ShadowDV t1_jdhst7n wrote
Could have gone with the American solution; rented a car and been back home in less time than you spent waiting at the airport.
Crylysis OP t1_jdhu79d wrote
It would be more time, probably more expensive to be honest. And I don't drive so yeah
ShadowDV t1_jdhvdm0 wrote
More expensive? Damn. In the states getting a last minute flight costs 3-4 times more than a 24 hour one way car rental. And it looks like London -> Barcelona is only a 17 hour drive, but yeah, the whole not driving thing makes it a moot point.
GlowQueen140 t1_jdi27fq wrote
Not to mention the United States is ONE country as opposed to renting a car and crossing different country borders with different laws and regulations involving rental vehicles. Also, London is right hand drive and Spain is left hand drive, not to mention the countries in between both, so that might be an issue as well. Lastly, which rental company would allow you to rent a car from country A and leave it in country B without having to pay a fortune for retrieval or something?
ShadowDV t1_jdi4mo0 wrote
That’s why I called it the American solution.
I assumed the EU would have some mechanism in place to make it viable, but damn, just checked the one way rental prices from Calais to Spain (didn’t even think about the left/right driving), and the rental fee is 65USD/day, but a one-way fee of $978 and $208 in sales tax. For a Fiat 500 manual….
I see now.
InvincibleJellyfish t1_jdijdvl wrote
UK is not in the EU
ShadowDV t1_jdijhuy wrote
Last I checked Calais is though.
InvincibleJellyfish t1_jdijsfx wrote
My point is that it's probably almost impossible to do with a rental car from UK.
ShadowDV t1_jdijwoo wrote
Read my post you replied to, I realized that.
MonsiuerGeneral t1_jdifwiy wrote
> Also, London is right hand drive and Spain is left hand drive, not to mention the countries in between both, so that might be an issue as well.
The idea of driving on the other (wrong) side of the road is already weird enough... I can't imagine swapping between left lane/right lane driving during the same trip. Sounds pretty awful tbh.
ferozliciosa t1_jdpsj9i wrote
'Muricans simply do not worry about these trivial details /s
dysphoric_amalgam t1_jdims3h wrote
How does the switchover happen? Is there like a junction point where the road just splits and reforms?
This is confusing as hell to me.
MattGeddon t1_jdjc1xf wrote
The UK is an island, so there is no switchover. But in other places where it changes, yeah there’s a big junction where the roads switch sides.
ShadowDV t1_jdl8p74 wrote
It’s an island with a Chunnel to the mainland… the switchover absolutely happens.
MattGeddon t1_jdli9v1 wrote
That’s a train tunnel
keslol t1_jdlv61f wrote
best example you can see is probs the lotus bridge in macau
Crylysis OP t1_jdhwr3s wrote
It's about 23 hours until where I live if I drive non stop. I live in the opposite side of Spain than Barcelona
xxxBuzz t1_jdl8m83 wrote
That is hard to comprehend. You can drive that long down some highways and barely see anything but fields.
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