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Does anyone on the forum contract hire their car? I've never really considered it before but prices seem to be getting more attractive. My E270 cdi cost me £35,000 3 years ago and has depreciated by about £17,500 i.e. £5,833 per annum or £486 per month I've been scouring a prestige...

As some of you know my W210 was hit up the rear end a few weeks ago. The car is going into the bodyshop for 4 days tomorrow and after many arguments with the other persons insurance company they finally agreed to loan me an equal sized merc, a E220 CDi (2 days of phone calls!!) The hire...

I need to hire a 4x4 in Madrid on the 2nd Jan and I can't seem to find anywhere that rents 4x4's in the area. Any help would be appreciated. Marcos

Greetings! I must steal a minute of your time away from poking at the corsas :P Sunday I need to go and inspect a scooter (Gilera DNA 125) in Luton (leaving from Heathrow), and if all goes well, I need to bring it back home. My questions are; - will it fit in a "VW Caddy van" - does anyone...

Looking to get a new V Class (Vaneo or Viano.. still not figured out which one it is :crazy: ) on contract hire or leasing. Has anyone got any companies they can recommend? Any help would be appreciated. Also, is it worth going through with a maintenance agreement as well?

I need to hire a bike for a week. (going to Chimay in Belgium and mine is not road legal anymore). Anyone know where I can get one? I can get a daytime only MOT on mine by putting the rear light and number plate back on, but the French won't like it. :rolleyes:

hi i am looking for the cheapest national hire car i can get. i need to drive from edinburgh to london and leave the car in london. can anyone recommend a company? i have looked at hertz which seems reasonable for a ford Ka....

Hi all, i wanted to hire out a SL or CLK Cab for about 3mths, anyone know any good hire companies, cant seem to find any that will let it out for more then a month :confused: thanks!

I am going to Canada for a week in May and am intending to hire a car from Hertz for the week which is all a bit new to me as I have never hired a car before let alone been to Canada! Checking the hire rates on their web site there are 2 choices - pay most of the cost just now by credit card...

Hi Guys, had a phone call from Avis today to ask if they could have my Vectra back and swap it for something else, since they had someone else who wanted a Vectra (!!! :crazy: ). I agreed to this, so they came along at 4:00pm today to change my Vectra for a 54reg E240 Avantgarde!! :bannana...

Need to hire one! Well, mum does! Who's good? Who's to be avoided? Do locals tend to be better than nationals? Any advice welcomed! TIA, David

Contract hire a 350SL? Or Buy? A client wants to contract hire a new 350SL for 24 months. Contract hire company want £32,000 over the 24 months including the VAT he cannot claim. Then he hands the car back. Simple as that. Or he could buy on HP. OTR £60,000 if purchased on HP/PCP...

Up until now I have always bought my cars outright. With all this talk of PCH deals on various models, can anyone point me in the direction of a good PCH company. It just might be better to keep the money in a savings account rather than watch it drop as my my car depreciates. Considering a...

Whilst in Canada recently I hired this new car. I did 3000 Km in three weeks and the car was very good, but a bit flat on acceleration compared with mine. Anyone know what it is? :confused: Name blanked out You could switch from Kilometres/Hr to Mph going along...

Can anyone help please? I am trying to hire a diesel car in Salzburg (at the airport) but am not having much success. Most hire companies say they cannot guarantee type of car. Ideally I would like to hire a Golf TDI ( do not mind a 130bhp one!). All advice/help greatly appreciated.