Monday, June 15, 2009

Cars & Driving in Ireland

Of course they drive on the other side of the road..... and you gotta shift with your left hand
Everything is stick here If you want an automatic rent-a-car you pay double.... the first three weeks we Drove a SKODA Octiva , a VW Passat built in the Czech Republic... it was a Diesel that got the equivlant of 55 miles per gallon and had all the power and room for 4 adults and their luggage......








Deisel is about 15% cheaper than Petro but still is about $5.75 per gallon...








Now with the kids gone we only needed a smaller car... I was planning on buying one from a Used car dealer for our 3 month stay then selling it back to him when we leave..... I had some deals set up but getting a Irish Driver's lic (even a temp) to keep the insurance down was a three week deal itself and we still needed to pay Road Tax .....so we decided to rent an Opel deisel a German built car part owned by GM......








IT was to late to take Renault up on the best deal for traveling in Europe Lease a new car for as low as $25/day including full coverage insurance and emergency road service.... at the end of the short term lease (21days to 3 months) just turn it in ......no Taxes due .....next time

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