Manchester airport 4x4 car hire

[original PM]

children are generally messy - they do not want snot n chocolate smeared into their upholstery....

as for pot holes well I am pretty sure not everyone in Cumbria has a 4x4 and they manage....

[scooterscot]

It'll be cheaper to pick up the car, drive to Tesco, buy one and then bin it when you are done than to hire one.

So the recent trip to Gatwick north worked a charm. The chap comes along in the 4x4, I sign at pick-up bay, through my suitcase in to the back and drive away. That's service.

Smeg that's the rain on and I was just about to go out for my körner eck.

[TykeMerc]

I thought the airlines let you carry child seats without a charge?

But shocking service for a rental firm that doesn't provide car seats!

Not entirely surprising though, there's probably some rules shoved through by New Liebour that require them to send 95% of their staff on 18 week residential courses to allow them to supply a child seat or booster seat thing, no doubt if the parents bring their own there's a different set of rules.

Can't blame a company for covering their own arse in these days of litigation obsession.

[scooterscot]

children are generally messy - they do not want snot n chocolate smeared into their upholstery....

as for pot holes well I am pretty sure not everyone in Cumbria has a 4x4 and they manage....

Yes maybe but business is business, and you're either in it to make money or

But what if it snows whilst I'm in Cumbria? I've seen the BBC news when the bad weather comes, the UK shuts down. Everybody over here is talking about it, you only dare go with the proper equipment.

[SimonMac]

Dang, always something. They don't provide child seats "Sorry Sir but we're not experts in child seats so we don't provide them for reasons of heath & safety"

Oh for @£$£@ -

Really the country is going mad. I've got the debit card out, £800, ready for the hire, and oh I need a child seat - torpedo...

How old is the mini scoot? I am getting my lot one of these for when we go abroad next time

[scooterscot]

How old is the mini scoot? I am getting my lot one of these for when we go abroad next time

Looks interesting. She's 2 & 1/2 - she likes the vehicle height too as the countryside passes by.

[bobspud]

A Range rover sport is not a proper 4x4 (its ground clearance will be too low) and for the record if it snows the last thing you want is a git panzer with 20" racing wheels and grippy summer tyres. Last time it seriously snowed over here my Saab front wheel drive did as well as my V8 Discovery 3. So if you just want to look like yet another Manc WAG then be my guest the New RR Sport is great for people that own white stilettos and think champagne comes in yellow plastic but you dont need a 4x4 to drive round on a road....

[SimonMac]

Looks interesting. She's 2 & 1/2 - she likes the vehicle height too as the countryside passes by.

Bit too young for the Boostapak, my youngest is three but a massive three (he's taller than his 6 year old sister) so next time we should be good to use these

[TykeMerc]

How old is the mini scoot? I am getting my lot one of these for when we go abroad next time

While I certainly don't approve of the "Apprentice" connection, that design is rather inspired.

[TheFaQQer]

So the recent trip to Gatwick north worked a charm. The chap comes along in the 4x4, I sign at pick-up bay, through my suitcase in to the back and drive away. That's service.

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Smeg that's the rain on and I was just about to go out for my körner eck.

I honestly have no idea what that means, or was meant to say.