Difference between revisions of "Car Rental"
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Here in the UK, you'll usually get a nearly new car. the idea here is that they buy lots of cars and get a discount, rent them out for a while and then sell them off. However, with the small [[population]] and the greatly increasing number of [[Tourism|tourists]], hire cars tend to stay in circulation until a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0B7MNrvGJw tourist kills one]. Some of the companies are honest about the ages of what they're renting: | Here in the UK, you'll usually get a nearly new car. the idea here is that they buy lots of cars and get a discount, rent them out for a while and then sell them off. However, with the small [[population]] and the greatly increasing number of [[Tourism|tourists]], hire cars tend to stay in circulation until a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0B7MNrvGJw tourist kills one]. Some of the companies are honest about the ages of what they're renting: | ||
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One guy rented a Toyota Avensis from SADcars and it had [http://www.wanderingme.com/destinations/europe/iceland/sadcars-review-iceland-budget-car-rental/ 285,000 miles on it]. | One guy rented a Toyota Avensis from SADcars and it had [http://www.wanderingme.com/destinations/europe/iceland/sadcars-review-iceland-budget-car-rental/ 285,000 miles on it]. | ||
Revision as of 23:23, 15 November 2016
Bus trips are incredibly expensive in Iceland. A day trip to see the icebergs from Reykjavik would be £135 each! Therefore a car makes a lot of sense. However, there are downsides.
Age of vehicles
Here in the UK, you'll usually get a nearly new car. the idea here is that they buy lots of cars and get a discount, rent them out for a while and then sell them off. However, with the small population and the greatly increasing number of tourists, hire cars tend to stay in circulation until a tourist kills one. Some of the companies are honest about the ages of what they're renting:
One guy rented a Toyota Avensis from SADcars and it had 285,000 miles on it.