1 car down! - Hire car options

[delta0]

We have lost one car due to an MOT fail. Does anyone have any recommendations for hire cars? Possibly something a little more special than a 1l fiesta but definitely not supercar.

[ellroy]

I’m sure one, Hertz?, or other of the majors do have an exclusive range, a pal hired a Cayman for a Scotland trip a year or two back.

Google is your friend.

[StevieBee]

A couple of chaps near us last year hired a car in Calais - said it was cheaper than taking one from the UK. Though I can only assume they lived in Dover!

[delta0]

ellroy said:

I’m sure one, Hertz?, or other of the majors do have an exclusive range, a pal hired a Cayman for a Scotland trip a year or two back.

Google is your friend.

Thanks I will take a look. Cayman will be top end of what we would look at. Possibly more towards the MX-5/gt-86 or hot hatch end would be interesting too.

StevieBee said:

A couple of chaps near us last year hired a car in Calais - said it was cheaper than taking one from the UK. Though I can only assume they lived in Dover!

We have a eurotunnel crossing already booked and we are coming from London.

Edited by delta0 on Saturday 1st June 14:00

[//j17]

What's this crazy talk of hiring?

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds?Accelerati...

Buy a crazy shed, drive it to Le Mans and back, sell it and cancel insurance on return.

OK maybe not a £650 Vauxhall Signum (WTF? Never even heard of one of them before!), But a £600 Jag. X Type if you want space or a £745 Mercedes-Benz CLK for some coupe style.

Assuming you can buy and then resell for the same money if you can get insurance with a monthly premium less than hire car costs you're quids in.

[Tyre Smoke]

Yeah, for pure Le Mans ethos you have to buy a shed and drive it there and back.

Where's your British Bulldog spirit??

[Tyre Smoke]

A quick Google reveals you are looking at over £500 for a week in anything half decent. And I haven't checked if you can take it out of the country for that.

Surely a £400/500 barge is going to be much more fun?

[RobbyJ]

So many good barges for £500, 4X4’s, Jag’s, even MX5’s if you want to take up hair dressing too. Barge all the way!

[MrC986]

This is surely worth its own thread? You mention you’re in the London area. How about this as a temporary car (in Japanese British Racing Green ) & advertised with almost 12 months MOT with no advisories on the last one (& no fails reported on the system) from a quick squint at the MOT Online history check (I’m in no way related to the seller) though it looks a comfy way to get there...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

PS I struggled to find anything with a drop top roof close to the same £s as the car in the link on AT, close to London & an MOT!

[delta0]

Love the idea of buying a car just for Le Mans and shifting it after. Going to pose this idea and see what they will go for!

[Some Gump]

Don't dismiss a signum!

As big as an estate but 4 seats.
Boot big enough to accommodate a fridge.
Roof bigenough for 4 bikes on a rack...

Signums make great le mans charriots. Buy one in blue and tribute livery.is piss easy - Signumtech Alpine!

[Tyre Smoke]

I see what you did there!

[eastsider]

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

[old'uns]

MrC986 said:

This is surely worth its own thread? You mention you’re in the London area.

mmmmm...London ?
there's a Cayenne sitting around whilst the owners are away at a wedding in Yorkshire

[//j17]

Tyre Smoke said:

A quick Google reveals you are looking at over £500 for a week in anything half decent. And I haven't checked if you can take it out of the country for that.

Surely a £400/500 barge is going to be much more fun?

Poorly applied shed-onomics there. If it's a buy/drive/sell for same money shed it's "Surely a barge you can insure for a month (and then cancel/get the other 11 months back) for £400/£500 is going to be much more fun?". Can't think of anything that would sell for shed money that would code £6000/year to insure!

[Joe5y]

Not exactly the same but in recent years I’ve done the journey in something special; at least not a bogo car. Top spec X5, FFRR, M3 were the last 3 years.

This year however I bought a new house lightening my fund somewhat so I bought this....



...For £670.

It now looks like this...

[Chrisgr31]

Well if the French mademoiselles have seen fake taxi you should be on to a winner there!

[Funky Squirrel]

[quote=Joe5y]

It now looks like this..

You aren't called John by any chance?