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Old Jun 19, 2023 | 4:18 am
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Duck1981
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Originally Posted by Ditto
Just keep in mind it can easily be just as warm inside a rental car and might take longer to cool down when you get into it than the wait for a taxi
Otherwise after being there for 2 weeks recently I agree with what @mecabq said, the main pain points for us were that it's very very easy to miss an exit/turn, both google maps and apple maps were just as bad in telling the correct lane to use some times adding few minutes to the drive if you miss the right one. They are also both seemingly unaware of things like a no u-turn sign or recent changes to the roads
The other thing was a 2-hour traffic jam getting from the marina area to the Airport due to multiple accidents on the highway, luckily my colleague left 4 hours before his flight
One of the main reasons for me not to live in the Marina was that 2hrs from DXB to JBR is pretty much standard during rush hour.

Uber is pretty much the way to go. They almost always come with a Lexus as well.
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