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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Doing some Fancy Blogging

I’m being chauffeured around while I blog via my iPhone… type type, coffee sip sip, give directions, type type.

It’s an Audi A8 – 3.0L TFSI V6 quattro, 333 hp & 325 lbs.-ft starting at $90,700

None of this “I could get used to this” stuff, instantly was.

 

 

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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