Car hire at Dublin Airport?

[rich66]

Hi everyone

Does anyone have any experience of car hire at Dublin Airport please?

We normally go for the "golf" sized car but other airports usually provide a Renault instead. I see at Dublin the Corolla seems to be mentioned but they seem to have 1.3 engines and it seems a bigger car than the Auris. The Focuses look like 1.4s from what I can tell from most websites. The other potential annoyance is when car hire companies upgrade you to a gas-guzzling mondeo.

I would be tempted to drop down a group into the Fiesta sized but I am not sure I fancy the Yaris (they have improved a lot from how they used to be though) and not the Hyundai Getz whatever that is. Does anyone know what they actually have there and if they are 2 or 4 door models? We've tried asking the companies involved but they are rather vague!

All comments and opinions welcome!
Thanks a lot.

[Kudos]

Surely not particularly relevant to Dublin airport...could be anywhere.

If it helps, prepare to pay top whack, Dublin is pricey

[DangerousMike]

i've used hertz there quite a bit, they have been very good. once gave me a 1 series despite me being too young for it officialy, and then last time iI went had got me a crappy old Passat which i swapped for a brand new polo, less money too. If you're not happy with the car they can swap them quite easily.

they had loads of the polos so i imagine that is the car in the "fiesta size" range. they also have some fiat 500s. most cars they have are bottom of the range and smallest engine, though.

Edited by DangerousMike on Saturday 7th August 16:28

[rich66]

Thanks a lot for this. It's good to know they actually do have Polos there and that the staff are flexible.

Cheers