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One day hire mondeo size estate car

samal
samal Posts: 165 Forumite
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Hi

I am looking to hire for a day, 6 times a year. Any one know of any company in Kingston, Surrey.

thanks

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  • forgotmyname
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  • samal
    samal Posts: 165 Forumite
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    Sorry, should have said on a Saturday
    Not found one who will hire on a Saturday only
  • ilikewatch
    ilikewatch Posts: 1,072 Forumite
    I would certainly try looking for a local indy hire place - it's no help to you, but a place local to me has always been happy to hire to me for a Saturday only (though I can't actually return it until Monday morning) and only charge £25 for a Mondeo estate. The downside is that I generally get a car that's 6 or 7 years old with quarter of a million on the clock, but having said that, their cars have never let me down whereas twice already this year I have had cars from Enterprise (for work) with around 500 miles on the clock which have catastrophically failed and had to be recovered.
  • arcon5
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    ilikewatch wrote: »
    I would certainly try looking for a local indy hire place - it's no help to you, but a place local to me has always been happy to hire to me for a Saturday only (though I can't actually return it until Monday morning) and only charge £25 for a Mondeo estate. The downside is that I generally get a car that's 6 or 7 years old with quarter of a million on the clock, but having said that, their cars have never let me down whereas twice already this year I have had cars from Enterprise (for work) with around 500 miles on the clock which have catastrophically failed and had to be recovered.

    Out of curiosity, how did they deal with this? Did they deliver a new car to the point you was broken down at or something?
  • Hintza
    Hintza Posts: 19,420 Forumite
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    You might find it easier and cheaper to take one their weekend deals.
  • WTFH
    WTFH Posts: 2,266 Forumite
    I'd say try a local indy - it's a bit out of your way, but I've used Dorking Van Hire in the past for a Saturday.
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  • ilikewatch
    ilikewatch Posts: 1,072 Forumite
    arcon5 wrote: »
    Out of curiosity, how did they deal with this? Did they deliver a new car to the point you was broken down at or something?

    The first time it happened I was only 20 miles from home and the delay meant I would miss the meeting I was travelling to, so I just got a lift home with the recovery vehicle and wrote the day off. The second time I was a long way from home and Enterprise got someone to immediately run a replacement car out to me, they then waited with the broken down car for the recovery truck. Excellent service, and the breakdowns were completely out of Enterprises control.
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