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I used Economy car hire this time due to price. The old adage of you get what you pay for springs to mind. As usual you had to sign the contract before getting the car. For the price it was satisfactory condition, any more and I would have classed it poor. More concerning was that the petrol tank was listed as quarter full, but was not - it was just above the red zone and the petrol warning light came on a few Kms down the road. I estimate that I was defrauded of about 10 euros of petrol. I have reported this to Economy car hire, and that I will not be using them again. I have been renting cars in the Algarve for 15 years and never had this happen before, may be I've just been lucky. Also they do not include FULL insurance, if you want this you have to buy their top up policy.maccasa wrote:If price is the main consideration - and it usually is - go through an agency like Economy car hire - they also normally include FULL insurance in their prices.
Sam,sam wrote:I used Economy car hire this time due to price. The old adage of you get what you pay for springs to mind. As usual you had to sign the contract before getting the car. For the price it was satisfactory condition, any more and I would have classed it poor. More concerning was that the petrol tank was listed as quarter full, but was not - it was just above the red zone and the petrol warning light came on a few Kms down the road. I estimate that I was defrauded of about 10 euros of petrol. I have reported this to Economy car hire, and that I will not be using them again. I have been renting cars in the Algarve for 15 years and never had this happen before, may be I've just been lucky. Also they do not include FULL insurance, if you want thmaccasa wrote:If price is the main consideration - and it usually is - go through an agency like Economy car hire - they also normally include FULL insurance in their prices.
is you have to buy their top up policy.
superbocker wrote:sam wrote:I used Economy car hire this time due to price. The old adage of you get what you pay for springs to mind. As usual you had to sign the contract before getting the car. For the price it was satisfactory condition, any more and I would have classed it poor. More concerning was that the petrol tank was listed as quarter full, but was not - it was just above the red zone and the petrol warning light came on a few Kms down the road. I estimate that I was defrauded of about 10 euros of petrol. I have reported this to Economy car hire, and that I will not be using them again. I have been renting cars in the Algarve for 15 years and never had this happen before, may be I've just been lucky. Also they do not include FULL insurance, if you want thmaccasa wrote:If price is the main consideration - and it usually is - go through an agency like Economy car hire - they also normally include FULL insurance in their prices.
is you have to buy their top up policy.
.Sam,
Economy car hire are the 'Brokers' for a number of car hire firms. I'm not sure which you used through them but i've used Drive 4 Fun through them 20+ times and always been pretty impressed and never had a car older than 1 year.
As for the fuel i just leave it as i find it and never get any comebacks