Car or other option: 6 month US stay

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cts_casemod wrote: »

I'm doing some work for my company for 6 months on their Dallas division. They can essentially get me a new with a phone call, I'm just not willing to spend $1000/month on car rental, I find that absurd.

It's almost a certaintly that one of your co-workers will have an old car lying about somewhere they can loan/sell you for your trip, and if they don't, a relative/friend might. Especially somewhere like Dallas where cars won't rust much, it's common for people with the space to just park them up in case they need them later.

iolanthe07

When I moved to the USA in the nineties, car insurance was a nightmare. No company or agent would accept UK no claims evidence, and they all insisted on a minimum of two years' residence before they would consider me. In the end a CPA friend used his influence with his insurance company and got me fairly minimal cover at $275 a month (this was in 1994).

I was in California, so things might be a bit easier in other states.