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Old Jun 21, 2005 | 03:24 PM
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Default Performance Car Hire for going abroad (France)

Anyone know of any companies?

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Old Jun 21, 2005 | 03:52 PM
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What type of Car? for how long?
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Old Jun 21, 2005 | 03:54 PM
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Something along the lines of, TVR 350 or tuscan, Audi RS6 or 3.2v6 tt, or 355 fezza.

for 3 night 4 days.

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Old Jun 21, 2005 | 03:58 PM
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lol
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Old Jun 21, 2005 | 04:02 PM
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is all this jesting to say that they dont allow you to go abroad????

dont really know much about hireing cars???
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Old Jun 21, 2005 | 04:10 PM
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Not a clue, but it could be very expensive I believe most companys charge per mile after a certain allowance due to the expense of the more exotic cars.
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For something like the Ferrari you will be looking at around Ł8,000+ for your guide. Probably MORE

Still interested?

how old are you? Alot want 25+ on the insurance... most won't let you take the cars abroad either. All have HUGE excess mileage policies.

Buy a Tuscan privately, PRAY it gets there and back in one piece and then sell it would be the cheapest option! Seriously!


Take it you want to drive to Le-Mans? in that case just hire something like an Audi TT in France, thats not that expensive... still quite a fun cool car.
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Old Jun 21, 2005 | 04:37 PM
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Im 24 but will be 25 by the time next years le man comes around

its doing my head in not being able to drive, and my st 150 just won cut it with the rest of my mates.

So i was thinking of hiring something for the weekend and going halves with one of my other mates,then i could drive

hiring tt in france might be a good idea, will have to look into that.

not sure buying a tuscan is gonna be realistic though lol
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Old Jun 21, 2005 | 04:42 PM
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Nor is spending 10k on hiring a car for 3 days if you ask me!

nothing wrong with an St 150! cool little cars... if you wanted something faster and with more prestige for the same money then why didn't you buy an M3
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The hire cost is huge, but last time I looked into hiring anything expensive, you had to leave a sizeable deposit (Ł5K for a ferrari) on the counter. A minor scratch and it's gone

Well, maybe more of a minor scratch, but still... you'd pussy foot around all the time for fear of loosing your deposit, what would be the point
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i got the ST v cheap, and just fancied something new with no rattles, and not really a bmw fan.
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