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« on: 20 November 2006, 20:20:17 »
Got to go to Manchester tmz so company hired me a 7 seater to drive us all.

It's just arrived and first impressions look ok.  Black Vx Zafira Design 06 plate.

But then I found the steering controls don't work, it has no cruise, no audio on dash display, it's a 1.8 petrol and not the 1.9cdti I was expecting and to cap it all the rear tyre was sitting at 24psi - all the rest 33/34 which points to a slow puncture. >:(

The good news is that I get to give it back at the end of the day. :)

Anyone else hired worse????


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Re: Hire Cars
« Reply #1 on: 20 November 2006, 20:24:28 »
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Got to go to Manchester tmz so company hired me a 7 seater to drive us all.

It's just arrived and first impressions look ok.  Black Vx Zafira Design 06 plate.

But then I found the steering controls don't work, it has no cruise, no audio on dash display, it's a 1.8 petrol and not the 1.9cdti I was expecting and to cap it all the rear tyre was sitting at 24psi - all the rest 33/34 which points to a slow puncture. >:(

The good news is that I get to give it back at the end of the day. :)

Anyone else hired worse????


Only abroad, where you get right heaps, esp in Spain/Greece...
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« Reply #2 on: 20 November 2006, 20:30:06 »
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Got to go to Manchester tmz so company hired me a 7 seater to drive us all.

It's just arrived and first impressions look ok.  Black Vx Zafira Design 06 plate.

But then I found the steering controls don't work, it has no cruise, no audio on dash display, it's a 1.8 petrol and not the 1.9cdti I was expecting and to cap it all the rear tyre was sitting at 24psi - all the rest 33/34 which points to a slow puncture. >:(

The good news is that I get to give it back at the end of the day. :)

Anyone else hired worse????


Only abroad, where you get right heaps, esp in Spain/Greece...

That's why I always check them over - I hired a Citroen AX in Majorca once - even though it was a 1.1 it came fitted with slicks which I found odd at the time  :-?
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« Reply #3 on: 20 November 2006, 20:31:56 »
Hired a Sierra in Ireland once, it was a shed!
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« Reply #4 on: 20 November 2006, 20:33:54 »
Took a Renault 19 all over France for a week while in Uni.  Front brakes were totally shot.  Got quite scary in the alps with 5 of us and camping gear!  :o
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« Reply #5 on: 20 November 2006, 20:34:14 »
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That'll be a Shederra then :D
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« Reply #6 on: 20 November 2006, 20:38:43 »
It would probably be quicker (but less fun) to ask if anybody had ever had a decent hire car
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« Reply #7 on: 20 November 2006, 20:46:49 »
I hired a transit just after i sold mine because i had a sofa that needed taking somewhere and i tell you front tyres was bald chips all over the windscreen and it was really rough this being a 51Reg with 182,000 miles u dont expect much but more than that >:(
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« Reply #8 on: 20 November 2006, 20:49:34 »
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chips all over the windscreen

Any sausages :D
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« Reply #9 on: 20 November 2006, 21:05:12 »
I get hire cars all the time at work, Peugeots seem to be the worst, yet to get one with fully working electrics and had the exhaust drop off one of them on the A46...it had 500 miles on the clock!
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« Reply #10 on: 20 November 2006, 21:09:55 »
Had a honda accord 2.2 in Thailand 3/4 weeks ago, not bad, killed some snakes in it ;D also driven toyota camry 2.0 litre, a couple of smaller cars in Thailand, Toyota Verso in Norway (not bad), for a small people carrier, volvo S70 in Ireland, also mondeo CDTI estate (not bad) again in ireland, and a few others. However, the pieste a resistonce was in 2000 going to my neice's wedding in dundee, flew into glasgow, and hired a facelift meega, was so impressed had to buy one, need I say anymore, converted I was :y
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« Reply #11 on: 20 November 2006, 21:12:33 »
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Had a honda accord 2.2 in Thailand 3/4 weeks ago, not bad, killed some snakes in it ;D also driven toyota camry 2.0 litre, a couple of smaller cars in Thailand, Toyota Verso in Norway (not bad), for a small people carrier, volvo S70 in Ireland, also mondeo CDTI estate (not bad) again in ireland, and a few others. However, the pieste a resistonce was in 2000 going to my neice's wedding in dundee, flew into glasgow, and hired a facelift meega, was so impressed had to buy one, need I say anymore, converted I was :y

Ahhh....that's what you were telling me in the pub yesterday Mick - I didn't have my Acme translator switched on ;D ;D
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« Reply #12 on: 20 November 2006, 21:15:20 »
I rented a Ford 8 seater bus once to see if i got more work (bus work is 50% more on fares)....had it for 4 weeks.....i had done 5k when i rented it....steering controls for stereo didnt work.....rear demister on one rear door didnt work......drank diesel.... coz intercooler on it (mark might disagree with this  ;D)
Didnt earn anymore.....so gave it back after doing 5k in it!
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« Reply #13 on: 20 November 2006, 21:17:35 »
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Had a honda accord 2.2 in Thailand 3/4 weeks ago, not bad, killed some snakes in it ;D also driven toyota camry 2.0 litre, a couple of smaller cars in Thailand, Toyota Verso in Norway (not bad), for a small people carrier, volvo S70 in Ireland, also mondeo CDTI estate (not bad) again in ireland, and a few others. However, the pieste a resistonce was in 2000 going to my neice's wedding in dundee, flew into glasgow, and hired a facelift meega, was so impressed had to buy one, need I say anymore, converted I was :y


What a lovely story :)
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« Reply #14 on: 20 November 2006, 21:18:01 »
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Had a honda accord 2.2 in Thailand 3/4 weeks ago, not bad, killed some snakes in it ;D also driven toyota camry 2.0 litre, a couple of smaller cars in Thailand, Toyota Verso in Norway (not bad), for a small people carrier, volvo S70 in Ireland, also mondeo CDTI estate (not bad) again in ireland, and a few others. However, the pieste a resistonce was in 2000 going to my neice's wedding in dundee, flew into glasgow, and hired a facelift meega, was so impressed had to buy one, need I say anymore, converted I was :y

Ahhh....that's what you were telling me in the pub yesterday Mick - I didn't have my Acme translator switched on ;D ;D

I'll bring a pen and paper the next time ;D
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