owbow

looking to hire something fun, anyone done this before, got suggestions for where to get a fun car relatively cheap? i've heard someone's got a porsche for £150...?

please any info would be appreciated asap...



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Creepy

There is a friend of me who will give driving courses @ the Nurburgring with Alfa 75.
Don't start laughing about this, he's driving like hell with this cars, they are completely modified and you pay for a 1-day course with track time and fuel...About 400 Euro's

Creepy

harj

Owain needs the tuition trust me He's good with gearboxe's LOL

TaviaRS

Avis in Koblenz

owbow

oi Harj... that was a manufacturing defect!

besides... one could say you're good with big ends...?



looks like avis it is then... will be booking it there and then though, as want to see what cars they've got 1st.. don't wanna end up with an Omega Auto or something...

TaviaRS

Europecar have a new Merc SL350 for hire for those dates (12-15 Sept)

owbow

change of plan, think we'll hire something in koblenz when we get there... that way at least we'll know what we're getting.


(can't really stretch to that merc)

hammy

I think you'll find Avis in Koblenz has only Opels, if so the cars they have don't handle that well, try Hertz in Koblenz and hire a Focus instead.
It'll do BtoG in 9 1/2 minutes and run allday without buggering the tyres or brakes and is good on fuel or a Puma, both are £45ish for 2days.
Don't use the Aircon on the Puma going uphill (it slows down noticeably) but kills bikes on braking and through corners. Big (heavy) hire cars wear the tyres out quickly, so if you drive like a **** you'll get charged £600 for a set of tyres.

Get a Focus so we can have races!

Have Fun.

owbow

those cars would be ideal, although i'd prefer the 2.0 focus or a puma, how can i specifically ask for a focus or puma? do you know what class they come under? i'd hate to book thinking i'm getting a focus/puma and end up with a lardy slow understeering golf!

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hammy

You can request a specific car but they can only supply what they've got left so there is no guarantee, best thing to do is just turn up on the day to pick and choose.
The Puma's are 1.4 and Focus's 1.6 which I think are Class C.

Std Golfs are pretty poo around the ring, the best handling hire car is the puma / focus but only do 85MPH up the hill in 3rd, feels like going backwards. A 2ltr C class merc will only go 25 seconds quicker but won't have any rubber left!

owbow

nice one mate, think it will be pick on the day then!

Paulo P

iTrader: (42)

Let me know if you get the puma because I would like to take mine round there but I have the 1.7

Paul