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RENTAL CARS- WARNING REMINDER.
This is a warning that has been advised in the past, so
it really is a reminder. When you rent a car, you must always check it
thoroughly for condition, including for any marks or blemishes on the
paintwork, as well as dents and tyres that are worn below the limit which in
Spain is 1, 6 mm all around the reads. If it is the rainy time
of year, the tread depth should be more like 2, 5 to 3 mm minimum.
But one important action is
to get the car checked when you return it and have your rental contract
copy signed by the person accepting it. There have been
reports where renters have returned car, had them checked and not bothered
receiving any receipt for the acceptable condition of the vehicle.
Then a few weeks later they notice an entry on their credit card for several
hundreds of Euros for repairs that have been billed by the rental company
concerned. This is especially important if you are asked to leave the
car some way from the receiving office. Insist on a clerk going to the
car with you, or, if he/she cannot, signing the form anyway as "accepted in
good condition".
It can be a real problem
getting the payment reversed, as well as possibly causing unnecessary
interest payments on the credit card account.
Remember: TRUST NOBODY.
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To the purchaser/reader of Motoring in Spain, Third Edition.
A
note from Brian Deller, the author/publisher.
8th
February 2008.
I
have just seen (last night) that Trafico has made major alterations to their
web-site and in fact is still doing do as I write this. As the Third
Edition was printed in November 2007 and no advance advice was given, some
of the Trafico web-site addresses to get directly to forms and other
information in the book are now incorrect. Before the end of this month,
when the changes are finally settled, I will have on my web-site a list of
the new addresses that you may either print out and insert in the book, or
write alongside the old addresses. Please remember that there are regular
updates and other items of news in my web-site, and I believe that my book
is the only one of its kind (info on Spain in English) that is updated in
this manner until the next edition is published.
Thank you for buying the book
and if you have any queries, my E-mail is (as in the book as well)
bjdeller@spainvia.com and the telephone
number is 666-888-870. As I get a lot of SPAM every day, please write “MOTORING QUERY” in the E-mail subject line as it helps me to spot it.
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