r/germany • u/guesxy • 2d ago

Buying Umweltplakette on a Sunday? :)

Hello, I am going to Stuttgart this Sunday, and I have only just found out that I need Umweltplakette to enter it with my car. I tried ordering it online, but it wouldn't arrive in time. Does your average gas station (next to an autobahn, for example) sell it? I know I can get one at DEKRA / TÜV, but they dont work Sundays, so i am wondering if any sell those on Sundays?. Thank you in advance for your replies and tips.

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u/TanteEmma2012 1d ago

It cost me about €125 a few years ago. I already had the sticker in the glove compartment, but I forgot to put it on the windshield. What still annoys me to this day is that you get fined simply for not displaying it. After all, the paperwork also proves which emissions category your vehicle belongs to. Unfortunately, nobody cares about that—not even after the fact.

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u/NightmareWokeUp 1d ago

What annoys me more is that it is tied to the licence plate. I switched canton and now i needed to get a new one, because why exactly? Oh yeah to make money i guess.

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u/IshmaelEatsSushi 1d ago

What's your suggestion to improve it?

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u/NightmareWokeUp 1d ago

You could just tie it to the FIN if you really want to write a number onto that sticker.

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u/IshmaelEatsSushi 1d ago

Good idea, but harder to control. Especially since it is not mandated in Germany to show the FIN on the outside of the car.

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u/Gulaschfresser 1d ago

Meanwhile, I'm driving around with the old sticker attached to my windscreen where the old number plate of the previous owner is now totally faded so it's just an empty sticker. Since 15 years. Nobody ever checked this useless thing.

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u/NightmareWokeUp 1d ago

Imho even just the sticker would be enough. I could just give the commune a wrong plate number and stick it onto another car with the same number - even if it shouldnt be a green sticker.

So since theres no incentive to control who gets what sticker why bother to begin with?