Renting a car in Germany, tips?

[Rigmaster]

A good friend of mine just went through this late last year. I suggested he just rent a car from one of the major rental car places, like I did when I went to Germany on my honeymoon in 1996 (!!). I took it on the 'Ring for a bunch of laps and it was a blast.


What he found was that all of the rental car companies specifically prohibit you from driving their cars on the 'Ring, and the penalties are pretty expensive if they find out you did. He ended up renting a "regular" car for getting around and then a track-prepped car from a place near the track and had a blast. Yeah, it was a bit pricey, but he figured it was worth it since he'd probably never do it again.


YMMV, EAD, LAYV.

[10Toes]

haha good idea!

http://www.ebay.de/itm/bmw-316i-e30-...item337fb022bc

i could steal bits off of it to make my money back when i come back

316 lol

[SmokeE30]

My buddy rented a Mercedes estate wagon in diesel and 6 speed to tool around europe with when he went plenty of room good on gas and still can hustle down the autobahn

[E30_Pare]

Wow that's perfect

[2mAn]

Might as well buy a super cheap e30 to smash around the country.

haha good idea!

http://www.ebay.de/itm/BMW-316i-E30-...item337fb022bc

I could steal bits off of it to make my money back when I come back

[E30_Pare]

Might as well buy a super cheap e30 to smash around the country.

[2mAn]

I dont plan on driving it like I stole it, but I think that an underpowered FWD car would need to be pushed to get any enjoyment out of it and at that point it could get sketchy. That said, I already planned on getting every possible insurance they offer.

[10Toes]

What are you going to do if you wreck the car on the ring? I would just rent a normal car and drive it to get to places and then rent another car for the ring.

Something like this

http://www.rent4ring.de/en/info/rentals-for-the-nordschleife.html

[2mAn]

I just booked my trip and now I need to get the nitty gritty on a rental car. We are staying in Paris for about a week and traveling certain parts of Germany for the other week. We want a rental car while we are in Germany because it would be easier to travel around, plus I promised myself that next time I am in Germany I was going to tak a few laps around the Ring. I know any rental car company close to it will have a good idea of what I am planning on doing, but we have a big loop that just happens to pass the Nurburgring :)

I have looked at a few of the rental places and most of them have boring cars. Mind you Im not looking for anything wild, but I think taking a bone stock VW Polo around the ring might end in tragedy if I push it, or be too boring to make it enjoyable.

I found a couple places that I can rent a 3 series and a 1 series and am considering that. I also saw a Scirocco which I would LOVE to drive, but the cost will be too much.

Any tips?