haha its gotta be fun, thats why i need to do it.....that said it cant be that much longer to drive than to fly when you take into account your time waiting around...plus Ausstrian transfers are notoriously 2-3 hours from the airport.
You do know that it's illegal over there now not to have winter tyres in addition to chains? Germany and Austria, winter tyres or tyres showing the symbols M+S (mud and snow) ...if you get stuck the police can fine you on the spot 20 euros iirc, 40 if your holding traffic up and make you stop your journey until you get some fitted.....gather you've done ya research
just noticed in your sig too the A5? im off to look at a couple of S3's on Sunday, noticed one of the garages has a nice 3.0tdi A5 in and hoping to take one out, quattro of course...what were your thoughts overall?