Buget YYZ snow tires rental
Feb 26, 2017, 2:13 pm
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Buget YYZ snow tires rental
Will be visiting Toronto on March 11-18 and noticed that Budget has their "special" class available with snow tires. It'll be around, $300 total, $100 more than a standard car. Anyone have any experience with their special class with snow tires? What type of car/tires do they have on it? The website says chevy cruze or similar. Or I could get a premium car from hertz for about $200 including fees..
Feb 26, 2017, 2:15 pm
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What sort of driving will you be doing? City? Rural? Hills/mountains?
Is your car category front wheel drive, all wheel drive, or is a rear wheel drive vehicle a possibility?
Is your car category front wheel drive, all wheel drive, or is a rear wheel drive vehicle a possibility?
Feb 26, 2017, 9:11 pm
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mostly city/highway driving. mostly likely FWD car. I'm a fairly good and confident driver and have driven there before, just don't really have any experience in the snow/winter time (live in los angles!), and being a car guy, I know that snow tires make a difference, but just don't want to spend the extra money if the rental is going to give me some crap car/tire when I'm better off with a "regular" car
Feb 28, 2017, 7:34 pm
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Not sure if you need snow tires, it's basically spring here in Toronto with all the snow already melted although there may be one more small snow/rain period in March. If you feel that you need snow tires when you get here, you could always ask Hertz/National/Budget for a Quebec-plated car as they are required by law to have winter tires until March 15.