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Tangata Dec 13th, 2003 07:46 PM

A2B Car Rental
 
Has anybody rented a vehicle from A2B rentals?

I have an offer of NZ$41/day for a 1500cc station wagon for six week rental, which seems very cheap. I realise, of course, that it will be a used Japanese import, but I would still appreciate any feed back.


johhj_au Dec 14th, 2003 01:53 AM

Had an 8 day rental from Apex ex Auckland last week at $49/day.Insurance etc $8/day extra.

Not the flashest car on the road but worked just fine...apex and a2b I would think are amongst a group of local operators.

Car was not new and drop off at airport was a couple of kms away fromn the terminal...but that didn't worry me.

Tangata Dec 14th, 2003 05:26 AM

Thanks John, was the $8 you mention to avoid the Insurance Excess?

johhj_au Dec 15th, 2003 12:56 PM

Tangata
yes i think the $8 was to cover insurance excess.

I picked the car up at beach road in auckland city..there was a string of local "competitive" car rental places there.

Take care driving...roads are not expressways and often windy.

If you are on the coromandel go to Hahei. I would also recommend a boat trip to white island.

Tangata Dec 15th, 2003 05:35 PM

Thanks again John, I?m an expatriate Kiwi so I know the roads and have been driving them since ?56. We normally only have a week or two in New Zealand each year, but this time we are taking two friends with us and spending six weeks to cover most of the country, including Coromandel.

A2B are promising an airport transfer. I know the small rental places you refer to; the trouble with most of them is that can?t do a one-way rental or leave one car in Wellington and pick up another in Picton.


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