Car hire - refundable excess worth it or not?

bronte_2 · 15 October 2005 at 6:39AM

Try going to the 'quick car' site these have been really competitively priced cars for us and generally you get an upgrade too

Donnie · 15 October 2005 at 2:00PM

I bought a policy from http://www.insurance4carhire.com/ for £49 plus 5% insurance tax.
The policy is for up to 31 days per trip, not 31 days per year. You can have an unlimited amount of trips. Covers tyres and windscreens too.
Just making a claim after parking too close to a kerb.
I'll let you know how swiftly they pay up.

BTW, apart from the exclusions mentioned above for the Holiday Autos insurance, one doesn't appear to be covered for theft.

skintscotsman · 15 October 2005 at 2:10PM

YorkshireBoy wrote:

2 brand new (under 500km) cars.

not necessarily a good thing. ever heard of infant mortality in the engineering sense of the word?

i'd rather go for a vehicle with 3k+ on it.

MarkyMarkD · 15 October 2005 at 10:54PM

Donnie wrote:

I bought a policy from http://www.insurance4carhire.com/ for £49 plus 5% insurance tax.
The policy is for up to 31 days per trip, not 31 days per year. You can have an unlimited amount of trips.

How many people actually hire cars for over 31 days per year? Hardly ANYONE if it's just for holidays. If you use it for trips within the UK as well, then that's a different matter.

Donnie · 16 October 2005 at 12:09AM

You do appear to be 'going on a bit'. "Once again, why the heck pay £49 to cover 31 days of car hire? That's almost £600 per annum, just to cover a £500 or so excess. BAD VALUE!"
Then, rather than retract your statement, we are treated to more conjecture.

I think the individual can decide whether it's worth paying the £50 after reading the terms and conditions.

YorkshireBoy · 16 October 2005 at 12:45AM

skintscotsman wrote:

not necessarily a good thing. ever heard of infant mortality in the engineering sense of the word?

i'd rather go for a vehicle with 3k+ on it.

Coincidentally, I am an engineer.

However, when hiring a car abroad, other than embarrassing oneself by saying "I'm sorry this car simply won't do - do you have anything older?", how exactly does one 'go for a vehicle with 3K+ on it'?

habugg · 4 November 2005 at 8:23PM

Watch out for 'Easy Autos'. You get a great cheap quote but then the collision damage waiver in small print tells you that if there is an accident (whether or not it is your fault) you pay £600.00.

tug · 7 November 2005 at 11:03AM

I hired a car at Palma, Mallorca, last March with Europa rentacar via carhire3000.com
I didn't pay for the extra insurance cover.
I had a puncture (nail in tyre) and when I returned the car I was charged 18 euros by Europa as the insurance does not cover "damage to tyres, or replacement due to punctures, or bad driving." Windscreens are also not included. This was all written up in the small print.
Had I not mentioned it they would have charged it to my credit card.
Not a lot of money but I could have saved a few euros - I will pay the extra insurance in future.

Donnie · 7 November 2005 at 4:23PM

Erm...no. The extra insurance(Super CDW/TPW) doesn't cover windscreens and tyres.

http://www.insurance4carhire.com/ does.

monkeyspanner · 8 November 2005 at 3:43PM

Trisha-Was this Orlando Car Hire at TFS via HA. If it was, we just had a similarly dire pick up and drop off experience and have written to HA suggesting they should change their supplier.

Car hire - refundable excess worth it or not?

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