NORMAL EVERYDAY GERMAN THINGS THAT REALLY SURPRISED ME

[@AntoinetteEmily]

I've been living outside of New Zealand for too long because some of you are telling me that many of the more modern NZ showers have removable shower heads 🙌 This makes me very happy.

[@temperateortropical161]

Removable shower heads were in NZ in 2007, possibly before.

[@belindabeuks3559]

Yup, ours is removable too... I'm in NZ😊

[@me_shristythapa5667]

Do you think I should come to Germany??

[@heyblondie9499]

Das wichtigste warum wir im Sommer nicht mit Hinterreifen fahren ist der Abrieb von Hinterreifen ist im Sommer sehr hoch, das bedeutet wenn man viel fährt braucht man sehr viel mehr Reifen. Lg

[@claudiakrause]

@@heyblondie9499 Du fährst im Sommer nur mit Vorderreifen? Respekt! ;))

[@sofiaravenclaw5254]

I think most Germans want to lern driving in a manual car because when you learn to drive a automatic car you're not allowed to drive any manual cars but if you learn to drive a manual car you can just drive everything. So that would be my opinion...

[@sinas.5910]

Sofia Ravenclaw true, wanted to say the same! 👍🏻

[@liviu-ovidiustefan6858]

It’s just normal throughout the whole Europe...

[@caro1943]

Same opinion! I like driving manual bc it is a bit of an art I don't want to unlearn, in some way it makes us special and I like that :)

[@OriDMT]

Driving using manual is normal in like every European country.

[@martah5369]

And if you want to rent a car you have more options.

[@katethepanfuckertm-9750]

As a German I love watching videos like this one, because it's cute to see what people of other countries think about us Germans.^^

[@silversurfer8212]

K. Millers. Germany is a lovely country and the bier is good too. Gefallt Mir sehr.

[@katethepanfuckertm-9750]

@@silversurfer8212 Freut mich! I can't help but smile every time someone from another countrie speaks German! It's just too adorable^^

[@silversurfer8212]

@@katethepanfuckertm-9750 Vielen dank Kate, Deutsch ist eine sehr schones spricht. (I'm not fluent though, still a way to go.)

[@joeexotic305]

❤️❤️❤️

[@minimalista2023]

Me, too 😊

[@Lormenkal64]

not having a removable showerhead sounds awful

[@pleindespoir]

Fixed showerheads in Germany rely to the time till 1945 3.bp.blogspot.com/-a2HS1DuREu0/Wm7JD0YRHwI/AAAAAAAAMgw/O8jEXTcL1UQzVte-C0gq8uyJxGtFTNoRgCLcBGAs/s1600/duschraumflossenburg1ikk0.png Might be that's the reason why German people don't want them in their own homes today.

[@mattis8018]

and it’s not even true, I’ve never had a not removable showerhead 😂

[@bucciallatisscarabhairclip7039]

Many/Most showers have both tho

[@sidori8818]

@@mattis8018 same

[@fionar.3096]

Lormenkal I already miss it in America right now. Wish I would be back in Germany..

[@wanneske1969]

Those 'weird' German things are actually pretty standard in the entire Europe, not just Germany

[@beamaria4273]

Yes, true! I was about to say that!

[@girlwithoutpearlearring]

Me too😄

[@motzi3630]

And that's the beauty about Europe

[@pwolkowicki]

Exept GB, but they often say they are not Europe ;)

[@accrobody256]

And in Québec too, Montreal have street only for bike

[@paulinahengstermann6474]

Ich noch nie jemanden so begeistert von Duschköpfen reden hören.. 😂

[@masterofdesaster7324]

Kann ich nur zustimmen 😆

[@loreenmetzger6369]

Haha lol, ich auch😅

[@lillischneider6667]

haha ja😂😂

[@tobiasbrunner4720]

"insert inappropriate joke here"

[@grape5465]

wer weiß wieso :P :D

[@SanPendro]

Winter tires arent used during summer because they become too soft in warm temperatures and wear off quickly

[@mackenzie5128]

Stephan Flach ja, das wollte ich auch sofort mitteilen. Wäre mir sowas von egal, ob die etwas teurer sind, wenn ich dadurch das ewige Reifenwechseln los wäre...

[@o0OAnnamariaO0o]

Also winter tires may be better with snow + ice, but summer tires are definitely better with heavy rains than winter tires. So they are not just the cheaper ones you use to save on your winter tires...

[@diniik]

I was driving this summer whit winter tires and on rainy days they are really slippery.

[@30daysofneiiin]

There's also Allwetterreifen/Ganzjahresreifen (All weather-/All year-tires), but they too wear off quicker and don't work as well as either summer or winter tires, so they're only worth it for people who drive very little.

[@notthatyouasked6656]

Very true. I bought a used car 2 years ago and the seller had put a brand new set of tires on it, neglecting to tell me that they were winter tires. They wore out in just over a year. Of course the fact that I live on a gravel road might have accelerated the process...

[@PomitusTV]

German Smalltalk in a Nustshell: Grüß dich! Hi, und hast du schon Winterreifen drauf? Nein Mann! danke für die Erinnerung, machs gut, wir sehen uns

[@dj_arja]

PomitusTV Translation Hey Hi did you already change to winter tires? No man! Thanks for reminding me, good bye, se you around

[@Alisen12]

Me (a German): watching video Antoinette: Winter tyres! Me: Crap! Really need to set a date to get my tyres changed. Thanks you Antoinette for reminding me!

[@sophiex3228]

Me too, haha so true 😂😂😂😂

[@LunaticDesire]

Austrian here who is also glad for the reminder xD xD

[@antonia_csferreira]

😂😂😂

[@turtlepower2204]

Es gibt aber auch all seasons Reifen mit dem Marsch und Schnee Symbol, mit denen darf man das ganze Jahr fahren. Ich fahre einen manuellen 😂 Transporter, und bin ganz froh, dass ich die Reifen nicht wechseln muss. Gerade, wenn man sich mal fest fährt ist eine manuelle Schaltung von Vorteil.....glaube ich. Viele Grüße aus Hessen😊

[@ulrichnubias2193]

From easter to october is a you have summer tires and october to easter winter tires. You could get all seasons tires.

[@Alex-zt3ht]

I'm german and thought the whole time:"you don't do that?"

[@s1ronn694]

die for dye Ich auch alter!

[@antonvanis]

Ich auch

[@erikfehr5775]

I'm canadian and I feel the same!

[@sunshineechoes]

yes, as an italian these are normal things

[@baekksong3970]

I'm not even european and i felt the same for many!

[@niemand6916]

"Some thin I love about germany: the older generation riding on their bikes..." Wait until you got your drivers license.

[@manuelmoertl2077]

Haha. True 😂

[@marinasimic9342]

😂😂😂 true true...

[@floriandunst7293]

Hahahah jaa😂😂😂

[@ton123to23]

dann kommt nur "hast du keine augen im kopf oder was" hahahah

[@justcookiees7804]

+1

[@lottelilo1]

Kids in Germany ride bikes at the age of 3-4. All of us ride bikes, old and young! It is really strange if someone has no bike.... 😀

[@leabergzwergi155]

especially in my hometown (lovely Münster) bikes are allowed to do like everything there are just too many but I love it

[@eyjii9040]

Ich wohne im Sauerland und hier fahren eher sehr wenig Leute mit dem Fahrrad. Als ich mal in Münster war, war ich so schockiert wieviele Menschen mit dem Fahrrad fahren.

[@leabeh4102]

Ja wer bei uns kein Fahrrad hat ist komisch oder einfach neu ist aber schön umweltfreundlich

[@leariona5329]

In Freiburg gibt es an jeder Ecke einen Fahrradverleih😂

[@Geshtafshnifka]

lottelilo1 like every Dutch person has a bike😁

[@slimeworld1834]

If you enjoy people on bicycles you you go to Netherlands. They are basically born on a bicycle 😂

[@sophieh.3274]

Or Münster🤣

[@yvonnewijnands9288]

So true. In Germany some children are going to school with a bus but in the Netherlands every child has to cycle to school (even if it's 40 minutes to cycle)

[@airotkiv]

Yvonne Wijnands fun fact: last year the city of Utrecht spent about 30 times more more money per inhabitant on biking infrastructure than the city of Berlin. When I went to the Netherlands with my parents a couple of years ago we felt like total outsiders whenever we would walk anywhere because there were literally no other people going for walks in the countryside (we couldn't bike because my mother had recently lost her 3D vision). One guy even asked us if we were lost haha

[@Wildcard71]

How do you recognize a German cyclist in the Netherlands? The helmet.

And mopeds - broomfiets. Still? I don't know - it was decades ago that I was in Holland. When I stayed there in the early 1970s, the bicycle / moped infrastructure was amazing!

[@mtgreengarden]

Manual cars have Fahrvergnügen, automatics not so much.

[@sexismusmitdragonballsficken]

mtgreengarden xD

[@franzistarke9819]

mtgreengarden dieses Kommentar macht mich so glücklich 😂

[@christianstachl]

mtgreengarden I'd say yes and no. After driving for about 20 years manually i now have one with automatic and i REALLY enjoy it, especially in "stop and go"-situations ;)

[@rubyrubia9090]

sowas tu ich mir nicht an, son scheiss haha

[@ConnorMcSchrosch]

@@christianstachl nobody enjoys traffic

[@roy.mclean]

I think I learned more unusual things about New Zealand than Germany.

[@BjornBS]

I think a more accurate title for this video would be: Normal everyday EUROPEAN things that really surprised me.

[@frauleinzuckerguss1906]

Well, she's only staying in Germany so how would she know if they're normal European things? And if she had said Europe and got something "wrong" then everyone would yell at her for generalizing, so I think the title is accurate.

[@corykobbert]

You can include that for Canada and Japan, as well based on my experience. Maybe more a mix of automatic and manual, but otherwise suprised at your suprise.

[@mutschel1]

What are you talking about? In France you shit standing up into a hole in the floor? In Germany I never had to do that!

[@Alias_Anybody]

No removable shower heads? O_O How can you live like that?

[@deebee9120]

We do have them!!! Only really old bathrooms don't...

[@elenaherwagen3529]

Alias Anybody It's the best invention BEFORE sliced bread in Europe. When we moved to America it was the first thing I missed, and we installed one in every rental we lived.

[@roesi1985]

@@elenaherwagen3529 Sliced bread a good invention? What for?

[@lumina9995]

@@roesi1985 Das ist ein Idiom! Heißt meistens: the best thing since sliced bread.

[@AntoinetteEmily]

@@deebee9120 Yes I've just been living outside NZ too long and the houses I lived in didn't have them.

[@sebastianrabe1002]

As to the subject of winter tires: they deteriorate at an extreme rate when temperatures are above their ideal range. So you would need way more tires if they are used during summer time. Further they are less secure in summer. The rubber gets really soft and while breaking you would virtually slide ont the rubber and the car would come way later to a stop.

[@sthenzel]

I´ve used up winter tires in summer once (my old car was about to be sold off and spending money for new summer tires didn´t make sense), they did wear off faster, but apart from that they had no noticeable downsides.

[@TKAY2604]

+ you would waste a lot of gas driving with winter tires all year but there are also all season tires as an option for those who do not whant to switch back and forth

[@hmpeter]

@@sthenzel really depends on the tires. Specialized snow tires for example often are not that great on wet surfaces, resulting in rather long breaking distances. Esp. in warm weather.

[@helgetram6121]

Winter tires during the summer are as bad as summer tires during the winter. Much longer breaking distance for example.

[@PreciousPotat]

@@TKAY2604 Yes, I always used those. There's not a lot of snow and ice in either Niedersachsen or down in the South of Germany, in Freiburg. If you're a city dweller, stick to the all-weather tires, you won't have much of a use of winter tires anyway.

[@temporarilyblond]

In Spain we all drive manual cars as well, I think it’s normal in Europe.

[@nigelpixel6301]

Mara R I agree

[@gosiajakubowski8905]

Manual cars are easier on petrol. But I would’t want to change my automatic for manual, ever!

[@lizstyla88]

I think it’s an American thing driving an automatic car or only having an automatic licence

[@TS29er]

@@lizstyla88 unfortunately americans are allowed to drive manual cars when they come to Germany although they have probably no clue how to drive a manual car and THAT is dangerous :)

[@Hanni24_]

@@gosiajakubowski8905 well actually not anymore. I m working for a car manufacturer and if you are using an automatic car from my company actually you will save petrol. You cant change the gear as fast as the newer automatic gear boxes can. So you pay more for automatic but have less stress and if you use it a long time you will probably save money :)

[@BadSegeberg]

Winterreifen hätten im Sommer einen längeren Bremsweg als Sommerreifen.

[@JABlast]

Und eine höhere Abnutzung, wenn sie zu heiß und somit zu weich werden.

[@antonvanis]

Lernstunde lol

[@eisbar2052]

@@JeverHuelse Naja ich hab im Sommer Alus mit Sommerreifen und im Winter Alus mit Winterreifen :D

[@c0d3_m0nk3y]

Ausserdem darf man mit Winterreifen meistens nicht schneller als 200 km/h fahren (je nach Marke) ;)

[@noomis.44]

Haha that’s the most German Antwort ever ^^

[@bbboo57]

Antoinette: I have never heard of winter tires Me, a canadian: 😶😶

[@deinemama6483]

Me too since i get 12...

[@chickenkorma3163]

Do you even own tires for summer or do you just don't drive for that week? ;>

[@svenschirra6769]

I am a Tire Seller, and we have Winter, Summer and Allseason Tires here.

[@Norbert_Sattler]

@@svenschirra6769 How does an all-season tire even work? I thought the main reason for the switch is because the rubber formulas are optimized for cold or warm temperatures. Are they calibrated for something in between?

[@losmosquitos1108]

Norbert Sattler they are a foul compromise and not recommended. Like suboptimal summer/winter tires... 🤔

[@sixshion]

,,...because in Germany it snows...." Well, not anymore I guess. Edit: Leute, ich bin Deutsch, man kann mir also auch auf Deutsch antworten xD

[@fabianH-hm5vm]

Tell that to the people in the Alpes, Thüringer Wald, Harz, Schwarzwald.....make them lough. : )

[@FineHupeline]

@@fabianH-hm5vm True! But in many various regions you can wait for the white Christmas to your last day …

[@SchwarzeSonne130]

@@fabianH-hm5vm und allgemein Niedersassen

[@fabianH-hm5vm]

@@FineHupeline Yes, at the coasts most years it snows in November and then in February/ March, when nearly nobody wants that anymore...

[@ratpitt4292]

But it snows where I live.....?

[@Speireata4]

Viel Glück und Erfolg für die Führerscheinprüfung.

[@stevenbayron5645]

Danke! Woher wusttest es.

[@connyapfelbaum4498]

Sie erhählt davon im Video

[@connyapfelbaum4498]

erzählt

[@stevenbayron5645]

@@connyapfelbaum4498 War doch nur ein kleiner Spaß.

[@TremereTT]

NO PRESSURE !!!

[@nureinherz]

The removable showerhead also comes in handy when cleaning the bathtube

[@Mokkamalia]

And when masturbating.

[@lettenlina1708]

@@Mokkamalia tf

[@CHPetMom]

That is so true - when I first moved to the US, and there were none of those, I complained about how impractical cleaning the bathtub is, without them. I got used to it, but I still prefer removable heads, even after living here for more than 20 years! Blessings from Las Vegas!

[@pshi701]

Or just when u just want to wash your body and not your hair

[@nureinherz]

@@pshi701 yes, you're right, that's another plus 👍

[@piotrszczepaniak1204]

Hi Antoinette. I am from Poland and just FYI - yes, driving manual gives much more control over the car, including some safety, like starting or slowing down on snow/icy road. There is some techniques which you can use in such condition, but they are possible (or much easier to use) with manual gearbox only. I am living now in Ireland and when entire country is stopped by one inch of snow (for single day and not every year) - I still can drive my manual car, being alone on the road (or with other Poles, Germans and other drivers from our part of Europe). For example - to slow down you car on ice/snow, you should use gearbox, gradually reducing gears and leave alone your accelerator. If you use just breaks - you'll lost control for sure, and even ABS may be useless. Of course some very advanced electronic systems in very modern cars can help, but if you have automatic car and electronic for some reason will stop working - you have a problem and no skills to solve it... Also there is another reason why in our countries we change tires twice the year. The winter ones are more expensive, but not that much. But using them in higher temperature is pointless - winter tires have not only different tread, but also are made with different rubber mix, designed for optimal performance in lower temperature. I remember when warm spring started and I still had my winter tires fitted - my car produced strange squeak on tarmac in some places, and thus I presume the grip was affected. I hope this helps you a little to understand our strange mild-European things :-)

[@greg_216]

I think it's more common in German showers for the showerhead mount to be height adjustable by sliding up and down on a vertical metal rail. While many modern showers in the USA and Canada have removable showerheads, the mount is usually located where a fixed showerhead would be and does not move up and down. The height-adjustable setup is certainly more convenient for people who don't want to get their hair wet every time they shower.

[@imrehundertwasser7094]

In Germany, cars with automatic transmission are more expensive than cars with manual transmission. I guess that's a reason for many people *not* to buy them.

I think that's a chicken and egg problem: in the US and other countries, manual transmission cars are rarer and *thus* more expensive.

[@jeanjacques9980]

Manual cars have better fuel consumption figures. J

[@markschattefor6997]

@@jeanjacques9980 And if the battery is empty you can start them by pushing them ( with a bit help).

[@Porknappa]

@@jeanjacques9980 the new automatic cars are very good in saving fuel. i got a 7 gear dsg audi and i need only 5,9 to 6,9 liter per 100 km. maybe less sometimes. the record was 4,9 on the landstrasse and chill driving

[@jonasmeyer8690]

Porknappa a DSG is an automatically shifted manual transmission. It’s components are much closer to a manual gearbox than an automatic.

[@NikolausUndRupprecht]

3:50 Driving with winter tyres during the summer month will also increase fuel consumption. They are made for low temperatures and do not roll that lightly in high temperatures.

[@dripzwow8099]

When you drive a fast car a manual transmission is simply much more fun (to me atleast) :)

[@Huli83]

That's what my brother used to say but now he drives a really nice BMW company car, it's automatic and he loves it :)

[@potentiallyRealWarrenGraham]

Dunno man, accelerating with kickdown is super satisfying, way more than shifting

[@MrNakki]

at least here in Finland, automatics are just so much more expensive than manual. Also, as someone mentioned, we have the same thing as Germany does - you're not allowed to drive manual if you get your licence driving an automatic

[@simonbrunner3062]

1. There's the fun aspect in manual driving, but there's also a pragmatic explanation: Automatic transmission is usually an expensive extra for cars sold in Germany. If you're comfortable driving with manual transmission (and most Germans are, as we've all learned it in driving school), why spend the extra money? Also, until the beginning of this decade, cars with automatic transmission used to be less fuel efficient compared to manual cars with experienced drivers. This has only changed with the latest (and most expensive) generation of automatic transmission gearboxes. 2. Winter tyres have a different rubber compound that's not made for hot temperatures. If you use them throughout the summer, the profile quickly wears off. If you plan to own and operate a car in Germany for more than two years, it's cheaper to have two separate sets of tyres. As an alternative, there's also so called "Ganzjahresreifen" (tyres for all seasons) that can legally be used in the winter months as well, but they're a compromise. Not as safe as dedicated winter tyres on snow and slippery surfaces, and not as durable and fuel efficient as dedicated summer tyres.

[@greg_216]

There's also the "cultural" aspect of driving in heavy traffic. Driving a manual transmission in a country with mostly automatic transmissions is a real pain when you hit bad traffic because everyone in an automatic just rides the brake and slowly rolls. In order to move with that kind of traffic in a manual transmission, it's a constant game of riding the clutch and it can be exhausting for your left leg. In countries where most people drive a manual transmission, traffic is more likely to just come to a full stop and wait for conditions ahead to clear.

[@TheRastaDan]

if you don't have a removeable showerheads, how do you even shower "ohne Haare" or "nur Haare"

[@deinemama6483]

Gute Frage wie wäscht man sich die Haare ohne abnehmbaren Duschkopf? Hmmm

[@TS29er]

Ich hab mir darüber noch nie Gedanken gemacht aber...Ich habe in meinem Leben vielleicht 5 mal 'ohne Haare' geduscht😂

[@Emily-pu8lh]

In my opinion driving an automatically car in Germany is only used by the minority because in your drivers license lessons it's better to learn driving with an manuel car (You can drive both types of cars then but when you learn at an automatically car you can only drive that type)

[@PreciousPotat]

Also, automatic is much less practical. Like, I live in Freiburg, but my parents live in the mountains, on the Schwäbische Alb. Geez! Had to use second gear with high rotation (= more torque) to climb that mountain with my Polo.

[@SchwertKruemel]

@@PreciousPotat and you really think an automatic is too stupid to shift down when needed? Modern automatics are so much smarter and due to their additional gears they will save on fuel significantly

[@PreciousPotat]

@@SchwertKruemel They do? Cool. Mind, I wouldn't be able to afford a MODERN automatic. It would probably be more like: "Oh, you can't do it? Ok..."

[@dalevialara]

And they are more expensive than manual

[@jensstawicki1870]

Germans like to drive actively , and that includes manual gear. Automatic gear is something for older people or peoples who are still unsure

[@keineahnung497]

Changing your tires mostly isn't about cost. Winter tires have a softer rubber that has more grip at lower temperatures but would quickly wear at higher temperatures in the summer. Summer tires have a harder rubber that needs to warm up a bit to get really grippy, but doesn't wear as much as the winter tires, but the tires don't get to ideal operating temperature in the winter. Also Winter tires have a different profile with bigger "channels" to work in a lot of snow/water instead of summer tires having a profile with more rubber touching the road so you have more grip on dry or slightly wet roads, but it's easier to loose grip and slip on flooded or snowy roads. So both tire types are just optimized for summer or winter, so it's much safer to switch tires. I hope I could help you with this comment.

[@CatMC_1]

Antoinette: "I ask myself why the Germans chose to drive with manual cars." Me: *"I ask myself why the New Zealanders chose to drive with automatic cars."*

[@BobJones20001]

The answer is the NZers changed in the 80s when we shutdown local car manufacturing and allowed the importation of secondhand cars from Japan. Everyone started getting taught in these as they were cheap second cars for the kids. Gradually automatics have become normal and new car sales of automatics increased. So now it has flipped from 90% manuals to mostly automatics. A lot of the younger people now aren't even able to drive a manual.

[@holger_p]

Automatic is still considered a luxury in Germany. It's some extra like a built-in navigation system to the car. You pay something extra on top. And the German never likes to pay for services or assistance that he does not explicitly wants.

[@CatMC_1]

@@holger_p It's not luxury, we got an automatic car as Germans, but it's still quite strange for me

[@sandrac3113]

CatMC1 not just people in NZ, everyone in the US as well.

[@kushal4956]

why wouldn't you? it's so much easier. I like making my life as easy as possible

[@lukieskywalker136]

When I was growing up we had a neighbor who was way into his 80s. We lived right in the middle between Hamburg and Bremen and this man was known near Hamburg to be always on his bike, people saw and recognized him almost 70 km from home. He took his bike shopping, he made his own broomsticks so he took his bike to the moor, he was picking up seeds for his garden here, then he went and got cat food over there, then he found another thing to do somewhere else. He was on his bike constantly. There came a day when he wasn‘t feeling so great, back hurting, knees...you know, stuff that happens when you get old. His daughter in law couldn’t take him to the doctor, so he went alone (this time in his car) and when she came home in the evening and asked what the doctor had said, the answer was „I should take my bike out a bit more.“ Yep, everybody‘s reaction was „Even more?!“

[@jessicaely2521]

70 km isnt that far when comparing to US. CIties in the US are extremely spread out when comparing to Germany. My school was 160 km from my house. The closest grocery store was 95 km from my house. When you have a job or school you can't be traveling this kind of distance. If I wanted to ride my bike to school I would have to wake up at 3 am. There was no way this was happening. My dad would have to leave for work at midnight. People would never sleep because they would be traveling.

[@SamWinchester000]

@@jessicaely2521 Wow, that sounds... hard. What kind of home was that? Was it because of a special thing like a farm or just a little village?

[@jessicaely2521]

@@SamWinchester000 it was not a small town. Things were just more spread out. Ok it was my parents choice to send me to a school further away. I needed this particular school due to my learning style. For work you work at the place that hires you. To live in Miami you either have to be a millionaire or live in a really shitty neighborhood. It is the same with any major city across the world. Housing in a major city and close to the major city is expensive. You have to go to the suburbs to find affordable housing. Majority of people work in some big city. Even if my family could live in Miami you wouldn't want to go to the public schools. They are some the worst schools in the world when it comes to reading, writing, arithmetic, science, etc. In the US you live where your kid can get the best education possible (or pay for private school). Majority of Americans don't live close to their work, or they don't want to go through the neighborhoods on a bicycle to get to work. My sister-in-law lived 10 minutes by bike from work. She couldn't bike to work because she would have been robbed, beaten, raped, or murdered.

[@SamWinchester000]

@@jessicaely2521 Ok, the work thing I absolutely understand, but the school and especially the supermarket surprised me and were hard to imagine.

[@Nelethebrain]

Beautiful story

[@PinkyLadybird]

So as a German living in Australia: 1. Love that half the videos is about cars 😹 2. So true about the manuals. Miss them. But I understand that right-wheel drive cars more often come as manuals now only. 3. The winter tyre thing is not only about saving money. The rubber composite is different. It is made so that the tyre doesn’t become hard and porous in temperatures below -5 degrees Centigrade. Driving winter tyres in warmer weather (above +10 degrees for extensive periods) will make them wear very quickly and also increase your fuel consumption because of increased friction. 4. The shower heads 🚿 OMG!!! When I renovated my bathroom I made sure to ALSO have a hand shower installed. Not only for washing myself. But also for easily rinsing and cleaning the shower. How else to you guys do that? Buckets???!!

[@DarqueBasylisk]

I LOVE your comment. :D

[@lindafredriksen1251]

I'm from Norway, but living in Italy. In both countries we have winter tyres, manual cars and removable shower heads. I know that fixed showerheads excists, but they are the fancy ones that are fixed to the ceiling (where you can choose between a lot of different pressures on the water) and always combined with a second removable showerhead. About riding bikes it depends on where you live both in Italy and in Norway. Some places old people ride their bikes, but I think not nearly as much as in Germany and Denmark or the Netherlands.

[@JPKnapp-ro6xm]

Manual transmissions aren't just a German thing, they are European.

[@greenknitter]

Yep, even here in Ireland on the periphery of Europe the vast majority drive manual.

[@LIKERorHATER]

In a few decades all of European is Germany 😅

[@k.m.lorenz7726]

This is so funny! I’m a German living in NZ, and I was really frustrated with the shower heads here! Now that we have our own house we installed a removable shower head 😅

[@AnnetteWarren]

It’s really fun listening to a different perspective to things that are absolutely normal to me :)

[@Mokkamalia]

Your so cool.

[@glexi2115]

My grandfather who is 91 years old is still riding his e - bike :) He is sooo active

[@melaniegrunert9675]

Anna Swan mine is 96 and still on his bike too :)

[@oernemor]

That's amazing ❤ My grandmum is 86 and drives up to 20 km a day on her e-bike. She also attends zumba classes 😂😂

[@Mokkamalia]

Oooooooh.

[@feel-the-rain85]

Ich hoffe, er trägt einen Helm :) Wer Hirn hat, schützt es

[@Mokkamalia]

@@feel-the-rain85 Let me guess - you're German?

[@kackerlakensalat]

We moved to a smaller German town. And hear all the elderly people were always taking me over 🚴‍♀️. It tooked be some time to realize they have e-bikes

[@gnubaum9768]

but then they don't know how to use them and at any slight hill you catch up to them again by just going the same speed uphill as on flat ground

[@irgendwieanders2121]

About these "Winterreifen": Tires (actually all polymers) have different optimal usage temperatures. Tires that are above their optimal usage temperature tend to go "soft" and may slip because the material of the tire gets easily smeared on the road surface... Tires that are below their optimal usage temperature get more brittle and so flex less, resulting in less contact between road and car...

[@WeltderWerkstoffe]

Winter tires also have a different rubber for low temperature and would be used off much faster in summer time than the regular tires that use rubber designed for higher temperature.

[@elileit]

We just moved to Canada from Austria and we bought a manual car and replaced the shower head with a removable shower head :D

[@mirandolina46]

We have detachable shower heads here in Italy. I was surprised in a British hotel to find that the shower head was fixed, I found it so primitive! Pensioners riding bikes are quite common here, no helmets of course. Often the bike is loaded with shopping bags. And if it's raining, they might even steer with one hand and carry an umbrella with the other. For winter driving on motorway and mountain roads it's obligatory to have either winter tyres or a set of snow chains that can be fitted if required. I've never driven an automatic car, but my son has recently acquired a vintage Fiat Panda with automatic transmission. He has to take it to a special workshop for servicing, so that's a bit expensive.

[@bytesabre]

mirandolina46 Im in the UK, houses tend to have the removable shower heads, I’ve seen both fixed and removable ones in hotels. My old house actually had both a removable and a fixed “drench” head, but I had to remove the last one from the wall as it was at nose height and totally useless for tall people...

[@Coccinelf]

It's not just to save money it to save having to change your tires as often too! Winter tires are softer than normal tires and would just be eaten off in 2 months over 20°C. I live in Canada and shower heads comes in both types but I can't live without a hand-held shower head.

[@anjatorsello3048]

Winter tires are more likely to wear out when the temperature is higher than 4 degree Celsius. So they are mostly used from “O to O” ( October to Ostern / Easter)

[@radical_reindeer]

The thing that surprised me the most as a German is, that "Pfandflaschen" is apparently a very german thing. Like, really? I thought everyone had that? It's such a good system!

[@deinemama6483]

Ist halt auch unsinn das es das NUR in Deutschland gibt. Schweiz Österreich teile der USA und teile von Südamerika haben nen ähnliches System. Und nein im Grunde ist das NICHT gut die Energie und das Geld die zum aufbereiten der Flaschen genutzt werden wäre bei richtigem Recycling besser investiert.

[@make-uplove566]

Ich als Schweizerin finde ich Pfand etwas sehr umständliches... Wir trennen unseren ganzen Müll auch ohne Pfand! Aber es ist eine gute Methode, um ein Volk dazu zu motivieren, wenn es sonst eben nicht klappt 🤗

[@BobJones20001]

Sadly Pfandflaschen isn't available in many countries. I have only seen this in Germany, and I have travelled to about 20 countries.

[@ninaradio]

Bottle returns for money used to be a thing in the US, but was mostly phased out in the late 70s/early 80s. I’m not sure why.

[@bresev8958]

@@ninaradio Right. That is kinda what happened with removeable shower heads. It was a thing quite awhile ago and then kind of dissappeared. Some people use them in the U.S. but it is not really standard.

[@ps5home]

There's even something called all-year-tyres (Ganzjahresreifen).

[@Goerti]

ABC Market ich kenne das unter dem Namen Allwetter reifen 🥰

[@fionach140]

Ich kenne es als Alljahresreifen 😂

[@Vip3rGER]

Jep. Hab ich aktuell bei meinem Auto drauf. Da ich ausschließlich in der Stadt fahre (Berlin), völlig ausreichend.

[@Nina5897]

Allwetterreifen sind aber nur bis zu einer Geschwindigkeit bis 200km/h erlaubt.

[@HarionDafar]

The reason you never run out of ideas, my dear Antoinette, ist not Germany but your creativity and foremost your open eyes and your sense and readiness for wonder and detail, for oddities and buried layers of strange things.

[@stefanw7406]

Wenn man einen Schaltwagen entsprechend fährt kann man ihn sowohl spritsparender als auch sportlicher fahren als einen Automatikwagen. (Leider immer nur eins von beidem gleichzeitig 😂)

[@jorgschimmer8213]

Im Prinzip ja. Aber die neueste Generation Automatik Getriebe, so ab Baujahr '15-'17 ( je nach Hersteller)sind tatsächlich effizienter. Ich bin Kfz-Mechatroniker.

[@stefanw7406]

Danke für die Info. Wobei man durch vorausschauendes Fahren sicher einen Schaltwagen wieder auf den gleichen Wert bringen kann. Aber wer macht das schon.

[@jorgschimmer8213]

@@stefanw7406 . Ich könnte es😂.

[@stefanw7406]

Ich traue es mir auch zu. Aber bestimmt schaffen das Autos bald auch alleine.

[@jorgschimmer8213]

@RobbyOnTheWay Nein. Ich schlage dich nicht, weil du Recht hast. Mein Vater ist 70 Jahre alt und effizientes Fahren bringe ich ihm nicht mehr bei. Ein Automatikgetriebe würde das ihm abnehmen.

[@mh9590]

Manual gear shifting allows you to control the revs precisely and thus gives you much closer control of the acceleration. Automatic transmission revs up immensely if you step on the pedal hard, but there is a delay of, I'd say half a second. For me, it's a tradeoff: Accelerating is much more fun with a manual gearbox, but in usual stop and go traffic, automatic transmission is more comfortable. There are models that allow you to do both. I'm glad I learned it with manual gearbox. Hats off to you for making the switch to manual!

[@ingridbrownlee8197]

Just happened upon your video. I was born and raised in Canada but my Mom immigrated from Germany at age 19. My Mom and I were very close, sadly she died in 2014. She raised me very European/German. I still have relatives in Germany and so I am in regular contact with them and have been to Germany several times. Even my Dad was German background, he was first generation Canadian born (he sadly passed away in 2006). I love anything German!!! So I’m excited about your channel, always love learning more.

[@fraulein40]

Canadian here who did her German driver's license at 50 years old after living in Germany for decades and now can drive a stick shift car!! I'm so glad I did it!

[@AntoinetteEmily]

Woohhooo, how amazing, I'm so impressed!!

[@BlackAmberMoon]

I just got back from Germany again, and I'm always amazed when I see the older folks on bikes. I just love it. It's rare to see that here in the US.

[@TheBorgfelder]

Driving an automatic car is like driving an auto scooter at an amusement park - driving for kids 😀!

[@lucyjjohan6622]

my thoughts exactly 😄

[@SomethingStupide]

You mean bumper cars ;)

[@JABlast]

@@SomethingStupide Then call max chrashappen if u want bumper cars.

[@Ricochico187]

Wintertires are more grippy and flexible in cold conditons and temp. They would be to soft or the rubbet gets to soft in the summertimes and would be driven down within weeks

[@skylin386]

I was told winter tires have a higher fuel consumption, that's also why you change it. But you can use your winter tires all year long.

[@uzrdutiutfiztdf3545]

not a good idea. in warm weather the rubber gets really soft, loses grip and gets worn very fast. when u use them one summer they are spent.

[@gobold1979]

About winter tires: They're made of softer rubber that becomes "too soft" at higher temperatures, so it wears off quite fast then. The other way round, summer tires become too hard and therefore lose grip at cold temperatures. The point is, temperatures in my region of Germany go from +40°C to -20 and in other regions, -20 isn't the limit. You don't have such a big span in oceanic climate, i.e. on an island.

[@alexanderurban4417]

for me it is extra stress to drive automatic, it feels like the car is out of control. i know its just psychology but i cant switch it off.

[@lokioil1529]

Also it's way easier to monitor your speed with manual shifting. The first time I drove an automatic car it was a rent car. I was speeding, after I left the Autobahn. Got so used to the speeds that 80km/h felt like 50. And the car shifting for you, the engine nerver gets louder, so hard to recognice.

[@archerpol]

Same

[@jeannecordua2616]

Everything you mentioned, we do in Denmark too - and I love the removable shower heads!

[@Porknappa]

@RobbyOnTheWay yes it is

[@Mokkamalia]

Yeah, they are perfect for masturbation.

[@pawec1793]

Hi Antoinette, in Poland non-removable shower heads are treated as a kind of fancy useless stuff in your bath room. Everyone has a removable shower head. Usually over a bath tab.

[@oliverw1898]

Everytime , when I was in america, I have a car with automatic gearbox. And after returning I am happy to sit in my car again with manuel gearbox.

[@tamarmh]

In the Netherlands we mostly have removable showerheads and everyone rides their bike, young people as well as old people do.

[@martah5369]

I am from Sweden and we definitively can remove the shower head. Also, to be able to adjust it to your height is very important to me. Another thing, I'm a pastor and conduct a fair amount of funerals. Often when people reach really high ages, they have these things in common: gardening, and riding the bike until the doctor/family/body absolutely told them they were not allowed.

[@Stoffmonster467]

I had to walk up and down in the bathtube in my USA trip when showering. Fixed shower heads are strange and not really useful, if you want to bath you children for example.

[@quentinmunich9819]

The only reason for nonfixed showerheads is: They can't get stolen. Therefore I understand if I spend a night in a hotel, thea have them, but at home, never!

[@unhappyoption5910]

@Quentin Munich How can anybody steal a showerhead? Rip it out of the wall, damage the pipe system and have water flowing out constantly?

[@eagle1de227]

@@quentinmunich9819 i think you mean "fixed showerheads"

[@jessicaely2521]

Um you just clog the bathtub so your kid is sitting in water. You just have your kid dunk their heads, or use a cup and fill the cup up with water from the bathtub. Shower heads usually can adjust to the point where it is not hitting you. The fixed fixtures I love are the ones attached to the ceiling. It has a way to adjust how fast the water comes out and has a removable head. You just flip a switch when you want to use the hose.

[@jessicaely2521]

@@unhappyoption5910 you unscrew the shower head. The cheap fixed shower heads has a pipe coming out of the wall and the shower head screws onto that. Expensive fixed shower heads are fixed on the pipe. Oh when I say cheap it's $5. When I say expensive its $100.

[@withlovefromrussia]

You can't use winter tyres in the warmer season because higher temperatures over a longer period will soften the rubber material too much. Winter tyres contain another rubber mixture than summer tyres to withstand low and minus temperatures, that is, however, not adapted to higher temperatures (> 10°C).

[@laylaicetalon6984]

I am from Germany and I‘ve never thought about those things, they’re just every day life for me🤔😂

[@lettenlina1708]

Geht mir auch so

[@ronjabrunner2290]

Haha ich auch😂😂

[@Hiosho]

i do agree with your Husband when it comes to "you have more Feeling for the Car with Manual Gears" - Winter Tires are not really expensive but more soft..so if you drive them during wamer Days u literaly scrub them down within Days cause there are made for Temperatures below 10° Grad cause then the Summer Tires wont work properly and u have less Friction wich leads to alot sliding..sorry for no Commas..i dont like them :))) Keep up with your Channel ! Cool Content

[@wtsalive8210]

@Hiosho You wrote exactly, what I wanted to write. You were quicker than me😂

[@_YellovvJacket_]

Also winter tires, due to how their profile layout is and due to the different mixture of the rubber used have MUCH less grip than summer tires unless there's snow or its cold, so basically summer tires are much safer to drive with unless its winter. along with that most winter tires are only rated for like 180km/h top speed.

[@caciliawhy5195]

But who cares? Driving in Stau with a manual is just tiring.

[@FryingPan76]

@@caciliawhy5195 Funny thing. In my area you don't drive, when in stau.

[@vitorsantos8144]

Was looking for this comment. 👌🏻

[@claudiaduffy5500]

Bathrooms have changed heaps since you left NZ. Most bathrooms now have removable showerheads as well. It makes cleaning the shower much easier too

[@AntoinetteEmily]

Yes even mum told me I've been living away from NZ for too long cause many people have the removable shower heads now. When I lived there the non removable ones seemed to be the norm.

[@lime427]

Not only cleaning the shower itself! I also clean things linke Tage baking pan in there because it doesn't fit into the sink. Or the cats toilet (after scraping everything out oft course)

[@cheilacruzmartins6552]

Same thing in Portugal. Everyone drives manual. We all learn to drive manual and it is extremely rare to drive automatic cars. Only Smart cars come to mind for automatic, honestly.

[@cwfan2]

Americans mostly drive automatic cars, but, I did learn to drive on a stick shift in the 1960's. Most states in the US require snow or all-weather tires. In some northern states will also require snow chains on the tires. In the US we have both the fixed and hand-held showerheads. My apartment has a fixed shower head. Old people ride bikes in the US. I don't, however. But, I have a friend who is in his mid-70's who belongs to a biking club and goes riding on a regular basis.

[@fatdad64able]

Winter tyres are very soft rubber to make for good grip in cold temperatures, on snow and ice. In summertime you'll wear them down in no time. That's what gets expensive in the end. Another route to go is to put all-season tyres on. Saves you having to buy, change, and store the extra set of tyres, but is also just a compromise.

[@LadyEibenherz]

I am German and I never thought of these things being so weird for other nations XD sooo cool to look at it from another point of view. Thanks for the content. It made me smile after work :)

[@mowana1232]

I lived in Hong Kong for twenty years and there removable shower heads are the norm as well. The only place were I encountered fixed shower heads was in the US.

[@melodeebourdeau]

USA has removable shower heads but it’s sadly not standard. I’ve never seen it in a hotel room. But my house has them. Love them as a mom with kids and pets!

[@AlexandraVioletta]

Jeah, it is a absolutely useful thing with kids and a dog 👍🏻

[@susanbartlett3421]

As a PT we recommend "hand held showers" as part of an "accessable" bathroom so people who need to sit down to shower won't have water in their face or get a cast or incision wet, etc.

[@velochlauer585]

About the showers: Here in Switzerland they are removable as well. And we have the best water pressure in the world (when I go to Germany or any other country in Europe or anywhere on the Planet I always notice the shitty pressure) in my experience, which is due to the mountains (the water pressure is high because the reservoirs are very high up, we don't need towers or pumps to create pressure) and a very well maintained pipe system.

[@MysticJabulon]

Also, winter tires are made of softer rubber, which means that (1) they wear more quickly, and (2) they add roll resistance, meaning higher fuel consumption.

[@kathom67]

Antoinette Emily stays at a hotel in NZ, grabs the shower head, pulls it out of the wall and the tiles are coming down. "Now it's removable!". 😀

[@Never_again_against_anyone]

😂

[@casswinchester2423]

😹😹

[@haylee1659]

No removable shower head? I live in germany since I was born and we always have had removable shower heads.

[@thestonegateroadrunner7305]

Manual cars are a lot more appropriate for the generally more aggressive driving style in Europe. Automatic cars, while being way more comfortable, are less direct in their throttle reaction and thus generally a bit too sluggish.

[@o0OAnnamariaO0o]

Also if you live in alpine, or other mountainous regions, you need the "Motorbremswirkung" ("motor break effekt" ?) I'm not sure how exactly you do that with automatic cars - I know there's some where you can block the higher gears, but I don't just want to block higher gears, I want to use exactly the gear I want - I'm the driver, Baby 😉

[@thestonegateroadrunner7305]

@@o0OAnnamariaO0o engine braking works exactly the same in automatic cars

[@TS29er]

@@o0OAnnamariaO0o In jedem Automatikauto, das ich bisher gefahren bin, konnte auch bei Bedarf manuell geschaltet werden, nur ohne Kuppeln natürlich :D

[@prinztom8652]

- manual gears are more efficient then automatic... you get more miles per gallon - winter tires have a specific soft rubber for better grip on low temperatures. driven during summer they have more rolling resistence, higher wear and more noise then summer tires

[@ninaradio]

Fixed shower heads are the standard/default here in the US, but removable ones are widely available and I would not say they are considered unusual. I think you can generally expect that a rental unit, hotel, or a house that was constructed on spec by a builder, etc. will always have the fixed showerhead, but when you go to the store to buy a replacement it to upgrade, probably 75% will have at least a handheld component. The kind I have now is a removeable one that fits into a fixed one, so the part that stays on the wall is like a ring shape and the handheld part pops into the middle to make one, broad water source. There’s a switch to toggle between having the water come out of both sections or just one.

[@greetjeb7030]

All the things you mentioned we have in the Netherlands as well, although wintertyres are not manditory, but lots of people use them.

[@Snakesborough]

I'm from the Netherlands and I didn't even know that fixed showerheads existed. And my father is 87 and still rides a bike and my mother in law was riding a bike till she was 91 (NO helmet ;-)

[@connyapfelbaum4498]

As a german I think all dutch people riding bike from birth to death. 😁

[@Snakesborough]

@@connyapfelbaum4498 Indeed, that's why Dutch midwifes get such a long education because they have to deliver babies with bikes ;-)

[@connyapfelbaum4498]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Snakesborough]

@@connyapfelbaum4498 I always love to visit Münster, not only because it's such a relaxed and beautiful town, but also because in a way it's the birthtown of the Netherlands and it's not far from where I live and it's a very bike friendly town. They speak a very strange kind of Dutch though which is called Deutsch ;-)

Do you have removable shower heads in the showers in gyms in the Netherlands? There I've only ever seen fixed heads. While in homes, I've ever only seen removable heads.

[@KleinesEngelchen4]

I would like to add that winter tyres are less effective in summer than "normal" tyres. It is not only the price

[@magdalenagraz8732]

Hi Antoinette! 1) I like to drive manual because automatic transmission never shifts like I want! It's just irritating. Also, my hand needs something to do. Don't worry, it's only difficult for a short time in the beginning. 2) It's not just that winter tires are expensive. The main point is that winter and summer tires are out of different materials that are optimized for different temperatures. You don't have good grips with winter tires in summer! Changing is a pain in the ass though. 3) How can you ever be clean without removable shower heads? Like maybe that's tmi but I would never feel clean in the crotch area if I couldn't actually shower it! This seriously blows my mind!

[@lw7108]

Water can be "diverted" by hands... Removable shower heads are made for cleaning the shower or bathtub. ;)

[@jake5210]

Winter tires are made from soft rubber that hardens slightly in cold weather so in winter they don't wear as fast but you can wear through all the tread on a set of winter tires in just a few weeks of hot weather.

[@uneviefrallemande]

I never drove an automatic car in my life :) I'd love to try it one day. We do not even learn it practically when we do a driver's license, just in theory. I'm German but now live in France and we have removable shower heads hear too.

[@carola-lifeinparis]

Same here. Licence since 1999 and I have never been in an automatic, so cannot compare :)

[@lukieskywalker136]

My dad had an automatic for a while. I didn't drive it often, but there were a few time when I was trying to switch gears and came to a full stop because instead of the clutch I hit the break.

[@yannickurbach5654]

I've driven one in the US (no manual rental cars there whatsoever), and frankly, you're not missing out IMO. They might be easier to learn, but being used to manual I found it very irritating. Above all, it was extremly annoying how absurdly aggressively they shift when you treat the gas pedal as you would in a manual. I had to try really hard to be very gentle with the gas to prevent it from shifting like two gears down when accelerating. So overall, I spent more time and effort on "shifting" in the automatic than in a manual. Another problem was that they (or at least the one I drove) have a very specific sequence for starting and parking, e.g. you can't pull the key before switching to park. Which is understandable but irritating when you usually use a different routine. Having adaptive cruise control also handle shifting is pretty epic, though, and pretty much how I drove most of the time there. Still, no regrets for my manual here in Germany.

[@caciliawhy5195]

@@yannickurbach5654 it's just a matter of getting used to it like everything else in life.

[@yannickurbach5654]

@@caciliawhy5195 Sure. I'd probably even take one if they were the same price. Point is, I wasn't impressed as deeply by automatic as their price premium here in Germany would have one expect. I'm perfectly fine with manual, and if I ever have a few grand left to spare I can probably think of better ways to do so than buying an automatic.

[@deathembodiment]

in america a lot of showers have removable shower heads. my house doesn't, but it's definitely not an uncommon thing here

[@mariposadelamusica1283]

I'm German and I spent one year in Mexico. I really missed removable shower heads there, I found it really hard to have a proper shower that way :D

[@roesi1985]

I would have worried more about the electric heating in the showerhead ... You're always in fear of being electrocuted while showering!

[@yilingxu964]

@@roesi1985 I guess it can happen with a fixed showerhead too

[@roesi1985]

@@yilingxu964 Well, yes, sure. I didn't actually refer to removable or fixed showerheads but to the fact that in Central and South America, most showerheads have electric heating. We don't have that in Germany.

[@yilingxu964]

@@roesi1985 ah I didn't know about that. All the places I've lived have the heating system seperated. I guess it's because Central and South America is gnereally warm and not much heating needed. Not sure about the safety side though...

[@roesi1985]

@@yilingxu964 Yeah, you're right. They don't have a general heating system, so electric showerheads it is. I don't know anybody who actually got an electric shock while showering, but we definitely were a bit suspicious after seeing blue lightning coming out of the showerhead. But as you have to decide if you either want much water or warm water (can't have both with that system), you don't stay long in the shower anyway ...

[@jerichohazel9610]

German here: I didn't see this yet, but there is an alternative to having to change your tires for the season. Since we usually divide them into summer and winter tires, there are all-year-'round tires that.. well, work the whole year. This makes them more expensive but at least you don't have to get them changed until they wear down too much or simply pop/breakl/whatever. ALSO- If one of your tires pops you got to get two new ones for your car. Because you need the same wear and tear on the two front tires and two back tires. So if my left back tire dies, I got to replace both back tires. This leaves you with a bit worn, but functional exchange tire for the future. Besides, buying tires in higher numbers gives a slight discount.

[@chenni9725]

In America we have both standing shower heads and detachable ones. Most of the standing shower heads are just screwed on and can be screwed off to be replaced with detachable ones. we also have both snow and general use tire's but they are not required in the winter months. I'm in Utah and we get hella snow! I'm talking 2feet of snow in one day and freeze overnight so you get black ice and we still don't require snow tires .

[@saamiyaha5385]

🤣🤣🤣 It's so funny! Everything you told is so normal. Right! I never thought about manual cars or showers! I made my driver's license with a manual car and I I'm fear of automatic driving. I'm a German mother and it's so interesting for me to watch your channel 😘

[@marthacecille591]

My mum has 3 women in her gymnastics in their 80s and they can still do the splits and a cartwheel. On of them with only one hand. That's amazing 🤗

[@UntotesSchaf]

My mother is a gymnastics teacher (also water gymnastics) and once a woman came to her and asked her to teach her swimming because she never learned it and was always afraid of water. The woman was in her 90ies already.

[@jessicaely2521]

I love these old people. I was a physical therapist for a hospital. One of the women I saw broke her hip and had a hip replacement. She tripped over the lawnmower and fell. She was 99. Our nextdoor neighbor is 79 and he is healthier than most 30 year olds. This guy acts like he is 12. His mom used to make fun of him for having 4 bicycles. His response was at least I didn't have open heart surgery and diabetes like my brother. His brother was 9 years younger.

[@NapiLP]

i couldnt imagine not driving a manual car. i just love it.

[@haraldpeter5828]

Winter tires also have a different mixture of rubber, so they have more grip at cold temperatures, but the material would be too soft at hot summer temperatures, so with winter tires you would ware them off too quickly in high temperatures. Especially with the high speeds allowed on the German Autobahn, summer tires give you more safety at warm temperatures, winter tires are too soft at high temperatures, and should not be driven at high speeds. They often have a limit of 210 km/h.

[@petergreenwald9639]

Winter tires are made of a significantly different compound than fair weather tires. They need to remain pliable in very cold weather and have tread designs suitable for shedding snow. In warmer weather this sort of compound would exhibit undesirable handling characteristics and would wear out far more quickly. Where I live in Minnesota, US, annual snow fall is 36 inches to as much as 70 inches in winter. (1 to 2+ meters I believe) I don't use snow tires because I have a magical button in my truck that allows it to automatically engage the four-wheel-drive feature anytime a rear tire slips. BTW. Removable shower heads are somewhat common in the US and are readily available at any store selling plumbing supplies.