Foreign car hire terms

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Sat 19 Sep 2009 21:58
Foreign car hire terms - bathtub tom
I'm looking at hiring a car when I'm abroad in Spain. I'm into the small print. I know what CDW means, what what about these?

Excess on groups MBMR, EBMR, EDMR, EVMR, CDMR,CDMD, CWMR, CVMR
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Sat 19 Sep 2009 22:22
Foreign car hire terms - JamesH
These are just a global standard shorthand for the car types.
M= Mini (meaning something tiny rather than a MINI).
E = Economy, such as Fiesta
C = Compact, such as Focus.
The third letter may mean manual transmission. Not sure about the others.
Exactly what is offered varies between hire companies.
Here's an example www.sixt.co.uk/fleet-guide/
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Sat 19 Sep 2009 23:18
Foreign car hire terms - McP
We got charged for a full tank of fuel on collection at Malaga. I believe that this is quite common.
£30 something for a Fiat Panda.

Other than that, Solmar (via Holiday Autos) were good.

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