Rent or drive your own car

collinseliza · 07-04-2015 02:00PM #1

hi all,
i have a 1000km journey to do with work. question i have is that i can rent a car for €90 over three days to cover the mileage. if i'm able to claim for 0.5907 per km, then would i be better off renting a car rather than putting my car on the road.
i have 1.6 diesel 2012 with 92k km on the clock.
I've never rented a car, so don't know the in's and outs of the business to make a fair judgement.

thanks everyone.

Stinicker · 07-04-2015 02:02PM

I doubt that an extra 1,000kms will cost €90 in depreciation of your own car.

MuppetCheck · 07-04-2015 02:04PM

A thousand km won't devalue your car by €90. The car you get could be a petrol therefore costing you more on fuel - you're not going to get much for €30 a day. I'd use my own.

goldenhoarde · 07-04-2015 02:06PM

59.07 cents a km equates to 590euro so minus 90 and minus say 120 for diesel leaves you with 380 or thereabouts plus 1000km less on your car.

However you may need extra insurance on the hire car

Oh just though that you might only be able to claim the mileage if you use your car

Check it out first that you can get mileage! If so using your own might just pay for the next service/road tax

collinseliza · 07-04-2015 02:11PM

Thanks everyone for that, it seems pretty clear from the responses that using my own car is the better option to go with. Goldenhoarde- i was going to just rent and say nothing, i didn't think that my work would be any the wiser.

again thanks to all.

ironclaw · 07-04-2015 04:13PM

Depending on the car you rent, most likely a diesel in Ireland, it will come with a full tank. You'd easily get a sizable dint of 1000km out of it driven economically.

Dord · 07-04-2015 04:40PM

ironclaw wrote: »

Depending on the car you rent, most likely a diesel in Ireland, it will come with a full tank. You'd easily get a sizable dint of 1000km out of it driven economically.

But you'd also have to fill it back up. Possibly twice.

Pro Hoc Vice · 07-04-2015 04:44PM

ironclaw wrote: »

Depending on the car you rent, most likely a diesel in Ireland, it will come with a full tank. You'd easily get a sizable dint of 1000km out of it driven economically.

Pick up full, return full.

TBi · 07-04-2015 06:16PM

Where I work if you rent a car they cover all the expenses including insurance and petrol. You should ask.

duffman13 · 07-04-2015 06:20PM

TBi wrote: »

Where I work if you rent a car they cover all the expenses including insurance and petrol. You should ask.

Out of interest where do you work if you don't mind me asking? Your company has to charge a premium for that service

MuppetCheck · 07-04-2015 06:32PM

duffman13 wrote: »

Out of interest where do you work if you don't mind me asking? Your company has to charge a premium for that service

Probably cheaper than a mileage claim.

EDIT - If it's for long distance.

colm_mcm · 07-04-2015 07:12PM

I don't think tbi works in a car rental company, his company's policy is to cover rental, fuel etc

ironclaw · 07-04-2015 07:21PM

duffman13 wrote: »

Out of interest where do you work if you don't mind me asking? Your company has to charge a premium for that service

Its fairly common. All my foreign rental expenses are covered by the company.

Stheno · 07-04-2015 07:27PM

ironclaw wrote: »

Its fairly common. All my foreign rental expenses are covered by the company.

Yep I've worked places who cover car rental , it can be cheaper than mileage claims

Alkers · 08-04-2015 12:11PM

Same here, if we rent a car the company pays for it and the fuel etc via submitted receipts. If you use your own car you can claim the maximum under revenue and you'll easily be up €400+ after fuel costs so it's a no-brainer in this case.

draiochtanois · 08-04-2015 12:13PM

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TBi · 08-04-2015 01:58PM

draiochtanois wrote: »

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You only have to upgrade if you use your car for work on an ongoing basis. If you are using your car for travelling to and from, say, a training facility then you don't need to change your cover. You are still travelling to 'work' just work has moved.

draiochtanois · 08-04-2015 02:07PM

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Dial Hard · 08-04-2015 02:22PM

Simona1986 wrote: »

Same here, if we rent a car the company pays for it and the fuel etc via submitted receipts. If you use your own car you can claim the maximum under revenue and you'll easily be up €400+ after fuel costs so it's a no-brainer in this case.

Oh to work somewhere with a generous mileage rate. Ours is 12c

TBi · 08-04-2015 07:04PM

draiochtanois wrote:

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Probably different circumstances. But good to get it in writing or at least call up and see what they say.

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