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rusy82 Apprentice

rusy82

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so u can actually rent gtr skylines in japan like u can rent commodores over here?

Yep.

Its unlimited km's all you pay is the rental fee and and return the car with a full tank of fuel.

A mate and I rented one from Premium Rental when we were there in July.

We drove it to Fuji from Tokyo, it was awesome the roads to Fuji summit are crazy!

Best day we had while we were there.

Slide Grand Master

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A tip to anyone hiring a car while over there, you can get travel insurance to reduce your excess to nearly nothing if you crash with places like cover more.

The excess for me is nearly $6000 with Premium Rental without it. Its the same excess cost for the GT3.

If i was to have a stack in Japan i would much rather leave it on the side of the road and have an insurance company pay for the taxi ride to the hotel or ambulance ride to the hospital. :rant:

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cbt2022 Newbie

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Hi everyone, long time (on and off) reader, first time post....

I　am currently in Tokyo anｄ　have been seriously considering a 24 hr rental - i have done all the things required　as far as prep goes, international licence, travel insurance　on rental car claim　excess　up to $5K covered , etc

only things making me　hesitant are:

- my zero Jap language and thus potential probs with tolls/traffic signs etc

- (in)ability to get outta greater Tokyo with ease,,,

I Ｈａｖｅ a local Tokyo fren who i am trying to get to come with me but they dont instill a whole lotta ｃｏｎｆｉｄｅｎｃｅ　ｉｎ　ｍｅ　ｅｉｔｈｅｒ (girl, plus not that cluey, doesnt drive herself),

i feel so close yet so far, can anyone give　either re-assure or advice? :-)

any info on Ｗｈａｔ (specific) path/route/course to take ?

Many thanks in advance,Ed

Beer Baron Grand Master

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go for it buddy. if you have never driven an R35 GTR before then it's a great chance to do it.

unfortunately your japanese girl friend will be almost 100% useless if she doesn't drive herself. it takes a bit of driving around in tokyo to get the hang of the ring roads and surface streets etc. if you can possibly get one with english navi that will help a lot, but at least since you have a native japanese speaker she should be able to work japanese navi for you. that will help a lot. as far as tolls go it's pretty easy. just have lots of cash with you! you basically usually get a ticket at the first toll gate, then when you get to your exit or the end of that particular toll road there will be another toll booth and you give them the ticket you got earlier (don't lose it in between!) and they then know how far you've travelled and hence how much you owe. they punch it up on a display and you pay the man.

enjoy. :)

cbt2022 Newbie

cbt2022

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Thanx Baron,

A few little twists to the plans - I spoke with the fella @ premium yest morn and he tells me the ONLY avail (well, b4 i leave to korea for a side trip on sun 1pm) is Sat (which is good!)...... , but only for 12 hrs (which is bad,,,,,, i think?!)

I am even considering doing the 12 hr rental (8pm pick up sat nite, 9am drop off sund morn, get the xtra hr coz their close time is early^^),,, since he said it was only available from 3pm sat, i askd, 'cant i get a 24 hr rental and jus return it 9am sund?'....

then he points out that if i want EIGHTEEN hrs (which i would still gladly pay the 24 hr price for), it would be 12 hr price + 6 x hrly rate (which is a lot more), , , a bit of Japanese wtf.....

in any case, have been researching Shuto Expressway., drive across rainbow bridge, poss down to yokohama, etc

all sounds good, tho all speed limits are max 80kph apparently,,, LOL :-P

i will be looking into things further :-) got a coupl of days to come up with somethin

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