Rental car

Rental car is the origin of "Terje's cars" since we have had a lot of rental cars. We have good experience with car rental companies and handling rental cars - and we've probably also made a few mistakes.

Car abroad - long-term rental or ownership?

Posted 26/10/2022 by Terje Bjørnstad

Like many other Norwegians, we live abroad for part of the year. I wonder which car solution is best for a married couple with a dog. Buy, rent – or bring your Norwegian car?

The terrace door is open

It is 29 degrees outside despite the fact that it is the end of October. The restaurants still serve meals outdoors. We are not the only Scandinavians in this small French town. Most people here have a car. Some have bought their own car while others rent. There is no exact answer to what is best for everyone. It's about taste and pleasure, and not always as much about kroner and øre. I have collected some points that speak in favor and against different options.

Limitations of the stay abroad

There are rules for how long you can stay abroad without losing your rights in the Norwegian health system: A maximum of 12 consecutive months or 6 months per year during the last 2 years. In addition, the travel insurance limits the duration of the stay, depending on the agreement you have with your company. We have a maximum length of 10 weeks on our insurance.

- I recognize you!

It is always nice to be recognized as a customer. The man at the rental car counter said they have thousands of visitors. Still, they recognized me. "I come here quite often", I replied modestly. Regardless of the loyalty program the rental company has, renting a car becomes an expensive affair for private individuals. If you add up the rental price for a couple of years, you could buy a usable car.

Long-term rental or ownership?

Our holiday home is located 2 hours by car from Barcelona. We travel there twice a year, autumn and spring, and live there for 2 months at a time to make sure we keep our membership in Folketrygden. We have three obvious options: Fly and long-term car hire locally, buy a car locally or drive a car from Norway

Solution	: )	🙁
Flights and rental car	Waives responsibility for car while in Norway. Failure to follow up on maintenance.	Rental prices are variable and can be very high. Can be charged for damages and cleaning.
Buying a car abroad	Always have access to a car. Family and friends can borrow the same car.	Must bear all costs of owning a car. Costs are incurred regardless of the degree of use.
Drive a car from Norway	Eliminates costs for a local car. Can use a bigger and safer car.	Expensive and time-consuming car travel. Winter tire problem.

Parking

A prerequisite for buying a car abroad is that the car has its own parking space. If you do not have your own parking space, you must rent a garage or parking space to get your car off the street while you are in Norway. At the airport in Barcelona - and probably elsewhere too - you can rent parking on an annual basis near the airport. Renting year-round parking costs around NOK 10 per year.

EU controls

If you travel abroad a couple of times a year, you will certainly be able to have an EU inspection (CT) of your foreign car carried out while you are in the country. But you can also run the risk of being prevented from traveling during the months in which the check can be carried out. It's worse if you've taken yours Norwegian car for long-term stays abroad. Namely, you cannot take EU control of your Norwegian car in Spain or France.

Covid

When countries close their borders, as in the case of the latest Covid pandemic, most people wish they didn't own a car abroad. After two years, it is not certain that the car will start. It must be serviced, and you get two years of loss in value on the purchase. Any gain from owning rather than renting can be eaten up if you are prevented from travelling.

New or old car

The costs of owning a car abroad can be reduced by buying a slightly older car. As long as you avoid the premium brands, a workshop stay does not cost as much as in Norway. The disadvantage of an older car is that small but annoying problems can easily appear after it has been standing for a few months. Not so dangerous if you can fix small things yourself and can leave the car for a couple of days. Bigger problem if the car is parked at the airport. The loss in value on a new car is relatively high, but is taken from reality. Being a foreigner is probably a disadvantage when selling locally.

Consider different rental arrangements

You cannot count on any kind of discount when you normally rent for a long time, but most rental car companies offer long-term rentals where you pay per month, for example from NOK 4-6 (Europcar, Sixt+). In addition, an initiation fee may apply. Now you can draw car subscription also in Spain and France, for example via beep. Common to long-term rentals is that you have to book well in advance.

Avoid renting at peak

The prices at the rental car companies are controlled by demand. Renting a car during Easter week can therefore cost more than double the "normal" price. At the airport in Barcelona, prices can rise, for example, when FC Barcelona plays a big game at home. You can save a lot of money by checking the price picture week by week and avoid renting a car when the prices are at their peak. In practice, this means handing in the car before prices rise and picking up a new one when prices have fallen. Then you can become a "regular" at the counter 🙂

Share a car with others?

Given that you only spend a few months abroad each year, it can be a win-win for all parties to let others use (rent) the car when you cannot yourself. The person who owns the car can earn some of the car's maintenance. The car also benefits from regular use. Renting from acquaintances can be a nice supplement to long-term renting from car rental companies.

Drive yourself – with which tyres?

With today's flight prices, you save nothing by driving from Norway - on the contrary. But the trip can be a positive experience. Maybe you can choose different routes? One of the biggest problems is if you are going to stay abroad in autumn and spring. If you go down in August and return home in November, you may risk that it has become wintery at home in the meantime. You can also run the risk of getting into trouble in Germany where they have a winter tire mandate that applies in wintry driving conditions - generally between October and Easter.

Traveling with a dog

Dog as travel luggage has worked well for us (thanks to Norwegian). Without a dog, we could have taken the fast train on from Barcelona Sants, but unfortunately they do not accept our dog size on board. Then a car is the only alternative - but which companies accept dogs? Sixt does it. The company we used loyally in the past, Europcar, forbids dogs in their cars. Too bad, because Europcar's prices are cheaper. Hertz has a slightly unclear policy. They ban dogs on their low-cost company, Thrifty, while officially giving a conditional permission to bring dogs on Hertz - but according to customer feedback, customer service agents get the final say - and it's often "no". A dog makes owning a car more attractive than long-term renting.

Economic considerations

Take these considerations with a grain of salt! It is only intended as an indication of what a car abroad can cost. Insurance is not included in the overview.

Ordinary rental car
Per month based on a rental period of 2 months: NOK 13
Example is based on renting a Skoda Kamiq from Sixt in Barcelona in early 2023. Prices can vary enormously!

Long-term rental
Per month based on a rental period of 2 months: NOK 6
Assumed share of establishment costs: NOK 1
Example is based on long-term rental of Skoda Kamiq from Sixt+ in Barcelona in early 2023. The solution is in the initial phase for Barcelona.

Buy a new car for year-round use 12 months/year
Assumed loss in value per month: NOK 2
Estimated service cost per month: NOK 150
Estimated capital cost per month: NOK 600
Rent of garage/parking: NOK 1
The example is based on the purchase of a car for 240, assumed selling price after 000 years 5, 120% capital cost on Parking rental either in a local garage or agreed parking agreement near Barcelona El Prat.

Buy a new car that is only used 4 months/year
Assumed loss in value per month in use: NOK 6
Estimated service cost per month in use: NOK 450
Estimated capital cost per month in use: NOK 1
Rent of garage/parking: NOK 1
The example is based on the purchase of a car for 240, assumed selling price after 000 years 5, 120% capital cost on Parking rental either in a local garage or agreed parking agreement near Barcelona El Prat.

Buy an older car for year-round use 12 months/year
Assumed loss in value per month: NOK 1
Estimated service cost per month: NOK 300
Estimated capital cost per month: NOK 300
Rent of garage/parking: NOK 1
The example is based on the purchase of a car for 120, assumed selling price after 000 years 5, 60% capital cost on Parking rental either in a local garage or agreed parking agreement near Barcelona El Prat.

Buy an older car that is used for only 4 months/year
Assumed loss in value per month in use: NOK 3
Estimated service cost per month in use: NOK 900
Assumed capital cost per month in use: NOK 900
Rent of garage/parking: NOK 1
The example is based on the purchase of a car for 120, assumed selling price after 000 years 5, 60% capital cost on Parking rental either in a local garage or agreed parking agreement near Barcelona El Prat.

NAV is included

Holiday home and pensioner - or opportunity to work from abroad? Do you think 6 months per year is too little? Check this out!

Out of the last 2 years, you can stay abroad for up to 12 months without being deregistered from the National Insurance. That means less than 6 months on average per year.

Can you stay longer? What can happen? Who cares?

I have been told that NAV can identify you as the owner/part owner of a home abroad. It is the which allows you to end up in the spotlight. Insight into the movements of your bank accounts and flight history reveals the length of time you lived abroad. As far as I know, no systematic checks are carried out on people with houses abroad, but checks are occasionally carried out in connection with payments from NAV/Folketrygden. If it is discovered that the rules for stays abroad have been broken, you may risk losing social security or having to pay your own health expenses.

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Sixt down due to cyber attack

Posted 06/05/2022 by Terje Bjørnstad

A powerful cyber attack hit the German car rental company on Sunday 29 April. According to a press release from the company, access to the systems was shut down, while access to the app and websites was maintained. That's all well and good, but not like that very good when you cannot save any data.

When I used the app to book a car on Sunday, everything seemed to work fine. I found a car, entered all the information, but when I was about to finish, I got an error message that the server of Sixt.de was down and that the operation failed - with the subtitle "try again" or contact your local Sixt office. So I tried again – and again – and again – all with the same result. In the end I got six confirmations that the orders had gone through despite the app saying it wasn't working.

I still managed to order via the websites of sixt.es with no error message and found the only page that actually worked – manage-my-booking. There I could cancel duplicate orders. But the day before collection I still received twelve e-mails (double sets) regarding orders that no longer existed in the system. The mail system is clearly working.

It is difficult to imagine how a car rental company can function with black screens. In a way it worked when I visited Sixt a few days later. The customer next to me was not very happy. He had not received his customer privileges. For me it went better. At the counter, I received the contract directly by mail - no papers to sign. I was given the car key by showing the same email to the lady in the dispatch desk. Sixt's lot was full of unrented cars this evening. The other companies were, as usual, half full.

I have previously covered German business culture - or uncultured. Here, Sixt has clearly tried to give the impression that everything is as normal - which it obviously is not is. A contact with Sixt in Norway gave no explanation in relation to what had happened. Fraudulent and untrustworthy. The phrase "We have problems" obviously does not exist in German organizations.

Cyber attacks are something we will see more of in the future, not least because of the unrest in the east. All companies can be affected. But then it is important to act honestly towards the customers - do not let them struggle with inexplicable errors. It is a short distance to the next car rental company - also online. We use Sixt because they are the only company that allows little "Pablo" to join us on the trips. In addition, the cars maintain a good standard.

It was the advertisement 🙂

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Electric cars - as made for "Lease and rent"

Posted 16/03/2019 by Terje Bjørnstad

Tesla 3. It's finally here! - And you can both rent and lease it on GoMore.

GoMore offers a service where you can lease a car for hire through the same portal. It is actually a great opportunity to take the step over to an electric car life.

Are you considering going electric?

Eventually, everyone will be able to use an electric car, but everyone must find out for themselves when the time has come to switch. Then a short test drive at the dealer will not do. There are online solutions that replace - or complement - traditional car dealers, such as for example GoMore. Here you will find the electric cars on PC and mobile. Rent a new electric car for a day or weekend. If you get hooked, you can lease your own - and then rent it out when you're not using it.

Electric cars are like fresh produce

Would you buy a three-year-old electric car with a winter range of less than ten miles? Hardly. Today's electric cars have twice as long a range. Some electric cars go three to four times as far, but there is a waiting period for them. Exactly the is the biggest reason not to buy an electric car. Put yourself on a waiting list of over a year for a car that is becoming obsolete, when it should be replaced? In a couple of years, ranges and charging times will be far better than today. This will be the case for many years to come, but we can't stop driving new cars, can we?

Lease and rent

GoMore was the first to offer "lease and hire" as an extension of private car hire. The service offers several types of cars, but focuses on electric cars, partly because these can be leased without VAT. Moreover, they top the sales statistics. Electric cars are not only suitable for leasing, but also as a rental car. No tank to fill, free municipal parking, no tolls - and last but not least - given all the uncertainty regarding future technology, it is wise to lease rather than buying. The concept of "lease and rent" is entering the car industry at full speed. Møller Bil og Hyre also offers this, among other things in connection with the sale of Seat. Several car chains have announced that they will offer similar services. The advantage of GoMore is that you can manage the entire "business" through the same portal.

GoMore

Leasing offers are like lobsters and canaries

Leasing is easy to calculate. Pure annuity calculation based on initial value, residual value, nominal interest rate and number of months. The rest are fees and supplements. The problem for the customer is comparing different offers. It will be like comparing "lobster and canary". Car dealers often advertise leasing with only one low monthly amount, while everything else is in fine print - or is omitted. The calculation is not complete until you get all the numbers on the table. But you get that not.

The leasing offers via GoMore include insurance and service. Some offers require initial rent, others do not. No information is given about the interest rate used, or other data basis for the leasing.

It's easy to like the Hyundai Ioniq Electric.

Hyundai Ioniq – A good example

Last weekend we rented a Hyundai Ioniq via GoMore. It was correctly priced and available nearby. The Hyundai Ioniq is a model that several thousand Norwegians have been waiting a long time for. Now it's all over the place. The Ioniq is a good example of a modern, well-equipped mid-range electric car. Hyundai has already come out with a brand new model, the Kona. It has twice the range of the Ioniq. But you may have to wait several months for it to be delivered. You can order the Ioniq via GoMore now and be on the road - and "in business" on the rental market - almost immediately.

Hyundai Ioniq

You can get hooked…

Renting an electric car offers opportunities to drive longer trips, charge in different places with different plugs, drive economic and drive plain to see how it affects range. Driving an electric car provides a different driving experience than other cars. The constant and powerful torque. The total absence of engine noise, vibrations and noise. The weight distribution in the car. The possibilities to recover movement energy for extra kilometres. Modern driver assistance systems such as automatic steering and adaptive cruise control feel more natural in electric cars.

In the GoMore app, you can see which rental cars have been leased via the portal. It is about newer cars that have been acquired with a wholehearted desire to be rented out. How wholehearted the rental business really is er, tells the percentage for "Accepted" in the app. It shows the proportion of requests that the owner has actually accepted.

Rent - like - lease?

The Hyundai Ioniq Electric is easy to like. The leasing price is 5 per month for a 900-month contract through LeasePlan with an annual mileage of 24 km including insurance and service. Assuming that you manage to cover 20 km a year, this gives a km price of 000 plus electricity. This is the same cost per kilometer that appears in the leasing industry's so-called "Red Book" of what the cars cost per kilometer. There, the Hyundai Ioniq ends up in 20th best place. The GoMore platform is designed to rent out the car you lease. If you live in Oslo-Bærum and rent out your Ioniq for NOK 000 (NOK 3,54 including insurance and service) per day, you will be able to rent out several days per month. Then you can go a long way in halving the leasing costs. So maybe you will also get others hooked on electric cars?

"The Red Book" - total cost for popular cars

Let's look at the numbers

When you lease, you pay a rent that will cover the lessor's financial costs and loss of value. You don't have to tie up equity, but you also don't get any tax benefits like with a bank loan. When leasing an electric car, you avoid VAT.

Leasing companies rarely disclose interest and residual value. Therefore, we allow ourselves to break down the monthly leasing amount by estimated values. The greatest uncertainty rests on the residual value. The leasing companies can probably obtain a better selling price than the rest of us, on the day the car is to be sold on, - but will probably put in a "buffer" to cover risk. The point is that it isn't vi who risk being left with a beard in the mailbox on the day the car is to be returned.

Purchase price: 299 including technology package, metallic paint and winter tyres.
Contract period: 24 months.
Estimated residual value after 24 months: 215
Starting rent/cash amount: 0
Monthly rent per month: 5
Establishment fee: Unknown
Termination fee: 0
Deposit: 11
Deductible insurance: 6

ATTENTION! The figures below are simplified estimates made by Terje's cars to assess the reasonableness of the leasing offer. The estimates have not been confirmed by the leasing provider and GoMore.

Lease amount		5 900
Merverdia vgift	0
Assumed insurance per month including traffic insurance dept.	1 000
Monthly service cost.	200
Monthly interest cost. assumed 5,00% pa	1 000
Assumed monthly loss of value	3 500
Estimated fee	200

Share the trip! GoMore has a ride sharing service. If you are going somewhere and don't have a car, you can check if someone is going the same way and offers a ride. Maybe someone will join and share the costs? The trip goes faster in good company!

The Hyindai Ioniq is perhaps the most sensible car to lease today. If you want something more exciting, the Tesla 3 is now available on GoMore - both for rent and leasing.

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Hertz Car Pool, Rent or Neighbour's car?

Posted 15/02/2019 by Terje Bjørnstad

Car sharing

Car sharing can replace your own car, - or car number two or three, if you want. Many are reluctant to take the step - sell their own car and use a rental car. A threshold is required to feel comfortable in a rental car. It is a matter of habit. The more often you rent, the more familiar you become with the scheme. But one thing is very important: If car sharing is to work in practice, it must be as easy to order a car as it is to buy a ticket on the Ruter app. Then the only difference between car sharing and your own car is that you collect the car from another garage - not your own.

Two fives and a three

There are several players in car sharing. New technology makes it possible to allocate vehicles dynamically - while on the move. Terje's cars has tested the three largest car sharing schemes in the Oslo area, Hertz BilPool, Hyre and Nabobil. Two of the companies got a dice roll of five. The third got a three. It is the technology that separates them.

Plus for spontaneity - minus for car washing

The test emphasizes several factors. What the car park is like, how easy it is to order, how easy it is to pick up and return a car, and finally prices and excess. In practice, it is not only price and availability that determine the choice of a car sharing company. Something we ourselves place a lot of emphasis on is opportunities to book and pick up a free car spontaneously. Another important point is washing. Nobody washes their car after every trip, - and the paint doesn't benefit from it, either.

	Hertz Car Pool	Rent	Neighbor car
Car park
-new cars	6	5	2
-diversity	6	5	6
-state	4	5	4
-prevalence	4	3	6
Order
- search	5	6	2
-simplicity	5	6	1
-spontaneity	6	6	0
Pick up car
-simplicity	5	6	3
-reliable	4	5	3
-damage control	4	3	5
Return car
-simplicity	6	5	3
- refueling	4	6	1
-washing	6	3	0
Price
- hourly rent	6	6	2
- daily rent	1	6	6
-weekend rental	5	3	3
- weekly rent	0	2	5
Insurance
-price	4	3	3
Total	(81)	(84)	(55)

The car park

Hertz Car Pool
Hertz BilPool has placed cars in the entire StorOslo area and operates van rental at all IKEA stores in Norway. There is a good variety of brands and types of cars. They are rarely older than 1,5 years and are regularly looked after by the landlord.
Rent
Hyre originates from the Møller Group. Therefore, the car fleet mostly consists of cars from the Volkswagen group, either placed out of Møller or by their private customers. Most of the cars are new, while others, privately owned cars, can be up to 5 years old. Rental cars are only located within Oslo's borders.
Neighbor car
The cars offered through Nabobil are mainly private cars, and thus form an average of the Norwegian car fleet. There are a striking number of older cars. If you want to rent a – say, ten-year-old car – you can read previous renters' recommendations to find out what condition the car is actually in. Nabobil is established all over the country.

Order

Hertz Car Pool
You can search for available cars both on the website and via the app. We prefer the website because the app did not cover all the rental locations for a while. The homepage works well. It is easy to find available cars. The car can be collected immediately after ordering. Pictures show make/model only - not the actual car.
Rent
You can only order via Hyre's app. It works fine. It is easy to find a free car on the map. The car is displayed on the map in real time. When it appears, it is in place. There is a separate "Drive now" function where you can find cars that are available at the moment and how long they can be rented. The app shows a picture of the car you can actually rent and how much electricity or fuel it has.
Neighbor car
Bookings are made via the website or app, and consist of chat messages between the renter and car owner. The entire ordering system is static, time-consuming and old-fashioned. In practice, it also works very poorly. Some car owners are slow to respond. Often the car is not available for booking, even if it is shown as available - or even "guaranteed available". Furthermore, the stated address often does not coincide with the car's home address. The concept is not suitable for ordering a car for immediate use.

Pick up car

Hertz Car Pool
You receive an SMS from Hertz BilPool five minutes before the car can be collected. It is intended that the car should be at the address given, but you are assured that the previous owner has returned in time and placed the car in the correct place. The car is unlocked with the membership card or by sending a reply to the received SMS. Inside the car, there is a damage form where you can see which damages have already been registered. If you discover damages beyond those noted on the form, you must call before starting the car, or you may be held responsible. The problem with the form is that it is sloppily filled in and difficult to see the notes. An online solution could have been created for this.
Rent
The map in the app shows where the car actually is at the moment, and how much electricity/fuel it has. You run the App function "Unlock" when the car is collected. All communication between you and the car takes place via Bluetooth. Sometimes you have to try several times. There is no claim form. You must secure photos of the car's condition before and after by taking and uploading photos via the app.
Neighbor car
Nabobil also offers an app solution for "taking over without a key" where you can pick up and return a car without a personal meeting between seller and buyer. This app works well. The problem is that only very few car owners have chosen to install the system in the car. Without "keyless access", you are left to arrange a meeting with the landlord. Some landlords use key storage in a key box that is opened with a code, or key storage with the nearest Seven student.

Return car

Hertz Car Pool
Returning the car happens very quickly. You put the key back in the glove compartment and lock the car with the membership card - or wait until it locks itself. Refueling is only needed when there is less than half a tank. If you then fail to refuel, a fee of NOK 500 is incurred. Refueling takes place using the petrol card which is always in the car. You don't need to wash - just take your things with you and shake or brush the mats.
Rent
A separate function in the app takes you through locking the car and taking pictures to document the condition when you delivered it. You don't need to think before you return. The price for fuel is automatically calculated in the app - normally NOK 2 more than the pump price. If you fill up more than you have used, you will be refunded a liter price that is equivalent to NOK 1 more than at the pump. The app encourages the renter to rinse the car, but it appears somewhere that this is not necessary for hourly rentals.
Neighbor car
Returning with "take over without key" is as easy as renting. But since very few car owners have chosen this, you have to agree a place and time with the landlord. If you wish to end before the agreed time, a new meeting must be arranged. The app for Nabobil helps you take pictures of the car. Nabobil's policy is to deliver the car in the condition in which it was received. For many, this will mean a full wash or rinse before returning with the car. You must also fill up to the corresponding level, otherwise a fee will be charged. The levels are "empty", "quarter", "half", "three-quarter" and "full". The problem is that you often end up thinking too much. Few of us know how much we need to think for the tank to be three-quarters full.

Price

Hertz Car Pool
It is complicated to calculate the price. First, there is a membership fee that determines the other rates calculated by rental time and kilometers driven. The unclear price structure determines what kind of use Hertz BilPool really wants. In the case of "wrong" use, the rent falls far above what an equivalent rental car would have cost at Hertz's ordinary rental counters. Hourly and weekend rentals work well in terms of price. The price structure means that renting beyond one day of the week ends up with unreasonably high prices.
Rent
Hyre's rental prices are simple and understandable, and quite low. All car groups have the same prices. 150 km are included. A km fee must be paid for excess kilometres. Fixed daily prices make it advantageous to rent over several days, regardless of whether it is a weekend or weekday.
Neighbor car
Nabobil leaves it up to each car owner to decide the price and mileage limit. Renters often need to browse through several cars to find the best prices. Disregarding cars that are obviously wrongly priced, the price level at Nabobil is favorable per day. Only a few car owners offer hourly rentals.

Insurance

Hertz Car Pool
Covered via Gjensidige. The standard excess is NOK 6 but can be reduced to NOK 000 for NOK 2. 000 is in line with what most people have on their own car.
Rent
Covered via IF. The standard deductible is NOK 12 and can be reduced to NOK 000 for NOK 2 per day. Recommended, as 000 is a bit much.
Neighbor car
The standard deductible is NOK 12. Can be reduced to 000 for NOK 6 per day or NOK 000 per day for a van. Recommended. For NOK 50 per day or NOK 60 for a van, you can reduce your deductible to NOK 100

Hertz Car Pool, Hire or Neighbour's car — Cool registration number!

Price examples

Two types of tenancies are priced. One is weekend hire of a van, the other hourly hire of the cheapest available car. The order was made from Sjølyst, Oslo.

1. Hertz BilPool, 2018 Toyota ProAce van, Karenslyst avenue
2. Rent, 2018 VW Transporter, CC West
3. Neighbour's car, 2014 Ford Transit Custom, Thunes vei

	1	2	3
Distance to car:	250 m	3 m	900 m
3 days / weekend:	1 299	2 025	1 470
Km (494):	1 482	110	0
Fuel (35 l * NOK 16):	0	560	560
Deductible reduction:	0	(300)	180
Sink (3 tokens):	0	120	120
Total:	2 ) *)	2 ) *)	2 **)

1. Hertz BilPool, 2018 Hyundai i10, Karenslyst allé
2. Rent, 2018 Seat Ibiza, Drammensveien
3. Neighbour's car, 2012 Toyota Verso, Lysaker

	1	2	3
Distance to car:	250 m	250 m	2 m
Hours (3):	117	210	400
Km (54):	162	0	0
Fuel (5 l * NOK 16):	0	80	80
Deductible reduction:	0	(100)	50
Sink (2 tokens):	0	0	80
Total:	279 ) *)	290 ) *)	610 **)

*) In addition, a membership fee of NOK 199 per month is paid here. There are different subscriptions. The prices in the example are calculated with the "Small" subscription, which is intended for those who use the service a couple of times a month.
**) In addition, tolls are paid with a 25% VAT surcharge.
***) Deductible reduction not included. With a reduction of NOK 100 per day, the deductible is reduced from 12 to 000. The deductible for the other two is 2.

Conclusion

The main reason why Hertz BilPool and Hyre are perceived as better than Nabobil is that the former have adopted computer technology that Nabobil either does not have, or can impose on its private car owners. It is perceived as a system error when Nabobil presents cars for rent - without them actually being available. This is Nabobil's biggest challenge. It is also recommended that they draw up common guidelines for prices.

What makes car sharing possible is primarily new technology. As users, we want, for example, the following click pattern: I need a car "Now". I am "Terje", I am "At work" and the car will be "BMW i3", In the future it may come driving by itself. Until then, we can walk away and pick it up ourselves.

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Dimpled rental car? Don't despair!

Posted 06/10/2017 by Terje Bjørnstad

If the rental car is dented, you have to pay out unless you have additional insurance. (Photo: ScanStockPhoto)

Rental car insurance from third-party insurance companies works, as long as you follow these tips.

Will happen sooner or later

Boaters use to say that there are two types of boaters - those who have run aground, and those who have not yet. This is also the case with rental cars.

If you haven't yet dented your rental car, it will probably happen sooner or later. Not necessarily included you behind the wheel. Just park in a place where idiots travel, - and voila, someone has backed into the side of the car, - or something like that. It can easily happen.

That's what happened to me. A dusty white van had left obvious damage. Car and driver were of course above all heaps. No message, no witnesses. Just a dented rental car.

Damage report

Check that the rental car has the damage report in the document folder. If an injury occurs while you are present, you must write a damage report regardless of who you think is at fault. You have nothing to lose by it, but probably nothing to gain either. Any victory in the insurance settlement is unlikely to end up in your pocket, at least if the damage occurs abroad. But the claim report is good documentation if you have taken out additional insurance. The fact that you have to pay for damage to the rental car, regardless of fault, is a good reason to take out additional insurance.

LDW

To be on the safe side, you should have LDW insurance (Loss Damage Waiver) which reduces the deductible. International insurance conditions allow sky-high deductibles. For example, if you rent a car from the low-cost company GoldCar in Barcelona, you are responsible for more than NOK 24. With LDW, your liability is reduced to NOK 000 - 3. Full price companies such as Europcar, Sixt and Herz have LDW included in their rental conditions. Check this before ordering.

Additional insurance

Regardless of whether you have LDW or not, it is now possible to take out additional insurance through a third-party insurance company. The insurance covers all additional requirements that the rental car company may demand from you afterwards. In practice, it covers your deductible. I still recommend that you have LDW at the bottom, in the event that the rental car company charges you for a damage you did not know about, and which you are unable to document to the third-party company.

The insurance I'm talking about is either an annual insurance that is taken out together with certain types of credit cards, loyalty cards and benefit cards. Insurance can also be taken out for each tenancy. It will be more expensive, but does not entail any deductions in the event of multiple injuries. If you rent a car through Finn.no og Norwegian.no, they connect you to the rental car portal Cartrawler which offers additional insurance through AXIS.

What the insurances have in common is that they cover "extra charges" that the rental car company may demand from you, but the extra costs must be carefully documented. You must be able to show all of them the following documents to cover the expenses:

1. Bring your credit card with you when picking up
When you collect the car, you must bring a credit card that covers the deposit required by the rental car company. The deposit can vary between NOK 3000 and 6000. Without a credit card, the rental car company requires you to take out full insurance with them In , which costs almost as much as the rent itself. In that case, you will not be reimbursed for the insurance you had taken out with the third-party company.

2. Take pictures of the lease.
In the event of damage, the insurance company requires you to show the original rental contract. It reveals whether you have taken out other additional insurance policies with the rental car company, and it confirms that a rental relationship has existed. Take pictures of the lease where your signatures and the amounts appear. In the event of damage, it is not uncommon for the customer recipient to make a note on your copy of the contract and take it with them. It has happened to both me and others I know. You can ask to be sent an electronic copy of the contract afterwards, but the easiest thing is to take pictures straight away.

3. Take pictures of the car on collection.
Take pictures of all 4 sides and above the car roof. Make sure that everything that can be unscrewed is present, such as the radio antenna and wheel covers. In the event of damage, the insurance company requires that you can document that the damage was not present at the time of collection.

4. Take pictures of the damage
I recommend taking pictures of the damage as soon as possible. You can of course wait until you deliver the car, but then it is not certain that you have good enough lighting conditions, or that there are other factors that destroy the image quality.

5. Take care of the invoice from the rental car company
In some cases, the rental car companies can offer you to pay for the damage upon delivery. In that case, the cost is calculated according to a template based on the size and scope of the damage. I have heard of cases where the customer has been offered to pay for another pro forma service instead of the actual damage to the counter. Perhaps it is easier to handle for the customer recipient, and perhaps there will be a lower amount to pay? - but such costs are not covered by your additional insurance. The most common is to have the invoice sent afterwards, as a letter or e-mail, - and then you can count on everything being specified correctly.

6. A copy of the driver's license of the person who was driving at the time of the accident must also be sent to the insurance company.

My damage consisted of a dent with no paint damage the size of a palm over the side list, a scratch of the lacquered side molding and a small dent under the list. I received an additional bill of €340 including a handling fee. Everything was covered by the additional insurance, which by the way cost a quarter of the damage (for a rental period of 15 days). Then you can ask yourself whether such insurance is worthwhile. Because as long as you have LDW, then er you are already sufficiently covered against the big bang. But considering that you always have to cover damage to the rental car - regardless of fault - and considering the careless parking culture of many big cities, I recommend additional insurance.

It allows you to lower your shoulders.