Tips on Arriving in a Hired Car

There’s several things to consider when hiring a car during this holiday season.

  • limos are try-too-hard
  • don’t cram in passengers, it creates a clown car effect upon arrival
  • complete all monetary transactions before arriving
  • tip the attendant who opens the door – $2 is average, a $5 bill is classy

Read it online at Autonet.

Favourite line:

Be mindful of your outfit when exiting, as it easily drags across the door jams covered in winter sludge. Do this, and now you’re walking into the party covered in the mark of amateur hour. 

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Using Uber Car Service

Instead of taking a taxi, you use an app on your phone to summon, then pay, a black car. Classy.

Uber – Everyone’s Private Driver

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Favourite line:

And that’s it; 2 clicks and zero human interaction, and a car is on its way to you.

Bottom right are the text messages Uber sent me.

Above was one of my cars – a Lincoln Navigator.

Seats are pre-heated, and a bottle of water waits.
And no small talk!

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When Hiring a Car Service

I liked this column.

From choosing the make and model, to tipping the driver, and how to make a proper exit – the entire reason for hiring the vehicle.

Read in online at Autonet.ca.

Favourite line:

Regardless of vehicle choice, it all comes down to your exit from the car – the one moment for which you went to all this trouble.

That’s a hard no to hiring one of these: 

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