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Help wanted – Saab rental

February 2, 2011 in Saabology

Self explanatory – from Richard P:

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Our family is planning a little trip to Europe for the first time a little later this year and for part of that trip, we are hoping to rent a car to explore a bit of the southern regions and coastline of France and Spain. Of course it is a Saab that I am most eager to rent. :-) What I am curious about and am hoping your fine readership might be able to answer is:

1. The availability of Saabs for rental in England, France or Spain
2. Within the European Union, is it possible to rent in France or England and still drive into Spain (or vice versa)?
3. Is it possible to rent from one location and drop it off in another location (possibly a different country too) ?
4. Lastly – and this may be where a broader reader survey might be interesting – what are some favourite roads in France and Spain that your readers could recommend?

If this gets posted, an advance thank you to any and all who can help out or offer up some Saab rental or road recommendations.

Thanks,
Richard P

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Swade here – From my own personal experience…..

Picking up in one spot and dropping off in another can attract a reasonable fee. I did this within Sweden a few years ago, picking a car up in Trollhattan and dropping it off in Stockholm. I wouldn’t do it again unless I had to.

Dropping it off in a different country? Well, it might be commonplace in Europe, but you’d want to check out the fees and make yourself aware.

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Anywhere to rent a Saab in LA?

October 21, 2010 in Saabology

I have a feeling the answer to this one is going to be a negative, but I’m all for trying to help out a Saab brother in need of some good wheels on his vacation…..

From the SandySaab:

I was hoping I could ask for any hints and tips in regard to renting a Saab (any Saab) in US.

I am going on vacation with my family to Los Angeles and San fransisco and will rent a car for about a week at each location. Now, wouldn’t it be great to drive a newer Saab in CA? I really want that, and have been looking around, but seems to be rather difficult.

I managed to contact one dealer who did not do weekly rentals, and no main street company rent Saab. So far, I’ve only manage to find a rather suspect rental company renting a vert, but that was way expensive and we are 4 people, the vert would be to small.

Calling around from my home in the big sand box (Dubai) is impractical, so I was hoping for this community and all the us based friends…

Any hints, tips, suggestions would be appreciated.

If anyone’s got any helpful suggestions, comments are open.