Things to note when renting a self-drive car

Sign a strict car rental contract

According to the owner of a self-drive car rental business, to have a tight contract and avoid loopholes that cause you to have to pay compensation, you need to pay attention to the following factors: Car model, rental price, additional costs, insurance terms and compensation when the car has an accident.

Users need to arrange a certain amount of time to get familiar with the vehicle, carefully check the vehicle's condition, features, tire quality, coolant and windshield washer fluid status...

Users need to arrange a certain amount of time to get familiar with the vehicle and carefully check the vehicle's condition.

You can discuss directly with the rental facility owner the points to note about the car if you are assigned a car model that is too old or not popular. Then take detailed photos of the exterior and interior when receiving the car to save for use when necessary.

Fill up with gas before returning the car

For rental units, before delivering the car to you, they will fill a certain amount of gas. Therefore, when returning the car, you only need to fill the same amount of fuel as when you received it. You should not fill the tank full of gas because after returning the car, you will no longer use it.

In case you are too busy or have personal reasons to not have time to fill up the gas, when returning the car, you can ask the person receiving the car to fill up the gas again and return the amount of gas equivalent to the amount of gas filled. In addition, you need to balance the travel time and the amount of gas you use to fill up appropriately.

Before returning the car, you should clean the car or take it to a service center to have it washed.

Wash the car clean

After several days of continuous use, the car is prone to dust and dirt or food and drink stains in the interior. Before returning the car, you should clean the car or take it to a service center to have it washed.

Normally, if you leave your car dirty, the service business will charge an additional car wash fee or you can ask the rental company to charge a car wash fee if you don't have time to clean or wash your car.

Return the car on time

You should pay attention to the time and return the car on time because if you are late, you will have to pay an additional fee as agreed in advance. Sometimes unexpected events cause you to be late, but try to schedule a return on time so as not to affect your wallet.

When returning the car, you should pay off the rental fee and get back the deposit, collateral, and any additional costs to avoid having to go back and forth multiple times.