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We visit France every year-ish and French automakers [1][2] vastly undercut long-term rentals from rental agencies by selling you a car with your promise to sel
by r00fus 4y ago
We visit France every year-ish and French automakers [1][2] vastly undercut long-term rentals from rental agencies by selling you a car with your promise to sell it back to them at nearly the same price (difference is the rental price). You are only ever out the actual rental price. We regularly save 1-2k EUR on a 3+ week rental unless we book the rental literally 6m+ beforehand. Kicker is that $0 deducible CDW is included, and the terms are quite generous.
The only downside is last-minute cancellations will cost a non-trivial fee, but even those can be mitigated through insurance.
[1] https://www.ttcar.com/en/ttcar https://www.ttcar.com/en/ttcar
[2] https://www.autoeurope.com https://www.autoeurope.com
- xur17 4y agoDo you know if there is anything like this in the US? I've considered 1-3 month "trips" in the US, but the car rental ends up being quite expensive (to the point at which I've considered just buying and reselling the car). I'd be happy to front the full cost of the car if I was able to get some guarantee on the resale value, and didn't have to deal with selling the car itself.
- r00fus 4y agoUnfortunately no. I imagine there is some tax/regulatory regime in Europe that incentivizes this kind of offering.