Re:The absurdity of renting a car will no longer be tolerated
by mauvehaus on Sunday December 26, 2021 @11:26PM
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The dead giveaway that you aren't in the US is that an automatic is an option. In the US, it is (to my knowledge) literally impossible to rent a vehicle with a manual transmission from a mainstream rental outfit.
Re:The absurdity of renting a car will no longer be tolerated
by smsm42 on Sunday December 26, 2021 @11:36PM
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In Europe sometimes it's the reverse. I had to literally drive to another country once (fortunately, in Europe it's much less of a big deal than in the US) to be able to rent a car with automatic. I can drive a manual, in theory, but with me decades out of practice and my family on board, I'd rather not...
They almost always try to upsell the better model before, like do you want automatic, no, do you want a bigger car, no, do you want navigation, no.
And then you get the big car with nav and automatic transmission.