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Car Buying Renting
Piggles12345
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in Motoring
Hi all,
I'm after some advice about cars!
I am thinking of learning to drive but I won't get much use out of a car. I'd probaby use a car every couple of months to go on a day trip somewhere random, and a couple of times per year to visit family.
To buy, tax and insure a car for it to sit outside my house for most of the time seems a waste!
So I was wondering how much car rentals usually are?
Are there any criteria for renting a car about how long one has to have held a licence?
Are there any restrictions on how far you can take a rental car? (My family live about 160 miles away).
Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
I'm after some advice about cars!
I am thinking of learning to drive but I won't get much use out of a car. I'd probaby use a car every couple of months to go on a day trip somewhere random, and a couple of times per year to visit family.
To buy, tax and insure a car for it to sit outside my house for most of the time seems a waste!
So I was wondering how much car rentals usually are?
Are there any criteria for renting a car about how long one has to have held a licence?
Are there any restrictions on how far you can take a rental car? (My family live about 160 miles away).
Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
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Different companies have different policies on ages and licence held times.
e.g. Enterprise will not rent to anyone under 23 (advises on their website)
I think you will need to find out which companies operate locally to you have check through their websites and quotes/terms and cons.
You can also do hire car comparisons.
Martins article is mostly skewed towards holiday rentals but should help you out.
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