What it costs
Terms of six, twelve, twenty-four or thirty-six months, priced before you commit to anything. Two months up front on a six month term, three months on twelve months and longer. Then the balance monthly, charged in advance. The longer the term, the lower the monthly figure. No price that changes after you have signed, and no joining fee on top.
The payment profiles
Written the way the trade writes them: the first number is how many monthly payments you make up front, the second is how many follow.
| Term | Profile | Up front |
|---|---|---|
| 6 months | 2 + 5 | 2 monthly payments |
| 12 months | 3 + 11 | 3 monthly payments |
| 24 months | 3 + 23 | 3 monthly payments |
| 36 months | 3 + 35 | 3 monthly payments |
Two months up front on a six month term, three months on twelve months and longer. So a six month term is 2 + 5 and a twelve month term is 3 + 23. Guide price. We confirm the exact figure in writing before you book.
What is payable
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The initial payment
A multiple of the monthly figure, paid when you take the car. Two months up front on a six month term, three months on twelve months and longer. It is part of what you pay for the term, not a fee on top of it. How initial payments work
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The monthly payments
The rest of the term, spread evenly and charged in advance for the month ahead. On a six month term that is five of them after the initial payment; on twelve months it is eleven.
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A deposit
Held against damage, fuel and anything owing at the end, and returned after the car comes back and has been checked. We tell you the amount, what it covers and when you get it back, in writing, before you book.
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Delivery, if you want it
Charged by distance from us. Collecting the car yourself costs nothing.
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What is included
Servicing, MOT and the car being roadworthy are ours to deal with, because we own the car. Fuel, and keeping it in one piece, are yours.
The figures
We are not publishing a price list yet, and we are not going to put an illustrative number here instead. We buy the cars we hire out, so what a hire costs depends on which cars we have and what we paid for them, and we would rather quote you something real than advertise a figure we then have to move.
Tell us the term you want and you will get a price for it. Guide price. We confirm the exact figure in writing before you book.
How the price is worked out
Three things: which car, how many days, and whether you want it delivered. That is the whole calculation. There is no joining fee, no arrangement fee and no admin charge for setting the agreement up.
Because the term is fixed, the total is knowable before you start. That is the main practical difference from a daily rental, where the number depends on how long the thing you are waiting for actually takes.
About the deposit
A deposit is normal for hiring a car and we take one. What matters is that you know the amount, what it can be used for and when it comes back — all of which we put in writing before you book rather than on the day.
It is held against damage, missing fuel and anything outstanding at the end. If the car comes back as it went out, it is returned to you after we have checked it over.
What happens to the price at the end
When your term ends you can carry on month by month at the same rate you have been paying. No re-quote and no new initial payment.
The 24 and 36 month terms carry an early exit fee if you end them before the end date. The 6 and 12 month terms do not. Either way we tell you what applies, in writing, before you sign. That is the trade for the lower monthly figure. What happens at the end sets out both in full.
When each payment is due
Payments are charged in advance for the month ahead, not in arrears. The initial payment is due before you take the car, and each monthly payment is due before the month it covers.
If a payment does not arrive on the day, you have 48 hours. We would far rather hear from you inside that window than not: a payment date that has moved is usually something we can work with if we know about it.
After 48 hours the car is arranged for collection. If the payment then arrives once collection has already been booked, there is a late payment fee covering the cost of calling it off. We will tell you that amount in writing before you sign, along with everything else on this page.