Estate car with lots of rear legroom for hire

Estate car with lots of rear legroom for hire

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PATTERNPART

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693 posts

200 months

Tuesday 7th July 2015
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Hi

My neighbour has an elderly Honda CRV which has plenty of room for luggage but not her very tall son in the back seat. I know that when you hire a car you rarely get the model you asked for (just the class/type) but is there a popular Ford/Skoda/Kia estate readily available from the usual firms? It has to be an automatic as well so she might be able to specify something specific.

To further complicate matters she wants to take it abroad (hence Holidays & Travel).

It might be an idea to take said CRV as far as Belgian port from Kent and swap to something bigger for the duration of their stay in Belgium.

Any thoughts or suggestions welcome...

LuS1fer

41,085 posts

244 months

Tuesday 7th July 2015
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Check the taxi ranks - Skoda Superb springs to mind or Mondeo.

Bluebarge

4,519 posts

177 months

Wednesday 8th July 2015
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Don't think UK hirers generally allow you to take rhd cars abroad (other than Eire). Probably best to fly and get an MPV over there. As seats are more upright in an MPV, legroom is less of an issue, esp in a full-size MPV such as a Galaxy etc.


ruff'n'smov

1,092 posts

148 months

Wednesday 8th July 2015
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Skoda Superb.

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Although most UK hire firms won't specify the exact model, I went from a VW Passat SEL 2.0TDI 170 estate, to a bog standard 1.6 petrol Zafira. mad

rcspeirs

178 posts

213 months

Thursday 9th July 2015
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Taking a UK hire car abroad is madness. Lots of (mandatory) additional insurance charges. If she doesn't declare that she's leaving the UK - and has an incident - she's not insured.
Much better to put that money into a cheap flight and hire at destination.

grumpyscot

1,277 posts

191 months

Friday 10th July 2015
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All BMWs are out then - anyone bigger than 5 feet has difficulty getting into the back of them

davepoth

29,395 posts

198 months

Friday 10th July 2015
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rcspeirs said:
Taking a UK hire car abroad is madness. Lots of (mandatory) additional insurance charges. If she doesn't declare that she's leaving the UK - and has an incident - she's not insured.
Much better to put that money into a cheap flight and hire at destination.
Or just put the guy onto a plane and collect him in the front seat of the CRV after arrival?

FiF

43,960 posts

250 months

Friday 10th July 2015
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A tangential question. Does anyone know any firms who have the Skoda Superb preferably the Estate on their fleet?

I know Europcar do over in some European / Scandinavian countries as have had one, but any UK based outfits?This isn't for me but a future visitor and the Superb would be spot on for their needs re back seat leg room.

PATTERNPART

Original Poster:

693 posts

200 months

Wednesday 15th July 2015
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Thanks folks. I think suffer the CRV to Dunkirque then upgrade to a local people carrier. I'll have a quick look at the CRV back seat just in case it is one of those fiendish ones that slides back a bit. Driver speaks the lingo (Flemish and French so should have no trouble arranging this.

Bluebarge

4,519 posts

177 months

Thursday 16th July 2015
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An issue for me would be where to park safely in Dunkerque for 2 weeks. That might be a big sticking point. Can't they either take a cheap flight to Belgium or let Beanpole sit in the front?