Firstly you must use the right fuel – sounds simple but if you are in a unfamiliar vehicle its easy to forget! If you do use petrol in a diesel car or vice versa hire cars will term it as driver negligence and you will have to foot the bill for cleaning the tank. Fortunately a number of the insurers on the moneymaxim car hire insurance comparison service now cover 'misfuelling errors' reimbursing up to £500 of the cost of correcting the error.
When it comes to fuel policies adopted by car rental firms they normally adopt one of the three following options:
Full to Full: You pick the hire car up with a full tank, and return it full - check the gauge when you collect the vehicle, and if its not full talk to the car rental firm and arrange to return it with the same reading. Also if you are returning the rental car on a Sunday or at night check the nearest petrol station that is likely to be open - maybe at a motorway service station?
Many 24 hour petrol stations only offer automated payment out of hours and may only accept credit cards from that country, so bear that in mind as well. Keep the receipt from your last fuel purchase - hire companies sometimes ask to see it, having got wise to the fact than in many cars the fuel gauge indicates full even when its been driven 50 miles!
Full to Empty: Your car hire rental payment includes a tank full of fuel, or you have to pay for it when you pick up the car. Fine if you are likely to use it all, but if you are only hiring for a day or two watch out for this practice (check with the rental company before booking if necessary).
Empty to Empty:
No downside apart from firstly finding a petrol station as you leave the car rental station, and secondly working out how low the gauge will go as you drive back!
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