Thread: Renting a car in Germany
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05-27-19 04:04 #144
Posts: 970Europcar Dusseldorf Airport.
I highly suggest you pass on Europcar if renting at Dusseldorf Airport. I've returned cars there twice and twice I've been assessed damage. After more than 380 days of renting from Europcar with only have damage once and now twice in 2 months, both times under questionable circumstances. Once the door was marked as scratched during checkout but on return he noted a 5 mm dent in the same door where the scratch was. On the other, he stated no problem with the car and after I walked away and was inside the secure area of the terminal I received an e-mail saying there was a chip in the windshield. My next visit I will select a different company to rent from.
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01-23-19 06:44 #143
Posts: 4759Originally Posted by EastGoing [View Original Post]
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12-05-18 03:11 #142
Posts: 582Latest update: today I found in my mail box, again I signed nothing, the fine from Germany. They specify they deducted something, but not how much, from my speed due to radar allowance, and say I was "speeding" at 50 (LOL or sob?) where limit was 30.
It is in my language, but in case of reply they ask me to write in german on the attached form. It is written so nicely, full of details and explainations, with a close up photo of me driving (I look gorgeous, LOL!). The name of my city is wrong by more than half of the letters and even longer as well but the postal code must have taken the envelope to the right place. And they call me something like "dear kind mrs"... I love this tender and funny letter with the beautiful photocopied pic of the stunning driver, I'm going to treasure it and even pay the fine. But not the car rental fee!
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12-01-18 19:12 #141
Posts: 48Originally Posted by Takedown [View Original Post]
So authorities checked you up and no problem. That's good. I'm always a little bit scared of that when I visit Germany. Always hope there will be no raids when I visit clubs. But the police probably can see it.
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11-29-18 02:56 #140
Posts: 1280Having over a dozen unpaid tickets from the numerous car hires in Germany, I have yet to have any issues renting from those companies afterward.
In addition, I had a situation where Hessen authorities had to check my background, the unpaid tickets did not show up. This applies in Germany, not so much in Switzerland and Italy.
Originally Posted by EastGoing [View Original Post]
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11-28-18 02:29 #139
Posts: 582Following up my post of last month, to my surprise today I found in my mail box (I didn't sign anything!) a letter from the rental company of my last trip. It is in german (how can they be so stupid?). A friend translated what I guessed: they ask 23,80 euros as a fee for giving my name to authorities. Outrageous shameful amount!
There is also an IBAN (which means they won't charge my credit card?) and they want me to pay in 30 days from... I don't even know what and didn't even bother to translate. I mean, in my country any notice would work from the day I officially received the letter, which would be evident by my signature to mailman or at post office. Otherwise one may not even know what's the matter, because he might have not received the letter... It should be obvious that one can't be charged for something he's not even aware of... Or it could happen like the letter of last year which I received muuuch later than 30 days after getting the flash by the radar (I never received the real fine anyway). How could I be held responsible/guilty for being late in payment if I got that notice months later?
I would say in this letter it's not even written what could happen if I didn't pay this fee or I if paid it but not in time.
A fee which I would more properly call "theft", because it is not a fee! It could make sense to pay a fine, but not such a robbery.
As far as I am concerned, I didn't sign anything = I didn't receive anything = I have nothing to pay. And ok, I won't hire cars anymore from that company in order to avoid troubles
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11-25-18 13:34 #138
Posts: 1245Originally Posted by PussyLiccker [View Original Post]
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11-25-18 12:05 #137
Posts: 1013Originally Posted by XXL [View Original Post]
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11-25-18 12:03 #136
Posts: 1013Originally Posted by BananaBoi [View Original Post]
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11-25-18 11:34 #135
Posts: 4808The cute German lady upgraded me from an automatic to stick, but she gave me a crossover hybrid SUV, a Fiat 500X. This thing eats gas. Usually my fill for an economy class is 50-55 Euros and this one was like 80 Euros per tank. Bigger tank obviously.
For Hungrystud. I saw a sign at the rental agency of pricing if you don't bring the tank filled. It was like 4. Something Euros per liter and there was a price above 1. Somthing, thinking either normal price or if you have them fill it. When you have them fill it, I believe they charge the full tank even if you have fuel left over.
I notice per liter prices are more expensive at autobahn rest stop gas stations compared to in town gas stations. Same goes for ATM. Banks gives best rate.
If you got a weighty car, of course Diesel is most efficient.
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11-19-18 15:46 #134
Posts: 410Got BMW 2 er gran tourer from Eropcar. After driving at 180-200 km / h on A 57 the car computer said check your tire pressure, which I did next day when tires were cold at the gas station, the pressure was below normal. Probably not important unless you want to drive fast on the autobahns.
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11-13-18 09:23 #133
Posts: 2207Camsam plus works fine and it's cheap. It can run while a real navigation app is running.
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11-12-18 14:52 #132
Posts: 970Originally Posted by PussyLiccker [View Original Post]
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11-11-18 08:56 #131
Posts: 796Amex cards are in general not well adopted in Germany.
Originally Posted by XXL [View Original Post]
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11-08-18 10:09 #130
Posts: 2427Originally Posted by Lefeu [View Original Post]