Renting a car in Europe, a good idea or not?
Feb 28th 2003 | 11:48 am
#31
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Re: Renting a car in Europe, a good idea or not?
On Fri, 28 Feb 2003 16:28:40 -0500, Dave Smith wrote:
> I hope that you can drive a standards transmission, because most European cars
> are stick shifts, and you will have to pay a premium for an automatic.
I just book a car from Europecar. The rate was quite reasonable, since
I'll have it for a couple of weeks. But if I needed an automatic it would
have been 60% more!
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> I hope that you can drive a standards transmission, because most European cars
> are stick shifts, and you will have to pay a premium for an automatic.
I just book a car from Europecar. The rate was quite reasonable, since
I'll have it for a couple of weeks. But if I needed an automatic it would
have been 60% more!
--
-BB-
To reply to me, drop the attitude (from my e-mail address, at least)
Feb 28th 2003 | 3:16 pm
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Re: Renting a car in Europe, a good idea or not?
On Fri, 28 Feb 2003 16:28:40 -0500, Dave Smith
wrote:
>I hope that you can drive a standards transmission, because most European cars
>are stick shifts, and you will have to pay a premium for an automatic.
...and European drivers are among the safest (Italy excepted ;-).
Hmmmm.... could these be 'operationally related'?
wrote:
>I hope that you can drive a standards transmission, because most European cars
>are stick shifts, and you will have to pay a premium for an automatic.
...and European drivers are among the safest (Italy excepted ;-).
Hmmmm.... could these be 'operationally related'?
Feb 28th 2003 | 11:36 pm
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Re: Renting a car in Europe, a good idea or not?
greg byshenk wrote:
>
> Barbara Vaughan wrote:
> > [email protected] wrote:
>
> > > To be fair to Larry, when I once asked him (in email) why he did this, he
> > > provided a half-persuasive and certainly well-considered list of reasons
> > > why he preferred to respond via email rather than in the group. I don't
> > > really agree with him, but it's not a case of someone who doesn't
> > > understand Usenet.
>
> > I agree that he knows damn well he's supposed to post in the newsgroup.
> > I wish he would get it through his head that if he insists on doing
> > otherwise, WE DON'T WANT TO HEAR HIS COMPLAINTS!!!
>
> 1. Do you have a mouse in your pocket?
> 2. No one is forcing you to read his posts.
By the time I realize that he's posting another of his whinges, I've
already downloaded and opened the stupid posting. I could kill-file him,
but about half the time he actually posts something useful. However,
that's what I'll end up doing, I'm afraid.
Barbara
>
> Barbara Vaughan wrote:
> > [email protected] wrote:
>
> > > To be fair to Larry, when I once asked him (in email) why he did this, he
> > > provided a half-persuasive and certainly well-considered list of reasons
> > > why he preferred to respond via email rather than in the group. I don't
> > > really agree with him, but it's not a case of someone who doesn't
> > > understand Usenet.
>
> > I agree that he knows damn well he's supposed to post in the newsgroup.
> > I wish he would get it through his head that if he insists on doing
> > otherwise, WE DON'T WANT TO HEAR HIS COMPLAINTS!!!
>
> 1. Do you have a mouse in your pocket?
> 2. No one is forcing you to read his posts.
By the time I realize that he's posting another of his whinges, I've
already downloaded and opened the stupid posting. I could kill-file him,
but about half the time he actually posts something useful. However,
that's what I'll end up doing, I'm afraid.
Barbara
Feb 28th 2003 | 11:40 pm
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Re: Renting a car in Europe, a good idea or not?
Dave Smith wrote:
>
> I had a couple of very good trips travelling around Europe in rental cars.
> Despite the cost of the rental and high fuel costs it was better than paying
> multiple train or plane fares. Your US licence will be adequate,
... if you don't mind breaking the law in several countries, and are
prepared to pay the resultant fines if caught ...
> though you
> might feel better about getting an international, which is nothing more than a
> multilingual translation of your home state licence....
... and which is required to be in your possession, along with your US
license, in Austria, Spain and Italy (and maybe other countries).
Barbara
>
> I had a couple of very good trips travelling around Europe in rental cars.
> Despite the cost of the rental and high fuel costs it was better than paying
> multiple train or plane fares. Your US licence will be adequate,
... if you don't mind breaking the law in several countries, and are
prepared to pay the resultant fines if caught ...
> though you
> might feel better about getting an international, which is nothing more than a
> multilingual translation of your home state licence....
... and which is required to be in your possession, along with your US
license, in Austria, Spain and Italy (and maybe other countries).
Barbara
Feb 28th 2003 | 11:41 pm
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Re: Renting a car in Europe, a good idea or not?
Frank Clarke wrote:
>
> On Fri, 28 Feb 2003 16:28:40 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:
>
>
> >I hope that you can drive a standards transmission, because most European cars
> >are stick shifts, and you will have to pay a premium for an automatic.
>
> ...and European drivers are among the safest (Italy excepted ;-).
There are a number of European countries with road safety records worse
than Italy's.
Barbara
>
> On Fri, 28 Feb 2003 16:28:40 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:
>
>
> >I hope that you can drive a standards transmission, because most European cars
> >are stick shifts, and you will have to pay a premium for an automatic.
>
> ...and European drivers are among the safest (Italy excepted ;-).
There are a number of European countries with road safety records worse
than Italy's.
Barbara
