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I looked at this for a fun car to use at the weekends twice a month but it wasn't cost effective. To rent for a weekend: - Rental: £300 (dependent on the
by georgerobinson 7y ago
I looked at this for a fun car to use at the weekends twice a month but it wasn't cost effective.
To rent for a weekend:
- Rental: £300 (dependent on the car, but £300 was the cheapest)
- Fuel: £100
To do it twice a month, between April and October would cost £5,600. Instead I picked up a fantastic car for just under £10,000 with less than 50,000 miles on it.
Man Maths has me at (over 12 months):
- Depreciation: £500
- Maintenance: £1500 (includ. tires)
- Insurance and tax: £750
- Fuel: £1000
which is £3,750 v.s. £5,600.
- drusepth 7y agoOne small tip for renting cars is to look around at a few rental places, ideally in lower-traffic or lower-population areas. £300 for a weekend seems pretty high (but comparable to e.g. renting from the local airport here), whereas I could take an Uber to an Enterprise just outside of town for ~$30 and get a "premium" car for $140 for the weekend (48 hours at $70/day).
- georgerobinson 7y agoThis is for renting sports cars (fun cars) for weekend use. Enterprise and the like don't have such cars available in the U.K, it's more of a specialist market.
- Ma8ee 7y agoIf you actually use the cat like that twice a month for a big part of the year it of course makes sense to buy one. But most people use the car for that fun drive maybe twice a year (even though they of course dream about doing it all the time when they buy their expensive car).