Car hire - quarter tank on collection and drop-off - what's all that about?
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MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
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- Lancaster... the little city.
you get it with some fuel in, you return it with a similar amount of fuel in... it's not rocking horse science.
Drago
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- Suburban Poshshire
If you keep a note of the miles you've done its not.difficult to make a reasonable guess about how much juice you've supped. Even easier if the car has an OBC which records fuel.consumption.
Sara_H
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How do you work it out? I'm hiring a car at Christmas, don't want to put too much fuel in.
Lullabelle
Banana
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- Midlands UK
The company I work for has an account with a well known hire company and the agreement is to return the vehicle with the same amount of fuel as was in when delivered. I believe most do this now.
I bought a Motorcycle in the early 1980s and it came with a "tank of petrol"
Ten miles doesn't the road it conked out, so phoned company who told me to switch to the reserve as that was all they filled.
A somewhat heated argument resulted in being told that all that was required was to ensure you could get to a garage... that was their only obligation
Ten miles doesn't the road it conked out, so phoned company who told me to switch to the reserve as that was all they filled.
A somewhat heated argument resulted in being told that all that was required was to ensure you could get to a garage... that was their only obligation
Saluki
World class procrastinator
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- ...Norwich over the water.
Our local car hire place sends you out with a full tank and expects it back with a full tank. Nice and easy that,
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It's a con to try to make an extra few quid, nothing more nothing less
Saluki
World class procrastinator
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- ...Norwich over the water.
In our case, it's Asda so cheap fuel and about a mile away.
threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
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Get it with a full tank and return it with same, anything else is a cynical rip-off. They had a really convoluted method you could opt for at an Italian car hire place I went to last year, they were so insistent it was a good deal I went for 'out full in full'.
[QUOTE 3414160, member: 9609"]could be an insurance thing for them - insurance companies will put limits on car dealers of how much can be left in vehicles (sometimes it is one gallon) . But as you say, quite a difficult thing to do in a strange car, fill it to quarter full.[/QUOTE]
I used to own a car dealership and still do work for lots of them, I have never heard or seen the 1 gallon thing you talk about. After 44 years in the trade this is a new one on me.
I used to own a car dealership and still do work for lots of them, I have never heard or seen the 1 gallon thing you talk about. After 44 years in the trade this is a new one on me.
mustang1
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+1
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- The TerrorVortex
A good few years back, we git a cheap hire car in Spain, on a full to empty deal. It simply isn't possible to use a tank of diesel in a week.
Another time, had a car from Geneva for a weekend skiing. The gauge still read full on our return, so I didn't bother refilling it. Three weeks later I was billed for a fiver
Another time, had a car from Geneva for a weekend skiing. The gauge still read full on our return, so I didn't bother refilling it. Three weeks later I was billed for a fiver
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- The TerrorVortex
Not really. I did drive from Nerja to Granada for no particularly good reason, and that barely made a dent...
threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
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- ...on the slake
Just siphon it out into a river, better that than giving it away to those rip-off scumbags!
