Italian Car Rental

[raceboy]

Car rental is not something I'm at all familiar with, on holiday I'll usually sit back and enjoy public transport, in fact for most of this Italian holiday we'll be on the train but one day would be made considerably easier with a car.
Would be picking it up from Bologna train station first thing in the morning, early June on a weekday, 2 Adults no luggage traveling to Sant'Agata, then onto Modena and Maranello
The cheapest small car is going to be more than adequate, I actually quite fancy an Electric Fiat 500
I make the trip to be about 80 miles all in so the range should be ok without needing to charge at any point.
Googling 'car hire Bologna' is my obvious starting point, the big names all appear, but than I see the likes of doyouitaly and Noleggiare who appear to be brokers, at usually less than half the price of the 'big names' reviews of ALL the companies seem to be very split, obviously people with bad experiences always shout louder but there's enough for all the companies to be a little cautious.
Anyone got any advise?

[raceboy]

Gnevans said:

Look at zest car rental.

Zest seemed to direct through Noleggiare for a Fiat 500
It all seems like a complete minefield with pot luck on whether a tiny mark that you didn't do costs you €200

Flights already booked and unfortunately BA don't fly from our chosen UK airport.

I've not ruled out just booking a load of Ubers, but not sure how reliable they will be.

[raceboy]

Car rental just seems like such a minefield, I know why I use trains usually.
Obviously a lot of the negative reviews come from the people that haven't followed the rules but it does seem a bit hit or miss.
How much trouble can I possibly get in driving between Lamborghini, Pagani and Ferrari

[raceboy]

TTmonkey said:

Rented this in Santa Agatha

Rented this in Marenello

There's a plan....wonder if they do one way
Thrown a bit of a curved ball last night that Uber isn't available in the area, but the rental of the default setting little Italian urban city car is anywhere between £40-£140 for the day depending of who rents it for a comparable service, every firm has bad reviews, but then the angry always shout louder, just going to see who's got an EV and try and abide by all their rules.

[raceboy]

Griffith4ever said:

- take out your own car hire insurance in the UK if hiring for a week or more. Wont work out for just one day.
- photo the car all round and on top
- pay for full-full when booking .
- be nice to them. :-)
- take a credit card with you NOT a debit card, for the security reservation if you don't take their insurance extras.

Cheers, that's pretty much confirmed what I thought/hoped, and hoping to avoid the full/full/petrol issue with electric, as long as they don't expect that back fully charged

[raceboy]

Think this question is for another thread but I make the journey about 80 miles (although I imagine I'll get lost at some point so lets call it 100), what's the real life range of a fully charged Fiat 500e, can get one of those for £60 all in from Noleggiare and you don't have to bring it back fully charged.

[raceboy]

Well I'll only be using the car from 9-5 so unless they start on the Limoncello early I should be ok, and hopefully the supercar factory carparks should be safe enough, Enzo@Modena looks ok, I remember the car park at Maranello being massive and I can't imagine Pagani being a problem.

[raceboy]

Ok, so after putting this on the back burner for a few weeks due to other holidays/stuff it now needs sorting, my only question is have people had any issues returning the car after the office is closed?
The websites seem to allow this but do you then face 'issues'?

[raceboy]

Not really got a great deal of choice on where I get it from, it's going to be Bologna Train Station, or at least somewhere in central Bologna.