Falling asleep behind the wheel is a common occurrence unfortunately and can result in major accidents and even fatalities. A further warning comes after a viral video released on the internet shows a 71 year old driver falling asleep with a large amount of traffic going in his direction, the car hits a tree in the right embankment and flips into oncoming traffic where the rear end of the car goes into an oncoming cars windscreen. Thankfully and surprisingly both passengers of both the cars only sustained minor injuries, miraculously. (more…)
Is Hiring A Car Abroad Really That Bad?
When you are jetting away on holiday and you have just got off a long flight, the last thing you want is major delays or problems when collecting your car hire. Indigo Car Hire is here to make sure that all runs as smooth as possible and ensure that you have no problems at all and you can truly enjoy your trip in your car rental vehicle.
Often when you are collecting a vehicle you may find that when you get to the airport that you may be subject to many additional charges including fuel costs, additional insurances and even additional extras when you arrive that you may get stung for.
When you booked the car and agreed a price the last thing you want is to find that you are going to be charged lots of additional fees that were not agreed at the point of booking.
One of the major things that people are not aware of when they hire a car in Spain is the fuel policy. In Spain the fuel policy tends to be full to empty. This basically means that when you arrive you are provided with a vehicle with a full tank of fuel which you must prepay for and then when it comes to the time of returning the vehicle you must return it empty.
This often catches people out as they are not made aware of the fuel policy and they can sometimes assume that this is an additional charge and the rental company is trying to deceive them and make a quick buck from the customer however this is not the case and is pretty much standard procedure with almost all rental companies in Spain.
Another thing that people sometimes get tripped up on is the excess insurance. Many rental companies will offer this at the rental desk and this insurance excess reduces your liability down. This is optional in all cases however with some suppliers which offer the use of a Visa Debit card the additional insurance is mandatory.
It is always worthwhile checking this with the company prior to booking to ensure that you are always aware of the charges prior to travelling. This way you will not be ‘stung’ with any rental charges and additional costs as you will be made fully aware.
Indigo Car Hire always strives to make all of our clients fully aware of these charges so you have no problems on arrival and ensure that the collection of your car rental all runs smoothly.
Football Fans Crazy For Number Plates
Through the years football fans have been renowned for doing some crazy things, but buying number plates for extortionate prices all because it represents their team or a player? Believe it or not it happens a lot with cases like the number plates HU11 CTY which sold for a total of £46,770! And others such as BO11 TON which sold for £5,500. (more…)
Mazda – New World Record
The Guinness book of world records awaits for Mazda to enter, a grand total of six hundred and eighty three Mazda MX-5s joined together to form the longest parade of driving Mazda’s ever. Why? To beat the existing record of course which was four hundred and fifty nine Mazda’s, so in that regard they didn’t just beat it they destroyed the record. Allard Kalff a TV presenter well known in Dutch TV led the charge with the CEO of Mazda Motor Europe as his passenger who went on to receive the official certificate. (more…)
Heat Felt Over Air-Con Troubles
It’s rare but its happening, in the UK most of us are happily welcoming the soaring temperature however this has created a surge in demand for air conditioning as people struggle to keep their cool especially when driving. Halfords autocentres saw a massive surge in demand for air con services over the weekend with Sunday becoming the hottest day this year with temperatures as high as 29C, they saw a rise of 86% on the same period this time last year and a 159% increase on this time last week in demand. (more…)
Learner Drivers On Motorways?
A main motoring body with a great deal of influence, the Institute of Advanced Motorists claims that we should be allowing learner drivers to drive on the motorway, because it’s safe. They believe that as long as its supervised it would help new motorists avoid some of the most common mistakes, its true in the fact that you are never taught to use a motorway when driving so most people pass and then learn from their mistakes which could be more dangerous than teaching those before they take their test. Australia and the United States already have a system in which their new drivers of the road can learn how to drive on a motorway before taking their test and if the UK decides to make the changes it will be more in line with how it’s done over the pond. (more…)
New S Class To Avoid Congestion Charge?
It’s possible that Mercedes Benz new S class that is to be introduced to the UK in 2014 could avoid congestion charges, how? Mercedes-Benz could be launching a 74g/km version of the S class meaning it would be hybrid and qualifying for a massive discount when it comes to the London congestion charges and will get the lowest rate currently available for BIK tax. The struggle with making it 74g/km is that as the threshold of the tax is 75g/km they will. need to make sure that the CO2 does not increase even marginally due to homologation. (more…)
Liquid Air, Car Fuel?
The Centre For Low Carbon Futures has established that liquid air could power cars in the near future, the concept of liquid air is that you cool down air until it becomes compact then you store it in an insulated object. The idea is when the air hits boiling point it expands forcing the air out thus creating thrust, the idea could also power ships, trains, lorries, motorbikes etc. They stress that this isn’t a concept for the distant future it is available now and in the past eighteen months there has been a small amount of demonstrations in the UK which have proved successful. (more…)
£300k Lamborghini Could Be Crushed
A Lamborghini Aventador picked up on Wilton Place in Knightsbridge could be destined for the tip. The flashy sports car was seized by police after the driver of the vehicle was found to be behind the wheel of the £300k car without any car insurance. What may be a crime in itself however is that officers are weighing up the possibility of crushing the car, it should be an offence in itself to crush such as beautiful car. (more…)
Tourism Boost For Brazil
The confederations cup brought Brazil a large amount of tourism money over the 15 days competition. The competition was always bound to bring money to the country but with the unrest the country is having about the cost of the FIFA World Cup it was more than welcomed that they earned a bit of revenue from this competition. 13,579 tickets were sold to foreigners and 111,569 to Brazilians despite ticket sales a large proportion of the money goes straight to the shops and local street vendors which ravished in the busy street around the stadium. (more…)