1 hour ago, skomaz said:

Ta da....

Crikey you weren't kidding about the scratches 🫣

2 hours ago, Lee01 said:

Crikey you weren't kidding about the scratches 🫣

TBH on the photo you can only see a few on the bonnet and the sides look OK but in person it looks like it's had a close encounter with a hawthorn hedge or similar ( IE it's been trough one recently)... the sides have full length scratches and the roof and rear spoiler are losing Thier lacquer.

Buts it's done the job and is tidy enough inside (or was until we hit the beach... 😀)

Just returned yesterday from a 2 week holiday in South Africa, and the hire car was........................?

3 minutes ago, cnc said:

Just returned yesterday from a 2 week holiday in South Africa, and the hire car was........................?

Toyota Landcruiser? 😄

Hyundai i30?

😁

Edit: But on a slightly more serious note, one of the Toyota Yaris sized crossovers - Starlet Cross or Urban Cruiser (just looked up its name).

Edited 6 December, 20256 Dec by Gaz

Ford P100?

1 hour ago, cnc said:

Just returned yesterday from a 2 week holiday in South Africa, and the hire car was........................?

You need to supply more base info -

Hire company and size class of vehicle booked.

1 hour ago, mac11irl said:

You need to supply more base info -

Hire company and size class of vehicle booked.

The hire company we use is called Holiday Autos and from there we chose one from Europcar, car booked was 5 seat SUV medium size type.

2 hours ago, Gaz said:

Hyundai i30?

😁

Edit: But on a slightly more serious note, one of the Toyota Yaris sized crossovers - Starlet Cross or Urban Cruiser (just looked up its name).

Almost there............

2 hours ago, Warrior193 said:

Toyota Landcruiser? 😄

The Landcruiser can be seen everywhere in South Africa, quite often in 'sand' colour, and we did get a ride in one while being transported around a wine estate.

As the saying goes: "If you want to go into the bush take a Land Rover. If you want to get out of the bush, take a Land Cruiser".

29 minutes ago, cnc said:

The hire company we use is called Holiday Autos and from there we chose one from Europcar, car booked was 5 seat SUV medium size type.

Almost there............

Hyundai Tucson?

There's actually two parts to the hire car story on this particular holiday, I would never have guessed the first hire car, I'll cover the second part later on, but for now here's a side picture of the first one we were given. Any suggestions from this picture as to what it could be?

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That's a Chinese Great Wall Haval H6...

1 hour ago, skomaz said:

That's a Chinese Great Wall Haval H6...

That's exactly what it was. Never seen one before but quite a few in South Africa.

You don't leave anything on view in South Africa due to smash & grab so a careful 10 minutes was spent fitting everything in the boot, we jumped in, started the car and waited for the usual warning lights to go out, which they never did!. Had a word with the guy on the desk who said it will be fine and don't worry about it but I wasn't having any of that so rejected the car, you don't want to breakdown especially in South Africa.

Part two. Having rejected the Haval we waited for 1/4 hour and were presented with a Toyota Corolla Cross, these are probably, along with the Toyota's mentioned earlier by Gaz, one of the most common everyday cars you see on the roads of South Africa.

Over the two weeks we were there we covered a little under 2000 miles, the car itself was ok but I'm not a fan of the CVT gearbox, it's like driving a car with the clutch constantly slipping every time you accelerate, ear defenders should be standard!

Here's the Toyota with the Haval in the background.

Edited 6 December, 20256 Dec by cnc

3 hours ago, cnc said:

That's exactly what it was. Never seen one before but quite a few in South Africa.

You don't leave anything on view in South Africa due to smash & grab so a careful 10 minutes was spent fitting everything in the boot, we jumped in, started the car and waited for the usual warning lights to go out, which they never did!. Had a word with the guy on the desk who said it will be fine and don't worry about it but I wasn't having any of that so rejected the car, you don't want to breakdown especially in South Africa.

Sound like Rex's rent a wreck! 🤣

OK - not an overseas hire but one in the UK for work. Doing some site visits down a lot of country lanes, involving parking on verges etc. on a project where we have been told not to use our own cars - so asked for a manual compact SUV...

What did I get...???

Qashqai/ Mokka/ Grandland?

Merc G-wagon? 😁

Toyota Aygo X (and no, the X is not a kiss..........)

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I reckon an Arona

Or a sandero cross over thingy … Stepway?

15 minutes ago, mac11irl said:

I reckon an Arona

Or a sandero cross over thingy … Stepway?

Neighbours parents have had a Jogger for a year or two now. Not bad tbh. Acres of space in the boot because they went for just one row of year seats.

I'm not a fan of the drab olive green it's in though. Looks more like ex army than polite pensioner

31 minutes ago, mac11irl said:

I reckon an Arona

Or a sandero cross over thingy … Stepway?

Utter pile of garbage... I had one as a courtesy car last year.

More cramped than you'd expect, slower than you'd expect, frighteningly light steering, and all for ticket price equal to my (used) vRS.

6 hours ago, skomaz said:

What did I get...???

Hyundai i30 😁

47 minutes ago, OccyVRS said:

Utter pile of garbage... I had one as a courtesy car last year.

More cramped than you'd expect, slower than you'd expect, frighteningly light steering, and all for ticket price equal to my (used) vRS.

The Sandero? I’ve not been inside one, but I can’t imagine it being much alright…

1 minute ago, mac11irl said:

The Sandero? I’ve not been inside one, but I can’t imagine it being much alright…

The Arona! Even as just four wheels and some seats, I can't imagine why you'd buy one.