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car rental
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16 Oct 2005 Sun 06:09 pm |
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merhaba arkadaşlar
anybody know of reasonably cheap car rentals close to dalaman ?
teşekkurlar
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16 Oct 2005 Sun 09:03 pm |
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Cheap Car Rentals Charlie! You better look out for some expensive insurance, you'll need all you can get if your planning to drive in Turkey - aaaarrrghhhhhhh.....don't drive to Istanbul or Ankara - it makes the Arc de Triumphe roundabout look like a quiet country lane. Add to that the fact that traffic lights seem to have no real purpose in TR because no one appears to take any notice whatsoever of a red light. (as I know to my cost!) Good Luck!
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16 Oct 2005 Sun 09:04 pm |
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Sorry Charge - I don't know why I said Charlie 
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16 Oct 2005 Sun 11:11 pm |
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yes you would not want to drive in istanbulfor sure. really bad traffic.
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22 Jan 2006 Sun 07:54 pm |
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What about the South? Let's say from Antakya to Alanya? I'd like to see that part of the country, but I think I wouldn't be able to just stop anywhere I'd like to stop unless I have a car.. Some things are impossible with public transport.
Any comments? Advice?
Thanks
Elisa
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22 Jan 2006 Sun 09:49 pm |
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Quoting Lyndie: don't drive to Istanbul or Ankara - it makes the Arc de Triumphe roundabout look like a quiet country lane. Add to that the fact that traffic lights seem to have no real purpose in TR because no one appears to take any notice whatsoever of a red light. (as I know to my cost!) Good Luck! |
Although I have not driven in either Istanbul or Ankara, I did spend three days solid driving in Turkey last year and had no real difficulty at all - at least Turkish drivers are predictable!!!
The most difficult thing to get used to is the habit of indicating left then pulling over to the right to let traffic pass before turning :-S
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22 Jan 2006 Sun 10:54 pm |
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The best piece of advice I was given about driving in Turkey was "to anticipate the unpredictable at all times !" That does take some doing but I spent six weeks driving around last year and it was fine.......
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23 Jan 2006 Mon 12:00 pm |
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Driving all the way from the Greek borders down to Kusadasi was not a problem at all. Though, after watching the drivers at Istanbul, some other time, i got terrified. Thank God, driving outside the big crowded cities, is easy and doesn't hold many surprises. There are signs everywhere, and the roads are not bad.
What i ll never forget, was the cops, so many of them and in such short distances, hiding behind trees and bushes  to check the speed limit, which was usually up to 95klm.
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23 Jan 2006 Mon 01:13 pm |
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Hi Sophie
How many kms did you do? And what did it cost to rent the car?
Thanks
Elisa
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23 Jan 2006 Mon 02:06 pm |
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I didn't rent one. I went with my own car. I was only commenting about driving in Turkey in my post.
We rented a car once, at Antalya, but it was winter time, so i guess that was the reason why i found it very cheap. I m sorry i can't recall the amount now, but i can tell you for sure that it was really cheap.
The kilometres we made with my own car were around 2000, from the greek borders to Kusadasi and all the way back again, plus the short distances covered there everyday. And the fuel's cost was again cheap. Though they say that fuel in Turkey is expensive.
I don't know where you are from, but compared to Greek prices, Turkish were heavenly good. 
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