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Traveling in UK and Germany - where to rent car?
I will be traveling in UK and Germany and am trying to figure out if I
should rent a car in Germany or UK. I will be driving more in Germany and was thinking I would rent in Germany. But will that pose any problems in UK (i.e. steering wheel on left side)? I know some rental agreements also have restrictions on taking cars across borders. thanks, brian |
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Traveling in UK and Germany - where to rent car?
"Brian" wrote in message ... I will be traveling in UK and Germany and am trying to figure out if I should rent a car in Germany or UK. I will be driving more in Germany and was thinking I would rent in Germany. But will that pose any problems in UK (i.e. steering wheel on left side)? I know some rental agreements also have restrictions on taking cars across borders. Your major problem will be insurance. I think you'd probably be better off renting two cars, one in each country. -- William Black I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach Time for tea. |
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Traveling in UK and Germany - where to rent car?
"William Black" wrote in message ... I think you'd probably be better off renting two cars, one in each country. And almost ceratinly cheaper. since a flight from Germany to the UK will be likely to cost less than petrol to the port and ferry to Britain. Alan Harrison |
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Traveling in UK and Germany - where to rent car?
On Sat, 20 Oct 2007 11:23:08 -0400, "Brian"
wrote: I will be traveling in UK and Germany and am trying to figure out if I should rent a car in Germany or UK. I will be driving more in Germany and was thinking I would rent in Germany. But will that pose any problems in UK (i.e. steering wheel on left side)? I know some rental agreements also have restrictions on taking cars across borders. thanks, brian How long will the rental be and where will you be starting and finishing? If it is a long term, say a month or more, you may be better off with one of the French leaseback cars. Apart from better costs for long rentals the insurance is total and without excess. Check out the Eurodrive sites for Peugot, Renault and Citroen. If it is short term, I agree with the others that separate rentals on the continent and in the UK are better, both for driving seat position and for insurance cover. Cheers, Alan, Australia -- http://loraltravel.blogspot.com/ latest: Slovenia http://loraltraveloz.blogspot.com/ latest: Mossman Gorge in the Daintree Rainforest |
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Traveling in UK and Germany - where to rent car?
"Brian" kirjoitti ... I will be traveling in UK and Germany and am trying to figure out if I should rent a car in Germany or UK. I will be driving more in Germany and was thinking I would rent in Germany. But will that pose any problems in UK (i.e. steering wheel on left side)? I know some rental agreements also have restrictions on taking cars across borders. I would rent a car in Germany and stick on that. Crossing borders hardly will be an issue if the company is any good. |
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Traveling in UK and Germany - where to rent car?
"Markku Grönroos" kirjoitti alahti.fi... "Brian" kirjoitti ... I will be traveling in UK and Germany and am trying to figure out if I should rent a car in Germany or UK. I will be driving more in Germany and was thinking I would rent in Germany. But will that pose any problems in UK (i.e. steering wheel on left side)? I know some rental agreements also have restrictions on taking cars across borders. I would rent a car in Germany and stick on that. Crossing borders hardly will be an issue if the company is any good. Perhaps, I generalized a bit too much. On the other hand you should provide a bit more parameters in order to make it possible to give reasonable answers. If you are arriving in and departing from the same country then in most cases the reasonable choice is to rent a car in that country. If you arrive in one of the two countries and depart from the other country, then one lease in both countries probably becomes more economical because oneway contracts can be punitively expensive. Driver should rent a car with an automatic transmission if 1. he isn't accustomed to manual ones 2. he should change gears by the hand he doesn't use doing so at home |
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Traveling in UK and Germany - where to rent car?
"Markku Grönroos" wrote in message ti.fi... "Markku Grönroos" kirjoitti alahti.fi... "Brian" kirjoitti ... I will be traveling in UK and Germany and am trying to figure out if I should rent a car in Germany or UK. I will be driving more in Germany and was thinking I would rent in Germany. But will that pose any problems in UK (i.e. steering wheel on left side)? I know some rental agreements also have restrictions on taking cars across borders. I would rent a car in Germany and stick on that. Crossing borders hardly will be an issue if the company is any good. Perhaps, I generalized a bit too much. On the other hand you should provide a bit more parameters in order to make it possible to give reasonable answers. If you are arriving in and departing from the same country then in most cases the reasonable choice is to rent a car in that country. If you arrive in one of the two countries and depart from the other country, then one lease in both countries probably becomes more economical because oneway contracts can be punitively expensive. Driver should rent a car with an automatic transmission if 1. he isn't accustomed to manual ones 2. he should change gears by the hand he doesn't use doing so at home so if he rents a car in germany (left hand drive) then another when he arrives in UK (right hand drive) and you sugest using the hand he does not normally use at home to change gear i assume he has 3 hands anyway what is the big deal about left or right hand drive "a car is a car" either you are a competant driver or your not if not use public transport for all our sakes |
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Traveling in UK and Germany - where to rent car?
Alan wrote:
"Markku Grönroos" wrote in message ti.fi... "Markku Grönroos" kirjoitti unalahti.fi... "Brian" kirjoitti ... I will be traveling in UK and Germany and am trying to figure out if I should rent a car in Germany or UK. I will be driving more in Germany and was thinking I would rent in Germany. But will that pose any problems in UK (i.e. steering wheel on left side)? I know some rental agreements also have restrictions on taking cars across borders. I would rent a car in Germany and stick on that. Crossing borders hardly will be an issue if the company is any good. Perhaps, I generalized a bit too much. On the other hand you should provide a bit more parameters in order to make it possible to give reasonable answers. If you are arriving in and departing from the same country then in most cases the reasonable choice is to rent a car in that country. If you arrive in one of the two countries and depart from the other country, then one lease in both countries probably becomes more economical because oneway contracts can be punitively expensive. Driver should rent a car with an automatic transmission if 1. he isn't accustomed to manual ones 2. he should change gears by the hand he doesn't use doing so at home so if he rents a car in germany (left hand drive) then another when he arrives in UK (right hand drive) and you sugest using the hand he does not normally use at home to change gear i assume he has 3 hands anyway what is the big deal about left or right hand drive "a car is a car" either you are a competant driver or your not if not use public transport for all our sakes Having driven in the UK and Europe with both lefthand and righthand drive cars for many years, I can only say that managing the switch from one steering position to the other is mentally much harder than switching from one road side to the other. |
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Traveling in UK and Germany - where to rent car?
On Oct 20, 4:23 pm, "Brian" wrote:
I will be traveling in UK and Germany and am trying to figure out if I should rent a car in Germany or UK. I will be driving more in Germany and was thinking I would rent in Germany. But will that pose any problems in UK (i.e. steering wheel on left side)? I know some rental agreements also have restrictions on taking cars across borders. thanks, brian The real challenge is cross border policies for hire companies. Firstly boarding cars onto ferries is usually excluded so the tunnel is the only means of crossing the English Channel but most hire companies in Europe do not allow their cars to be taken into the UK anyway, because of the difficulty of driving left hand drive cars in a right hand drive country. Renting in the UK and driving to Germany is achievable providing you have very deep pockets as the hire company will load penal charges for insurance, breakdown cover and so on, basically to discourage you from the practice. As to automatic versus manual transmission, you will pay a lot more for an automatic but if you are used to left hand drive in your own country, you will not find a stick shift too hard to adapt to. On the other hand if you do take a left hand drive car into the UK, I suggest that automatic is the only way to go as you have one less thing to worry about. Regards, Graham http://www.ams-link.co.uk |
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Traveling in UK and Germany - where to rent car?
"Tom Peel" kirjoitti ... Alan wrote: "Markku Grönroos" wrote in message ti.fi... "Markku Grönroos" kirjoitti aunalahti.fi... "Brian" kirjoitti ... I will be traveling in UK and Germany and am trying to figure out if I should rent a car in Germany or UK. I will be driving more in Germany and was thinking I would rent in Germany. But will that pose any problems in UK (i.e. steering wheel on left side)? I know some rental agreements also have restrictions on taking cars across borders. I would rent a car in Germany and stick on that. Crossing borders hardly will be an issue if the company is any good. Perhaps, I generalized a bit too much. On the other hand you should provide a bit more parameters in order to make it possible to give reasonable answers. If you are arriving in and departing from the same country then in most cases the reasonable choice is to rent a car in that country. If you arrive in one of the two countries and depart from the other country, then one lease in both countries probably becomes more economical because oneway contracts can be punitively expensive. Driver should rent a car with an automatic transmission if 1. he isn't accustomed to manual ones 2. he should change gears by the hand he doesn't use doing so at home so if he rents a car in germany (left hand drive) then another when he arrives in UK (right hand drive) and you sugest using the hand he does not normally use at home to change gear i assume he has 3 hands anyway what is the big deal about left or right hand drive "a car is a car" either you are a competant driver or your not if not use public transport for all our sakes Having driven in the UK and Europe with both lefthand and righthand drive cars for many years, I can only say that managing the switch from one steering position to the other is mentally much harder than switching from one road side to the other. True. And the other chap is not very good at reading comprehension........ For instance an old dog like me has little difficulties driving on left (I have had pretty much experience as a pedestrian in traffic driving on left). For instance a couple of years ago I hired a car for a month in Thailand. All their fleet of "normal" cars came with the automatic transmission. And for a very good reason so. Most of the western drivers are supposedly familiar with driving on right. |
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