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Old Jan 15, 2007, 5:28 am
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Australia
Canada
Dominican Republic
Ghana
Mexico
New Zealand
Romania
USA
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Old Jan 15, 2007, 8:13 am
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I rent/drive myself everywhere I go, especially since they have manual transmissions, which real drivers prefer

USA
Canada
Bahamas
St. Kitts
Costa Rica
Jamaica
Mexico
Germany (Nurburgring...wheee)
Belgium
England
Ireland
Scotland
Grand Cayman
St Martin
St. Maarten
Italy
France
Switzerland
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Old Jan 15, 2007, 9:06 am
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Just a few countries USA, Greece, Portugal and Trinidad
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Old Jan 15, 2007, 10:02 am
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Am surprised that those that have posted have driven (mostly) in so few countries.

ARGENTINA
AUSTRIA
BARBADOS
BELGUIM
BRASIL
CANADA
CAYMAN ISLANDS
CHILE
FRANCE
GERMANY
GUADELUPE
IRELAND
ITALY
JAMAICA
LUXEMBOURG
PUERTO RICO
SOUTH AFRICA
SWITZERLAND
THE BAHAMAS
UNITED KINGDOM
USA
SPAIN
MONACO
PORTUGAL

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Old Jan 15, 2007, 10:05 am
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Only in the USA, St. John, Ireland, Mexico, St. Thomas.
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Old Jan 15, 2007, 10:10 am
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USA, UK, Germany, Ireland, Greece, Malta, Australia, New Zealand.

All stick except USA.

SAT-NAV in Germany (twice), makes getting round so much easier.
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Old Jan 15, 2007, 10:23 am
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USA
Mexico
Canada
Italy
France
Spain
Andorra
Greece
Turkey
UK, Malta
Netherlands
Germany
Austria
DDR (when it was)
Luxemburg, Belgium
SVietNam (when it was)
Cuba (Gitmo, sort of a "loaner")
Czech Republic
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Old Jan 15, 2007, 10:33 am
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USA, Canada, France and England
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Old Jan 15, 2007, 10:41 am
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Originally Posted by Jaimito Cartero
I see that "hired" is used in the thread title. Are we including cars with drivers that we've hired, or only rental cars? If the former, I can add another 4 or 5 countries.
In the US we "rent" a car, in the UK they "hire" a car.
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Old Jan 15, 2007, 10:44 am
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My list isn't that long:

US
Canada
England
West Germany
East Germany
Poland
Soviet Union
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Finland
Australia

Let me add that all of these (except US and the East Block countries) are with a manual transmission. Stick shift in most places, but most notably Australia with a steering column shift. Imagine that on the "wrong" side of the steering wheel!
Last edited by L-1011; Jan 15, 2007 at 12:58 pm Reason: additional shift comments.
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Old Jan 15, 2007, 10:49 am
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Originally Posted by MIKESILV
Am surprised that those that have posted have driven (mostly) in so few countries.
I can only speak for myself, but I simply wouldn't think of car hire/rental as a mode of transport when abroad, unless it were absolutely essential, such as in much of the US, or when I'm visiting particularly rural areas (even then, it's country dependent). Otherwise, I only ever use a car or van at home when I need to transport something.

For everywhere else... Rail is always my preferred mode of transport for long distances, two wheels and pedals for the shorter ones.
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Old Jan 15, 2007, 11:06 am
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Japan
Canada
Australia
Switzerland
Liechtenstein
and of course, the USA (including Hawaii, Guam, & Saipan)
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Old Jan 15, 2007, 11:21 am
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Originally Posted by stut
I can only speak for myself, but I simply wouldn't think of car hire/rental as a mode of transport when abroad, unless it were absolutely essential, such as in much of the US, or when I'm visiting particularly rural areas (even then, it's country dependent). Otherwise, I only ever use a car or van at home when I need to transport something.

For everywhere else... Rail is always my preferred mode of transport for long distances, two wheels and pedals for the shorter ones.
Well I guess it all depends on the places you have visited.
While your modus operandi might work well in most of Europe you would be doing a lot of pedalling in Africa or the Americas.

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Old Jan 15, 2007, 11:22 am
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Just a few countries for business (except Jamaica), on vacation I prefer to hire a driver when possible.

USA
Canada
Jamaica
Germany
Denmark

Cheers,
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Old Jan 15, 2007, 12:10 pm
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Denmark
USA
Italy (insane drivers ;-) )
France
Spain
Portugal
Germany
Holland
Sweden
Austria
Norway
England/Wales/Scotland/Ireland
Mexico

That's all that I can remember for now
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