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  • #4142
    pajor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,576 ✭✭✭pajor


    CianRyan wrote: »
    Anyone ever rent a car in Crete?
    I'll be heading there (or Zante) in early August and I'd like to rent a car for a few days to explore a little bit.
    Not sure if I can though as I'm only 23 but I do have my full licence?

    http://www.auto-europe.co.uk/go/car-hire/greece/driving-information/


  • #4143
    Gavman84
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,113 ✭✭✭Gavman84


    CianRyan wrote: »
    Anyone ever rent a car in Crete?
    I'll be heading there (or Zante) in early August and I'd like to rent a car for a few days to explore a little bit.
    Not sure if I can though as I'm only 23 but I do have my full licence?
    I rented one in Zakinthos in 2008 would have been 24 then just used a small local company at resort was no problem. Got an old saxo but it did the job to explore the island and get to waterpark!!


  • #4144
    CianRyan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,730 ✭✭✭✭CianRyan


    Nice one, lads.
    New game is finding the faster car for 3 days under €200. :pac:

    Dying for a bit of water park action actually, it's been years since I've been to one!


  • #4145
    YbFocus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,473 ✭✭✭YbFocus


    CianRyan wrote: »
    Nice one, lads.
    New game is finding the faster car for 3 days under €200. :pac:

    Dying for a bit of water park action actually, it's been years since I've been to one!

    In Austria I was offered an sls for 690 a day. Still don't know why I didn't take hand and all for a day :)
    Alpine roads! !


  • #4146
    CianRyan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,730 ✭✭✭✭CianRyan


    YbFocus wrote: »
    In Austria I was offered an sls for 690 a day. Still don't know why I didn't take hand and all for a day :)
    Alpine roads! !

    That would be about 33% of my spending money. :p


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  • #4147
    YbFocus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,473 ✭✭✭YbFocus


    CianRyan wrote: »
    That would be about 33% of my spending money. :p

    You have a lot of spending money compared to me and I was still shooting myself for Not doing it :)


  • #4148
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    YbFocus wrote: »
    You have a lot of spending money compared to me and I was still shooting myself for Not doing it :)

    In fairness, that is HUGE money to be spending just to drive a car for a day. I know it's an SLS but if you can afford that to drive it for a day, you could afford to buy the fvcken thing :pac:


  • #4149
    CianRyan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,730 ✭✭✭✭CianRyan


    I eat a lot on holidays. :D

    Yeah, I can't see myself spending on anything like that, not just yet anyway. Haha


  • #4150
    MuppetCheck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,830 ✭✭✭✭MuppetCheck


    CianRyan wrote: »
    Anyone ever rent a car in Crete?
    I'll be heading there (or Zante) in early August and I'd like to rent a car for a few days to explore a little bit.
    Not sure if I can though as I'm only 23 but I do have my full licence?

    You'll have no hassle. Loads of small rental crowds and they really don't give a feck either. Call around to a few to compare prices though, expensive doesn't mean good cars. Most are absolute sheds - got Getz a few times and it was fine.


  • #4151
    CianRyan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,730 ✭✭✭✭CianRyan


    MuppetCheck wrote: »
    You'll have no hassle. Loads of small rental crowds and they really don't give a feck either. Call around to a few to compare prices though, expensive doesn't mean good cars. Most are absolute sheds - got Getz a few times and it was fine.

    Yeah, a Getz or the likes is what I'm expecting. I'd rather spend the money on activities and beer than a temp car and petrol.
    I'll have a nose around once I hit the town and see where's doing the best deals.

    Sure reception can help when I get there, mostly I was just worried about my age being an issue.
    Strict enough over here aren't they? 25 and a 2 years full licence?


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  • #4152
    SleeperService
    Closed Accounts Posts: 369 ✭✭SleeperService


    They are probably still rocking the same few jimnys around the island for the last 10 years!


  • #4153
    pajor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,576 ✭✭✭pajor


    CianRyan wrote: »
    Strict enough over here aren't they? 25 and a 2 years full licence?

    I think that's it anyway, yeah. Same in the UK too. Was pretty disappointed last May to discover that I couldn't rent a car for a day when in Edinburgh.


  • #4154
    Bpmull
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,031 ✭✭✭Bpmull


    pajor wrote: »
    I think that's it anyway, yeah. Same in the UK too. Was pretty disappointed last May to discover that I couldn't rent a car for a day when in Edinburgh.

    Can you just pay extra or is it a strict no if your under 25.


  • #4155
    pajor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,576 ✭✭✭pajor


    Bpmull wrote: »
    Can you just pay extra or is it a strict no if your under 25.

    Was told a couple of companies will hire to a 23 yr old, no good when 21. Enquired to some agency as all the big names were telling me 25.


  • #4156
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,327 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/activityandadventure/10579561/The-wilds-of-Russia-by-jeep-Russia-On-Four-Wheels-preview.html

    This is just over, caught the middle/end of it
    Part 2 on Wednesday.

    If they repeat this its Definately worth a watch.


  • #4157
    ba_barabus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,585 ✭✭✭ba_barabus


    article-2542193-1ACDC89A00000578-806_306x423.jpg


  • #4158
    ba_barabus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,585 ✭✭✭ba_barabus


    http://www.thelocal.de/20140120/adac-boss-cooks-car-award-votes
    Das Lokal wrote:
    ADAC, Germany's biggest motoring association, has admitted fixing its previously respected car of the year award by lying about how many people cast votes in the contest.

    It emerged on Sunday that communications head Michael Ramstetter had bumped up the number of votes cast by ten times to make the VW Golf 2014's car of the year. Bild am Sonntag reported Ramstetter claimed 34,299 were cast for the VW Golf. In reality it was 3,409.
    Das Lokal wrote:
    It also came under fire in 2005 for fixing a test of the budget, Romanian-built Dacia. It put out a press release saying the vehicle was unsafe while later transpiring the company had purposefully damaged the wheels to make it perform badly, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung revealed.


  • #4159
    YbFocus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,473 ✭✭✭YbFocus


    MetzgerMeister wrote: »
    In fairness, that is HUGE money to be spending just to drive a car for a day. I know it's an SLS but if you can afford that to drive it for a day, you could afford to buy the fvcken thing :pac:

    There is no way in hell I probably will ever be able to afford one.
    €700 at the time wouldn't have broken the bank and to have driven one of my all time favourite machines. .

    I think I missed out :(


  • #4160
    Quazzie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 30,125 ✭✭✭✭Quazzie


    CianRyan wrote: »
    Anyone ever rent a car in Crete?
    I'll be heading there (or Zante) in early August and I'd like to rent a car for a few days to explore a little bit.
    Not sure if I can though as I'm only 23 but I do have my full licence?
    Rent a quad. You'll enjoy it more, and get to see a lot more of the island.


  • #4161
    Sobanek
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,350 ✭✭✭Sobanek


    YbFocus wrote: »
    There is no way in hell I probably will ever be able to afford one.
    €700 at the time wouldn't have broken the bank and to have driven one of my all time favourite machines. .

    I think I missed out :(

    And I thought I was being cheap when I didn't want to rent a 360 Modena for that kind of money for 3 days! :D
    And no age limit too.


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  • #4162
    pajor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,576 ✭✭✭pajor


    Sobanek wrote: »
    And I thought I was being cheap when I didn't want to rent a 360 Modena for that kind of money for 3 days! :D
    And no age limit too.

    Why didn't you go for it? :eek:


  • #4163
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    pajor wrote: »
    Why didn't you go for it? :eek:

    Because he's 20 years old...


  • #4164
    pajor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,576 ✭✭✭pajor


    MetzgerMeister wrote: »
    Because he's 20 years old...

    Pfft.. age is just a number.

    Or something something.


  • #4165
    Sobanek
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,350 ✭✭✭Sobanek


    MetzgerMeister wrote: »
    Because he's 20 years old...

    No age limit!
    pajor wrote: »
    Why didn't you go for it?

    didn't go for it, yet :D

    trip to poland is on the 25th of feb


  • #4166
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Sobanek wrote: »
    No age limit!

    On a Ferrari?


  • #4167
    Sobanek
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,350 ✭✭✭Sobanek


    MetzgerMeister wrote: »
    On a Ferrari?

    go figure

    shocked myself

    €3,750 deposit though :D


  • #4168
    Sobanek
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,350 ✭✭✭Sobanek


    OSI wrote: »
    I doubt there's any insurance on it.

    Every vehicle in Poland is insured, even one that's off the road - it's a legal requirement.


  • #4169
    challengemaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,925 ✭✭✭✭challengemaster


    Holy fook...

    http://www.gtspirit.com/2014/01/21/bmw-m4-based-md4-by-duke-dynamics-previewed/

    It's..... beautiful! :eek:


  • #4170
    Ded_Zebra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,773 ✭✭✭Ded_Zebra


    challengemaster wrote: »
    Holy fook...

    http://www.gtspirit.com/2014/01/21/bmw-m4-based-md4-by-duke-dynamics-previewed/

    It's..... beautiful! :eek:

    Not sure if my sarcasm detector is broken or not :confused::confused:

    That's a hideous looking thing! Looks like the body kits the boys were putting onto their civics 5-10 years ago along with some massive plastic wheel arches. Don't get me started on the wheels! THe standard car looks quite nice so can't imagine what would make someone do that to it.

    In other BMW related news, recently I've seen a few 4 door 6 series'. Good god those things look good in the flesh! (crap in photos for some reason). First BM I have really liked the look of since the E34 :)


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  • #4171
    enda1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,165 ✭✭✭enda1


    Sobanek wrote: »
    Every vehicle in Poland is insured, even one that's off the road - it's a legal requirement.

    Agreed. All rentals in EU must have minimum of 3rd party insurance as standard I think.


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