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There's an alternative though, at least for those who need an everyday car with low range and do big trips in rare occasions: renting a car when needed.
by boudin 3y ago
There's an alternative though, at least for those who need an everyday car with low range and do big trips in rare occasions: renting a car when needed.
- pjmlp 3y agoWhen my car gets damaged, even if it is a 1mm strach, I get to decide when to repair it, if at all. With a rented car I need to take a full damage insurance just in case a tiny scratch is visible.
- ta1243 3y agoSo it's part of the cost. Most people travelling long distance fly and rent a car at the far end. Would you pay an extra $500 a month to avoid having to spend $1000 renting a car twice a year? Probably not, so the question is how much more does it cost to not rent the long distance car. And I've never rented a car where a 1mm scratch would require fixing, nor a 1cm scratch
- pjmlp 3y agoYou're lucky, I have, several times in Germany, where some dealers come with a ruler measuring them, plus km limits per day.
- ta1243 3y agoEnterprise's guidelines is Bumper Damage IS: Dent/scratch larger than 6” (size of the damage evaluator), or hole/tear of any size Exterior Body Damage (Non-Bumper) IS: dent/scratch larger than 2” circle, or hole/tear of any size Glass Damage IS: Any ‘Star’/crack I suspect companies like Europcar, Hertz etc would be similar.
- boudin 3y agoEven that, in term in term of cost it's not much. And what's the likelyhood of scratching the car? (It never happened to me with rentals)