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Fun rental for a Scottish weekend
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2022 12:05 pm
by Explosive Newt
My other half's father* has put the extended family up in a hotel near Aberdeen for the weekend. My thinking was to get the train up to Edinburgh**, rent something tasty, stay over with the brother in law in Perth then head on up, before returning the car on the Monday.
Anyone have any experience with renting fun cars? I've found Avis willing to do about £800 for a 911 Carerra S or an F-type R.
*he's a dreadful man, and probably an alcoholic, but he is paying for the whole thing
**I don't fancy renting a car just to drive it up the A1
Re: Fun rental for a Scottish weekend
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2022 12:51 pm
by mik
BenB rented a (4wd I think) F-Type one time he came up with a small group - he’s not regularly on here now, but he is on Twitter (@BenB_7).
@Marv hired a Caterham too, but that was picked up around Inverness from memory.
Re: Fun rental for a Scottish weekend
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2022 12:52 pm
by speedingfine
Re: Fun rental for a Scottish weekend
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2022 1:18 pm
by Ascender
There's loads of "long way round" scenic routes he could take from here, but yeah, seems like a waste of money if he's just going to go up the motorway.
Re: Fun rental for a Scottish weekend
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2022 1:34 pm
by scotta
Re: Fun rental for a Scottish weekend
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2022 1:35 pm
by scotta
Re: Fun rental for a Scottish weekend
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2022 5:07 pm
by Explosive Newt
Jesus. Mrs Newt would murder me, then you, then probably all the forum.
These guys seem nice but £1.5k is an awful lot for a three day car hire. I presume there is some benefit over Avis but not sure what it would be.
Re: Fun rental for a Scottish weekend
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2022 5:28 pm
by mik
My mate rented a TVR T350 yeeeeears ago, and the insurance excess was something like £3k, so watch out for that. It did help him to remain a bit more sensible whilst driving it.
These days I expect you could get separate excess cover though from somebody independent.
Re: Fun rental for a Scottish weekend
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2022 6:41 pm
by Matty
Explosive Newt wrote: Fri Jul 01, 2022 12:05 pm
My other half's father* has put the extended family up in a hotel near Aberdeen for the weekend. My thinking was to get the train up to Edinburgh**, rent something tasty, stay over with the brother in law in Perth then head on up, before returning the car on the Monday.
Anyone have any experience with renting fun cars? I've found Avis willing to do about £800 for a 911 Carerra S or an F-type R.
*he's a dreadful man, and probably an alcoholic, but he is paying for the whole thing
**I don't fancy renting a car just to drive it up the A1
Slip
@mik a crisp English £20 note, a large bag of Revels and I'm sure he'll let you loose in the Evora for a few days?
Re: Fun rental for a Scottish weekend
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2022 10:51 pm
by NGRhodes
See if you can rent one of these:
Re: Fun rental for a Scottish weekend
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 8:12 am
by speedingfine
NGRhodes wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 10:51 pm
See if you can rent one of these:
that's even worse in Scottish weather than my suggestion!
Re: Fun rental for a Scottish weekend
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 1:01 pm
by Marv
mik wrote: Fri Jul 01, 2022 12:51 pm
BenB rented a (4wd I think) F-Type one time he came up with a small group - he’s not regularly on here now, but he is on Twitter (@BenB_7).
@Marv hired a Caterham too, but that was picked up around Inverness from memory.
Not too far from Elgin, Sir Mikalot of Scotlandishire.
Just looking at the website and it appears they're now on an industrial estate, where as it was run from someone's house before. Could be that the original owner sold up?
Re: Fun rental for a Scottish weekend
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2022 9:58 am
by Explosive Newt
Booked a F-type P450 through Avis prestige but had an email a few days later to say they are scaling back their fleets and won't be offering sports cars of any sort in November (and had the gall to suggest I booked a Merc 4x4 instead).
It looks like Northern Supercar hire is the only game in town but it is a lot of money to rent even a 911 carerra for the weekend.
Re: Fun rental for a Scottish weekend
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2022 2:02 pm
by scotta
Re: Fun rental for a Scottish weekend
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2022 5:24 pm
by Ascender
That is very nice indeed!
Re: Fun rental for a Scottish weekend
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2022 7:27 am
by Gavin
There used to be a rental place on Costorphine Road in Edinburgh that hired out older cool cars, Corrado Golf and some fancier stuff. Not sure they are still around though as not been up that way and if you have been googling I would imagine they would have come up
Re: Fun rental for a Scottish weekend
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2022 8:14 am
by Explosive Newt
https://www.facebook.com/porschehirescotland
Have been recommended by a friend - they look a bit sketchy on the surface but he had a good experience renting a cayman S a couple of years ago
