Guess the hire car…

I am going to pick up a hire car at 11:30. It’s classed on the booking as an ‘intermediate’ vehicle. That’s all the info i have.

I wonder what it’ll be? Closest guess wins a YouTube video of me revving the engine. 🙂

Cortina 1.6 LX with FM radio and vinyl roof.

Astra…. the SRI one that is dull as with crappy seats

Kia C’eed….

It can only be a Golf

Jeep something or other.

Datsun Cherry

Ford Focus or a 5-door Hyundai i-whatever

Ford Fungus?

Reliant Robin?

Reliant Robin?

It’s an “intermediate” car – Reliant Rialto.

Hyundai i30

Vauxhall Zafira, because they hate you

Vauxhall Insignia

A bit of googling suggests intermediate is a Skoda Octavia-like vehicle.

So boring rep car here we come!….possibly.

Vauxhall Zafira, because they hate you

🙁

Peugeot 308, for the reasons Aracer gave.

Ford C-max

Chevrolet somethingorother

Or Hyundai i30

I have no idea what a Hyundai i30 is.

*heads to google*

Edit: Hmm. That’s not that bad I guess. Although assume it will be bottom of the line trim/extras.

A grey Astra. With a dint in the wing. Radio tuned to Radio 2.

Something rattly and French

Focus, 1.6 LX, in that sort of wishy-washy silver they do.

Picking up mine on Monday from Geneva Airport, I wanted to book an UP! (or UP! like vehicle) as it’s only for a few hours, for 2 of us with hand luggage, but by the time I got around to booking it they were all out of UP!s so had to go wild and book a Polo, I bet I get a Ford though.

Might be lucky, after a big event Hire Cos find themselves with their stock all over the place – I was working for EuropCar in Sydney during the Olympics – someone booked an Echo (Yaris ‘Estate’ in UK speak) but we were fresh out, tried for a Corolla, nope, Calais (posh Commodore, which is a bit like a Vauxhall Omega) nope, Ford Falcon, nope, Land cruiser, nope – all that was left was the Halo fleet – two Audi TTs and a Commodore SS (think Vauxhall Omega with the engine and gearbox for a Corvette, because that’s pretty much what it is) – there were 3 of them so we gave them the SS for a fortnight at the same price as the Echo, the SS usually got rented for a day, or maybe a weekend for someone to cruise around and impress their mates or do doughnuts so it usually cost hundreds a day to rent – the cheeky scamps, looked at it wide eyed, licked their lips and they complained it do 20mpg (more like 10 actually) and not the 40mpg or more the Echo did and managed to wangle a free tank of fuel out of it.

I’m picking mine up from the French side of the Airport the day after the Euros final, I suspect they’ll be awash with cars, but then again, they might not be…

1.6 litre diesel Focus. In brown.

Focus, 1.6 LX, in that sort of wishy-washy silver they do.

Picking up mine on Monday from Geneva Airport, I wanted to book an UP! (or UP! like vehicle) as it’s only for a few hours, for 2 of us with hand luggage, but by the time I got around to booking it they were all out of UP!s so had to go wild and book a Polo, I bet I get a Ford though.

Might be lucky, after a big event Hire Cos find themselves with their stock all over the place – I was working for EuropCar in Sydney during the Olympics – someone booked an Echo (Yaris ‘Estate’ in UK speak) but we were fresh out, tried for a Corolla, nope, Calais (posh Commodore, which is a bit like a Vauxhall Omega) nope, Ford Falcon, nope, Land cruiser, nope – all that was left was the Halo fleet – two Audi TTs and a Commodore SS (think Vauxhall Omega with the engine and gearbox for a Corvette, because that’s pretty much what it is) – there were 3 of them so we gave them the SS for a fortnight at the same price as the Echo, the SS usually got rented for a day, or maybe a weekend for someone to cruise around and impress their mates or do doughnuts so it usually cost hundreds a day to rent – the cheeky scamps, looked at it wide eyed, licked their lips and they complained it do 20mpg (more like 10 actually) and not the 40mpg or more the Echo did and managed to wangle a free tank of fuel out of it.

I’m picking mine up from the French side of the Airport the day after the Euros final, I suspect they’ll be awash with cars, but then again, they might not be…

The last hire car I booked was a ‘golf or similar.’

It was a brown Toyota corolla saloon.

Only now have I realised just how many brown cars are on the roads!

Oh and just for good measure it had a 1.4 petrol engine which made being overtaken by hgvs absolutely delightful

Hmm. So it’s looking like it will be brown.

I’ll get the beige slacks out the cupboard

the cheeky scamps, looked at it wide eyed, licked their lips and they complained it do 20mpg (more like 10 actually) and not the 40mpg or more the Echo did and managed to wangle a free tank of fuel out of it.

Tbh i would have probably been the same if i was driving any sorta distance…..

we did 2000 miles round california last year – the kid in me secretly wanted to upgrade to something nice with a drop top….. HOW EVER after getting 46mpg out of the focus i was quite happy – because that still cost a chunk of change – cant imagine the convertable mustang doing 46mpg and would have eaten into our budget for fun things more….. which given the car only moved every 3rd day or so was a significant ammount of our time vs looking like a hire car **** every 3rd day 😀

Dacia Sandero.

If it’s exciting for James May then it’s good enough for anyone.

Fiat 500L – Enjoyed ours, driving in the Alps last year. A bit asthmatic, but comfy and took three of us and all our ski/snowboard gear comfortably.

Citroen DS

Only an hour to go, and the tension’s killing me. Can only wonder what the stress must be like for the OP 😯

I’m going with a Renault Captur. In a luminous shade of red.

It’s killing me, Mogrim. I am going to have to put about 500 miles in this thing over the weekend, and all I can think of is the fact I am probably going to get a 1.4l petrol brown vauxhall astra.

On the plus side, £60 for 4 days wasn’t too bad.

Any update? The tension is killing me.

Mazda 3.

insignia sri, 2l diesel

I am just leaving now to pick it up. I was supposed to get an email just before to let me know what it’ll be. I in no way am assuming the lack of an email means there has been an issue with my booking.

Skoda Rapid

I am just leaving now to pick it up

Good luck! #Pray4bongohoohaa

#embracethebrown

Tried to book a hire car online once. Wanted a nice one.

Booked a High Class Escort for delivery to my hotel.

Didn’t turn out quite as I expected.

Happy ending though. 😉