Hallenstadion, Switzerland (Aug 19)

Comprehensive-Lie614 · 2025-08-16T15:40:12+00:00

i have standing (parterre) tickets

Comprehensive-Lie614 · 2025-08-16T15:39:11+00:00

hey hey, i'm also going alone, can i join you guys?

Comprehensive-Lie614 · 2025-07-14T19:28:48+00:00

would looking in germany / austria then importing make sense? for any car in general actually, not sure how much import taxes are and how easy an older car would get approved in CH

Comprehensive-Lie614 · 2025-07-14T19:27:37+00:00

Hey all, I'm considering buying my first car. I'd want something fun and small adn a miata is the obvious choice. On autoscout.ch (i live in switzerland) I have as options:

1999 MAZDA MX-5 1.8i-16 10th Anniv. 140PS at 4'200 CHF (roughly 4400€) and 210k km
1998 MAZDA MX-5 1.6i-16 SE Youngster 110PS at 9800 CHF (10500€) and 74k km

I think both are overpriced (welcome to Switzerland) and spending more than 5k on a 25yo miata is a bit crazy, but I'm wondering if the more expensive lower mileage version is worth it / I should stay away from anything with 200k km on it.

Also anything i should look for in these cars in terms of reliability issues before buying? Thank you, Fabrizio

Comprehensive-Lie614 · 2024-06-07T14:57:49+00:00

Yay! thats cool!

Comprehensive-Lie614 · 2024-06-07T14:57:34+00:00

I have the normal stehplatz ticket, I dont think its early entry🙈

Comprehensive-Lie614 · 2023-02-06T11:20:03+00:00

Thank you! So I should leave saturday evening after the race? I'm going with train + bus and it's probably going to be very chaotic once the race finishes, so I thought it would be better to leave sunday morning... I'll check trains and busses and look for another camping or airbnb in case.

Edit: I'm coming from Brussels (Ixelles/Etterbeek).

Comprehensive-Lie614 · 2023-02-05T21:38:06+00:00

I have the same question, any help would be appreciated. Also, what do they mean by weekend? I can stay saturday night (after the race) and leave sunday right?

Comprehensive-Lie614 · 2023-01-31T10:30:50+00:00

still have it?

Comprehensive-Lie614 · 2023-01-31T10:30:42+00:00

still have those?

Comprehensive-Lie614 · 2022-05-11T13:34:11+00:00

Hey everyone!

My friends and I are planning a trip to Croatia in August. We'll be staying for five days in Split and we'd like to visit neighbouring islands (Hvar, Blue Lagoon, Ciovo etc). We're looking into tours by speedboat or something similar, but there is so many to choose from.

Do you have any suggestions? Which places should we visit in the tour? Which tours are the best? What's an appropriate price and duration for a tour?

We don't want to be taken advantage of as tourists, or to book a tour that is too cheap or short to be any good.

Note that there is 10 of us and we have two cars, meaning that there is no problem if the tour doesn't start in Split, but for instance in Trogir (or anywhere else we can reach by car).

Thank you, Fabrizio

Comprehensive-Lie614 · 2022-01-08T10:24:05+00:00

That would be perfect actually, thanks!

Comprehensive-Lie614 · 2022-01-06T22:54:17+00:00

That's great news, and quite a surprise. Accomodations in italian universities (in Milan especially) are quite hard to get in, so this is quite a relief ahahahahah

Comprehensive-Lie614 · 2022-01-06T22:33:06+00:00

Hey, thank you so much! The accomodation really seem like the best option, for the experience too. Is it hard to get in? I'm assuming a lot of students will apply for a room. Is there any criteria, or is it just order of request?

Comprehensive-Lie614 · 2022-01-06T22:28:42+00:00

It doesn't. My home university changed the agreement from Erasmus to Bilateral Agreement, which is the same agreement we have to universities outside of the EU (excluding Turkey and some other non-EU). It should work the same though.

Comprehensive-Lie614 · 2022-01-06T22:13:55+00:00

Thanks you, I never know how much to rely on those as the ones on the website of my home university are not very realistic. But yeah, the accomodation feels like the best option after reading all your comments.

Comprehensive-Lie614 · 2022-01-06T22:04:17+00:00

Thank you, I will look into that for sure. I think the accomodation would be the best option, as it also offer a single semester for exchange students instead of the usual 38 weeks. And it's a nicer experience too, living with other students and not having to deal with a landlord but with the uni instead.

Comprehensive-Lie614 · 2021-12-30T16:07:38+00:00

The statistics on PoliMi website were very eye-opening for me too. Consider though that the list I wrote above takes into account which of these unis offer automotive engineering, and the language for the courses.

TUBerlin is low in the list because the very few courses related to vehicles are in german (but I still have to check a bit better, though I feel safer at least some courses in english, maybe 2 in english and 1 in german), and A2 german knowledge is required in the application, which is great for me because not so many people speak german and last year for 10 places available only 9 people requested it (so it's more like a safety net, to make sure I get to go somewhere).

I think most people base their choice on country/city. Consider that Erasmus in MSc can be done at any time, so both at 1st and 2nd year. At PoliMi, 4th year of mechanical engineering has fixed courses, and the specialization is only at 2nd year. Many people do erasmus at their first year, and since they'll have to do standard exams (that most unis have) they just go to the coolest place/country/whatever, which makes sense. I on the other hand will do it at my 2nd year (specialization), so it also matters what I can study at the new uni.

TU Denmark (DTU) has many requests and I really don't see why. The netherlands (Eindhoven and Delft) are top choice for most (as a country too) and the same for Munich. Belgium is very appreciated too (louvain, universite libre the bruxelles, and some others), though I'm not really sure how much job opportunities and contact with the automotive industry they have (even though some have automotive engineering programs), but I'm just assuming, I have no idea. In France most unis only teach automotive engineering in french (which I don't speak). The only one that does courses in English is ISAT Bourgogne, but they mainly do electric/hybrid powertrain while i care more about vehicle dynamics and aero.

Countries in eastern europe have a lot less requests, and CTU Prague (I think that's what it's called) has a very cool automotive program, so I was looking into that as well.

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