getting to the ring the easy way?
Discussion
On the hire car idea- FYI this was on the ringers list-
"I've had an email from someone who had a problem with Avis over Easter.
The Ringer rented a car from Avis from one of the nearby airports, and
on
returning it were immediately asked to confirm that they had driven it
on
the Ring. (This suggests that either Avis cars are equipped to transmit
their GPS data back to Avis, or that the company has spotters at the
Ring.)
They were told that such use was prohibited, and that there was an
additional charge amounting to more than four times the rental fee.
Avis
said it had been unable to charge this to the credit card used for the
rental (due to insufficient credit limit) and demanded another card.
The
person refused, and Avis called the police! The police came, talked
with the
Avis employee, looked at the terms, said everything was ok and went
away
again.
On returning home, the Ringer tried to use their credit card and found
it
refused. Checking with the credit card company, they found Avis made
numerous attempts to charge various sums to the card, and eventually
made a
series of smaller charges until the credit limit was exhausted.
The English copy of the Avis terms state:
"Use of Vehicle
The vehicle may only be used in normal road traffic. Not permitted are
cross-country driving , driving –school exercises , use in connection
with motoring events or the use on racing tracks even if open to the
general public for testing and practising."
Ther German ones apparently say the same thing.
The Ring rules state:
"The Nuerburgring is made available for tourist drives on days when it
is not being used for racing or testing."
I would imagine this one will come down to whether the use amounted to
'testing' or 'practice'. Since they were not entering any competition,
I
would think 'practice' is fairly easy to defeat. Do you think the Ring
rules
help to defeat 'testing' also?"
"I've had an email from someone who had a problem with Avis over Easter.
The Ringer rented a car from Avis from one of the nearby airports, and
on
returning it were immediately asked to confirm that they had driven it
on
the Ring. (This suggests that either Avis cars are equipped to transmit
their GPS data back to Avis, or that the company has spotters at the
Ring.)
They were told that such use was prohibited, and that there was an
additional charge amounting to more than four times the rental fee.
Avis
said it had been unable to charge this to the credit card used for the
rental (due to insufficient credit limit) and demanded another card.
The
person refused, and Avis called the police! The police came, talked
with the
Avis employee, looked at the terms, said everything was ok and went
away
again.
On returning home, the Ringer tried to use their credit card and found
it
refused. Checking with the credit card company, they found Avis made
numerous attempts to charge various sums to the card, and eventually
made a
series of smaller charges until the credit limit was exhausted.
The English copy of the Avis terms state:
"Use of Vehicle
The vehicle may only be used in normal road traffic. Not permitted are
cross-country driving , driving –school exercises , use in connection
with motoring events or the use on racing tracks even if open to the
general public for testing and practising."
Ther German ones apparently say the same thing.
The Ring rules state:
"The Nuerburgring is made available for tourist drives on days when it
is not being used for racing or testing."
I would imagine this one will come down to whether the use amounted to
'testing' or 'practice'. Since they were not entering any competition,
I
would think 'practice' is fairly easy to defeat. Do you think the Ring
rules
help to defeat 'testing' also?"
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