Berlin - Post Report Question and Answers
What kind of vehicle(s) including electric ones do you recommend bringing to post, given the terrain, infrastructure, availability of parts, burglary/carjacking risks, etc.? What kind of car or vehicles do you advise not to bring?
This will sound wild, but I wouldn't recommend bringing or buying a German car; there have been intermittent (but, in the aggregate, frequent) spates of German cars being stripped for parts, even in the suburbs. By contrast, no-one I know who brought a Honda, for example, has had any trouble. If you bring a car, bring a sturdy vehicle that can handle cobblestones and for which parts are readily available. I wouldn't recommend leasing - dealers are tremendously picky about the state of the car upon return and are known to charge thousands of euros for tiny scratches. - Aug 2023
