Post your Car Hire Pictures - *Pictures only Please*

[Joeyt182]

Place you picked the car up from:- Miami International Airport
Catergory of car hired:- 15 Seater Van
Make of car you got:- Chevrolet Express
Hire car company used:Alamo (Via Andy @ DFCH)

Well what can I say... It was a van with some (15) seats. Pretty basic on the inside, no mod cons but the Air Con did work very well.

It was slow and boring, but did the job of carrying 9 of us with all our luggage fantastically well with the back row used as storage

[Ohana2020]

Location - Avis - MCO
Category Booked - Premium 7 Seat SUV
Car Supplied - Luxury 7 Seat SUV
Dates - 10th to 26th April 2022
Cost - £840 with Andy @ DFCH

Arrived at MCO kiosk in garage with trepidation around 3 hours late after palaver with lost pushchair and 2nd bag drop.

Name on board but no bay as first time with Avis Preferred. Went to kiosk, 1 person in front in queue.

Was asked about tolls, advised I had the VTP sorted (thanks Mick!). Saw the bill which showed estimated charges $0.02. I did query this bit she shrugged and said "it's only 2 cents". Dediced that was not the time to fight it.

Found car which was an Infiniti QX80. Was a bit disappointed it wasn't the Suburban type I was expecting but has since transpired it was technically an upgrade.

Was a bit of a squeeze with 4 cases, hand luggage, 3a and 2c but we managed.

Very low mileage (258 IIRC) and very clean with lots of gadgets (most didn't get used). Took a while to get used to the height, especially when getting out. Was a bit annoying as daughter had to sit in 3rd row which led to me stretching every time to do seatbelt.

Car was quite thirsty ($188 of fuel at about $4.10 per US gallon got us around 600-650 miles). This works out around 16 UK Mpg... glad I wasn't paying current UK prices). Very powerful with 5.6l and 400+ bhp coming from the fun sounding V8.

Next time I think I would stay with Alamo instead of Avis as at least you can pick your car and be happy with it before leaving.

[PumpkinKing]

May 2022
Alamo - Pickup and return Orlando MCO (via autoeurope)
Standard Pickup - RAM 1500 Classic
£613 for 11 days

There were about 10 pickups to choose from in the pickup section, probably more scattered in other areas. As far as i could tell they were all either RAM 1500's or Ford F150's.

Checked through the row and most had 50-60,000 miles on them. In the end I went for a very basic but very new RAM 1500 Classic with 1500 miles on the clock, no apple carplay or satnav but I have a phone holder with me so no problem. Aircon was super fast to get going, had a reversing camera.

Rear bench seat flips up and you can chuck two large cases in plus a couple of carry-on size cases on top.

Lovely to drive with a 3.6L V6, loads of road presence - whole heartedly recommend a pickup to couples / pairs of travellers.

I'm used to driving large vans in central London, but for those less confident with large vehicles I'd pick a Ford F150 with front and rear sensors (look for a Laramy or Limited badge which is higher spec), but dont be scared - they drive like cars and the roads and parking spaces are huge. just lean out of the window and park slowly, and get super close to the card reader at the disney resort barriers or you'll have to get out to tap!


TBH these trucks are good for 1000's of miles so don't worry about the mileage, take your time when choosing, just make sure its clean and has the gadgets you need.

[mike4scuba]

Just posting the intermediate size car we had. Toyota Corolla saloon

[Powlay]

Initially we had a full sized car (ford fusion) that we were allocated on arrival at Melbourne by Alamo through TUI, we did a lot of miles over the first 5 days of our trip and after a good long drive on Thursday 5th may we awoke on Friday to a check engine light.

We were told to go to MCO (Orlando airport) to exchange and there was nothing in the car isle that didnt look like an actual downgrade so we were upgraded to...

Location - Alamo - MCO
Category Booked - full sized car but upgraded
Car Supplied - Chevrolet Silverado
Dates - Friday 6th May to Wednesday 11th May

Keys (auto start etc)


checking the suspension


Had 2,000 miles on clock at collection


as expected google car play, separate climate controls etc


plenty of room for junk in the trunk


Two seats up one down


Easy would hold 6/7 large cases before hand luggage in the back


Front would seat three but we only needed room for two


Love bug destroyer




Still looks like a kids toy between these!

[Michelle]

Thanks everyone for keeping this thread updated.
Please keep this thread for car hire photos only.
Any questions about cars please can you either pm the poster or ask in the main forum.
Thanks

[newstewart]

GMC Terrain
Standard SUV
Hertz - MCO
Had about 47k on clock, less than 2 years old but was pleasant to drive.
No sat nav but had CarPlay which was perfect for us.
Didn’t like Gearbox control, 5 small switches

[99plums]

Picked up from MCO.
Booked Premium Pick Up from Alamo thru Holiday Autos.
Collected Premium Pick Up.
There was about 10 trucks to choose from, mostly Ford F150’s and Dodge Ram’s. Went for this one as it only had 1900 on the clock (still had the new car smell).
Also had Car Play and reversing camera (thank god!)

[kaytronika]

Couple of cars on this trip,

Car 1 - First day groceries/outlets car

Location - Alamo - Disney Car Care Center
Category Booked - Sports
Car Supplied - Standard Convertible - Fort Mustang
Picked up 10th May 2022 for 24hrs
Cost - £98

Would have had a grumble had it not been just for a day, still worked out cheaper than hiring a standard convertible but I was after something with a bit more grunt.

Car was on 24k miles but I suspect they hadn't been easy miles, it was the higher model with cooled seats and flappy paddle gear box. I ran through a quarter of a tank in a day, put it in sport mode and booted it

Car 2 - Last Day airport run

Location - Alamo - Disney Car Care Center
Category Booked - Fullsize car
Car Supplied - Jeep Cherokee Limited
Picked up 22nd May 2022 for 24hrs
Cost - £68

No complaints on this one, 30kish miles and a bit of a ding on the rear bumper but it was a pleasant car to drive. I believe the engine was the V6 3.2l

Still haven't been charged for parking at Disney resort

[SUPERHOOP66]

Collected yesterday from Budget at MCO. Booked a standard SUV and waited at the desk for 30 minutes as the 2 cars they’d found for us were unavailable for whatever reason so 3rd time lucky and they gave us a Lexus 350. Highish mileage but drives really well and it’s very comfortable and room in the boot for 3 full size suitcases.