Hire cars I have known, part þrjú (yes, þrjú)

"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse) 02/17/2016 at 14:35 • Filed to: Hyundai, i10

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A Hyundai i10 in Iceland. I found the cheapest car I could (€500 for a week, “cheap” is a relative term there) and on arrival trotted off confidently to the hire office, seeing as I did a tiny red car sitting outside. Not getting that, am I? Yes.

This was a car without anything (note the unpainted and sensible bumpers).

Want to raise or lower windows? Use one of these.

Want to lock or unlock the doors? Pull or push the little buttons. Intermittent wipe? Turn the wipers on and off. Adjust the door mirrors? Haul on individual levers. Have an accident? Make sure you’re driving, because only one airbag. Then again, it had a heater, power steering and I think aircon, a somewhat unnecessary fitting in a country where it rarely reaches 20 deg (C) in summer. Oh, and synchromesh. I had visions of having to learn double declutching.

I rather liked it for all that.

(þrjú means three)

AuthiCooper1300 > Cé hé sin 02/17/2016 at 14:58

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Wow. I hadn’t expected to find a thorn in Oppositelock. Like, ever. Thanks, that made my day!

PS: Air conditioning is excellent for window/screen demisting.

Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig > Cé hé sin 02/17/2016 at 15:14

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Cé hé sin > AuthiCooper1300 02/17/2016 at 16:35

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Not just the thorn, but this one too:

AuthiCooper1300 > Cé hé sin 02/17/2016 at 17:17

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You mean the eth? That’s OK, but not as much fun as your use of a thorn in a title for Oppo.

Funnily enough when we went on holiday to Scotland a few years back the the car we rented (in London) was a i10. I was very pleasantly surprised with it.

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig 02/18/2016 at 18:27

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Ugh a vertical video of a TV. That is literally the worst.

Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback 02/18/2016 at 23:41

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The worst of the worst. Sorry, it was the only one I could find.