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I should update this - I got a grey Mercedes E250 (yes, the 250 not the 200!) from Europcar Sydney city. According to the manager, they have replaced the Audis with the E250 in Sydney with 20+ vehicles with sequential numberplates. I discovered how true this was when some clown at the airport...

Update: Visa Premium has an Avis World discount - only $10 for this period but better than nothing. Downside is that booking through Visa means that the booking runs through Avis UK, and now I can't change the time online...clicking on the "manage" link gives you a cheery message telling you to...

Looks great! Vic plates though so hopefully they have them in Sydney. Avis it is. Oh I see, I didn't see any mention of reduced excess though - I'll have to chase that up.

Thanks, I can't seem to locate either deal on Avis or Budget websites though? I looked on Amex and in my card login too (perhaps because my card is directly with Amex and not a bank?). Full size sports is coming up as $220 Sat pickup Tues drop-off. I'll give them a ring in the morning and...

No worries, thanks very much for the reply. I'll give Avis a try. There's a deal on with Avis where they will upgrade 2 levels to full size sports subject to availability...tossing up whether to risk it or whether I'm more likely to get a VF if I pay the full freight. Hmm fingers...

I see that Hertz, Avis and Thrifty are all coming in at about the $170 mark for Sat pickup and Monday drop-off, unlimited kms and no extras. Hertz is actually MORE with my CDP...someone's buggered that up somewhere. Any recommendations? I'm ok with ending up in a XR6 if that is one of the...

Thanks for the head up. Looking on the website, it's about $1400-1500 for the Cayman or Boxster for a weekend...considering that these seem to be low-spec models that's a bit pricey for me. For $1500 I'd want to be in a fully loaded GTS! On the plus side - and perhaps where this pricing is...

Sorry, another question if you don't mind - do you have any details on how well loaded the Porsches are, with adaptive dampers, satnav etc?

Thanks very much for this - I guess a Boxster weekend with AER works out to be $1,266 then. I assume CDPs etc won't apply for the cars at first either, at least initially? Also, hoping against hope...I bet these are auto/PDK aren't they? No manuals hidden in there?

I spoke to reservations initially, but I rang Darling Harbour directly today and spoke to a very helpful bloke who said that all they have is the 2013 Audi A5 2.0 TFSI but NOT quattro (he initially thought it was 2.5 but was happy to check the records once I said I didn't think Audi sold a 2.5)...

Heh yeah I'm not particularly concerned with what people think so long as they don't chuck rocks at me or anything! I just want a nice weekend cruising through the wine country. I have seen the Europcar problems, but I'm prepared to do the usual photo walkaround and buy insurance. Hopefully...

Great! Did you feel it was underpowered at all? I just want to cruise around so I don't need that much power or torque, but I don't want something thrashy. Hmm that makes sense, but the girl on the phone distinctly said E250. I would also have expected the cheapest possible model and just...

Yeah I know...I've had a Mustang convertible in California and a M3 cabrio in Germany, and in comparison Europcar's Sydney prices are eye-watering. I need to be in the Hunter region anyway though as it's around the time of someone else's wedding, so I figured since I'm taking leave anyway I...

Hi all Never had to hire a car in Sydney before but I want to give myself a birthday present and drive up to the Hunter for a weekend and cruise around in a convertible. I usually use Hertz as I have a CDP and am building up the points but as far as I can see all they have is Mini Cooper...

If it helps, I found the Hertz Austria service to be ok - they were laidback to the point of laziness but had no issues with the car (standard = Skoda Octavia 1.4 manual). I wound up taking the train from Munich to Salzburg as it was pretty quick and what with Salzburg being quite small, ended...