement of the watch by wearing it on the wrist or a watch winder. We explain to you what goes on inside the watch.

Basically, the automatic movement is a normal mechanical watch movement with an additional mechanism that ensures that the watch winds itself. Although the individual components of this mechanism differ slightly from manufacturer to manufacturer, almost all automatic movements are based on the same principle: with the help of kinetic energy, e.g. the power of the motor, the movement is adjusted.B. By means of an arm movement, energy is transferred to a tension spring by means of a rotor/rotating mass, which is thus tensioned. This principle is made possible by gravity (the force of attraction of the earth), which makes the rotor permanently move towards the center of the earth. this ingenious system means that automatic watches do not need batteries and manual winding is also unnecessary.

Flywheel mass and spring

On watches with a visible back, such as this omega speedmaster chronograph, the flywheel mass very nice to see. The semicircular and movable oscillating weight, mounted on ball bearings, is the uppermost part of the movement when viewed through the base. When the watch is moved, it swings with it.

Omega speedmaster chronograph: back side

The minute wheel, which is connected to the oscillating weight tension spring The headlamp unit is under tension and tries to return to its original shape. This creates the actual driving force. The mainspring is a flat rolled steel wire in a spiral form.

mainspring of an automatic movement

Such a spring takes up less space than a classic spring, such as the one used in a ballpoint pen, and also stores more energy.

The gear train

The energy generated by the spring is transferred to the watch’s gear train. The gear train includes the minute wheel, a intermediate wheel as well as the second wheel. these small gears are switched one after the other and cause the movement of the minute and second hand of a watch. The running of the wheels is smooth on a mechanical movement and results in a constant glide of the hands on the dial, unlike a quartz watch where the hands jump to the next index.

The anchor

Inhibition is the clock of the watch, so to speak, and is composed of anchor wheel, anchor and the balance wheel. The second wheel meshes with the escape wheel (also a gear) and the function of the escapement is now to "inhibit" the transmitted driving force and prevent the energy from being released too quickly.

Escapement: balance, pallet, escape wheel

escapement: balance, anchor, escape wheel

The anchor is like a pendulum that swings back and forth, hooking into the escape wheel to stop it at regular intervals. The actual clock generator is thereby the unruh. This is why it is also called a gear regulator.

Tick tock
the familiar "tick tock" sound of a watch is caused by the escape wheel teeth striking the plates of the two escape arms. Since the arms have a different length, it goes "tick tock" and not evenly "tick tock".

next week’s blog post will be all about the history of automatic watches. Be curious.

Watch winder
if an automatic watch is not worn for a longer period of time, it can be kept running by a watch winder. In our online store you will discover watch winders different brands, for one or more watches. Find out when it makes sense to buy a watch winder in this blog post.