The EspadaIII car rental thread

It's all a bit silly Espada.



This evening I've just booked a Ford Focus (or similar) for 29 days for £190, another Focus for 21 days at £132 and another Focus for 9 days at £43. Total £365. All with the same hire company. The cheapest I could get for 59 continuous days was just over £1000 for a 2 door Fiat 500. A Focus sized car was over £1500.



All I need to do is drive 30 minutes to the airport and swap the car a couple of times to save £1000.

Car rental is very cheap on the Costas as long as you stick to typical holiday rental cars. Fiat Panda and the like are widely available from around 6€ per day.

As far as insurance is concerned, you get the basic CDW etc. but nothing more. They try to sell you their 'worry free super-dooper insurance' by scare tactics (tyres and underside not covered and no breakdown recovery etc. etc.) but they wanted over £10 per day when we were there a few weeks ago.
My excess is covered by my credit card so I don't need it anyway. The hire company will just reserve 1400€ per rental against the card to cover any potential damage. I'll have 2800€ reserved on my card until they get the paperwork done after each car swap but that's not a problem.

If your credit card doesn't provide cover I think you can buy damage excess insurance here in the UK quite cheaply.

I use excess insurance from Quaestor. Have bought it for many years and used it in anger for the first time when I bashed the door of the Outlander I had in December. I mentioned it here. It worked; I made a claim, provided gthe documentation and they paid out in full.

Back again.... Fiat Tipo 1.6 E-torque again. Still far too sluggish with an auto box. Interior is OK, boot of reasonable capacity for a saloon but the whole package is just unappealing.

Wish they had given me the i20 I ordered. A free upgrade is nice but only it it really makes your life better.

Parked next to a Tipo estate in Italy last week. Looked a'reet. You'd have liked it Al, it was a kind of metallic light brown.

Like this..

I think mine's that colour. Browny copper. Nice colour, shame about the car.