среда, 6 февраля 2013 г.

How far can you drive? Remember you have to come back. So, that s either 35 miles or fifty miles tur


***Spoiler Alert*** Since I originally published this post, Hertz have removed their original jokes from blue collar comedy tour UK page and replaced it with one that requires you to enter collection and delivery details. Simply pick one day from the drop-down calendar for the following week and choose Central London from the choice of locations and the price should come up as slightly less than $807/day. The point I make remains the same.
What could possibly cause such a difference in rental costs between USA and UK?  I mean, you are the same person with the same driving license who is going to rent the car in either one of the two countries. The car is the same car. The same rental jokes from blue collar comedy tour company is involved.
The difference in rental charges for just one day would easily cover the cost of a return jokes from blue collar comedy tour air fare between JFK and Heathrow. Imagine hiring jokes from blue collar comedy tour this Ferrari for a week. Why, you d save enough to buy an absolutely lovely present for your bank manager
jokes from blue collar comedy tour Well, no. Actually, on closer inspection the rental package appears to be slightly more extensive in the UK than in the US with a more generous insurance agreement, replacement rental car and also a child seat included easily compensating jokes from blue collar comedy tour for the free tank of fuel offered in America.
Granted, the US Ferrari jokes from blue collar comedy tour appears to accelerate slightly quicker and also reach a higher top speed but don t be fooled. If you believe those figures, then you will also believe that the American Ferrari has the famous prancing horse logo on its steering wheel mounted back to front. Yes the US photo of the car interior was simply flipped over to make it look like it is a shot of a left-hand drive vehicle. Those performance figures are just carelessly copied and pasted from different road test reports.
The UK car has an insurance Excess Charge of $2,198 and an excess jokes from blue collar comedy tour waiver is not available. What this means is that if you accidentally snag your finger nail on the leather interior, you are going to become much poorer in an instant. If someone rubs their shopping trolley down the side while you are in the supermarket buying a sack of potatoes to put in the complimentary child seat, you are finished. You are about to add $2,198 to your daily rental.
Maybe the US car includes insurance to cover this? I think not. Although jokes from blue collar comedy tour the US advert does not highlight what is excluded jokes from blue collar comedy tour from the hire costs (unlike the UK advert) I would bet that extra insurance is likewise jokes from blue collar comedy tour not available for accidental damage caused that is not covered by the insurance. And in either country, even if the damage  is covered by the insurance, you are going to pay the first $2,198 of the claim, my friend.
So, you are now looking at a rather different kind of rental experience, regardless of which country you hire the car in. Put it this way: you aren t going to let this car out of your sight. Not for a moment. You are strongly advised not to leave it for a minute, even in a private compound with watchtowers and barbed wire. One seagull flying overhead jokes from blue collar comedy tour with an irritable bowel and you will be cleaning that leather interior for all you are worth. Try and avoid even stopping at red lights in case the guy behind you is a little slow on the brakes. Is that delivery truck getting a little close to you in the traffic jam? Feeling nervous?
US: 75 miles. UK: 100 miles. You can just guess what the excess mileage charge is going to come to. I mean, even a Volkswagen Golf  is going to hit you for 50 cents per mile. This is a Ferrari. Don t even go there.
How far can you drive? Remember you have to come back. So, that s either 35 miles or fifty miles turn around come home. Put it this way, the free Sat Nav is not really going to be working up much of a sweat in either country. Besides, it is going to take you at least twenty miles just to get used to the way the gear change works and to calm your breathing so that you stop whimpering in fear every time a ten year old Subaru changes lanes in front of you without indicating first
How long will you be driving it for? Well, even if you only drive it at 40 mph 50 mph, you ll reach your mileage limit in ninety minutes. And you just hired it for twenty-four hours. Forget screaming along at 140 mph with the wind in your hair. Firstly everyone else in front of you is doing seventy. Secondly, if you put your foot down when you do get a chance, you ll lose your license on the spot if you get caught.
So, realistically, you are only going to be driving it for two hours, less than 10% of the rental time. The other twenty-odd hours, you are going to be standing and looking at it. Except, you are going to be asleep for half of those hours. Or, trying to, while your mind feverishly imagines that someone is trying to  pull off those lovely Ferrari badges with a screwdriver or steal the leather seats as you lie and stare at the ceiling of your friend s bedroom.
Your   friend s bedroom ? What you mean that you didn t even dare book a hotel somewhere because you couldn t also hire a lockable garage for the night? Of course. You forgot. Hotels have those big signs outside, reminding guests that the hotel is not responsible for damage caused to vehicles, however it occurs.
Now you know why you see so many Ferraris apparently stuck in traffic jams, revving their engines. It is the only way that their drivers can get attention, keep below the mileage limit, use the fuel and not get any scratches on the car or have the stereo stolen.
The only way to get good value out of this little baby is to have it delivered at 9am, drive it straight into the nearest city centre traffic jokes from blue collar comedy tour jam, spin the tyres and make that lovely engine jokes from blue collar comedy tour bark and howl so that people look at you, then drop it back to Hertz for 5pm, with 60 miles on the clock and an empty tank. And then go and eat a Big Mac. Because you cannot eat a Big Mac in a rented Ferrari.

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