Fuel charges for car hire

[carman]

I always hire from auto-europe.co.uk or carjet.com.....same thing with the fuel but they are really cheap with no insurance excess.

carjet wanted about 16 e for ins for wheels tyres ,screen,which for 10 days was not bad ,but if i was only there for a few days would look for empty/empty

[orangegrove]

I always hire from auto-europe.co.uk or carjet.com.....same thing with the fuel but they are really cheap with no insurance excess.

Re the fuel: NOT SO Carlos, sorry. It DEPENDS which car hire firm you are put with & normally, it is DEFINITELY full/empty except just for 3-4 days.

Regarding no excess: Well, that is true (kind of) but if you don't take out insurance to cover you for tyre damage/windscreen breakage/glass breakage/underside damage with all car hire firms you ARE liable.

[gallows]

If you know this before you hire the car WHY DO IT?????

I have just returned from a week in Torre and hired a car at Alicante airport from Goldstar.

I had to pay 70 euros for a full tank of fuel.

The car was a Ford Fiesta TDci diesel.

It is impossible to get 70 euros worth of diesel into this car - I drive a lexus at home and I could not get the equivalant of 75 litres of fuel in that.

Can any one tell me exactly how much that model Fiesta would hold?

Diesel is about 85-90 cents a litre at the moment so 75 litres is what I paid for

I would like to start an inquirey with the European consumer association on this fraudulent practice.

Any other info would be appreciated

[gallows]

This Thread Should Not Be Here

EVERBODY KNOWS THE CAR HIRE COMPANYS RIP US ALL OFF BUT FOR SOME REASON WE ALL STILL HIRE THESE CARS. SO WE SHOULD ALL STOP COMPLAINING WHEN WE GET RIPPED OFF.




A man that learned the hard way. !!!!!!!!!!