5 day rental in Germany. Sixt or Avis?

    Hi,


    i am thinking of going on a 5 day trip to Germany soon. Though i have been wondering where to rent a car. We're 4 people travelling, so it needs space.
    In august we rented a car at Sixt in Flensburg, i am from Denmark BTW. After reading a lot on this site, i decided to book the SDMR class with Diesel + Automatic as a wish. I could make out that booking that car would probably give me an upgrade, and it did. We ended up with 12 days in a very nice Mercedes E200 CDI Avantgarde, great car, though a little lack of power. :203:


    Now when looking at the prices i can get an SDMR car for around €450 , with full insurance.
    But at Avis (Wucherpfennig) i can get a K class, that's cheaper, about €350 but i am not sure about the size. I really want to get a German car, and it seems that Avis has quite a large number of Citroens, Renaults and even Hyundais where as Sixt only seem to have BMW, Audi, Mercedes etc.


    So, should i go for my well known sixt? Or give Avis a shot?


    Best Regards
    Victor

    Well, I think it would be the best if you rent again at Sixt Flensburg because the Avis Station is very very very small and as you said, they often have non-german cars. But let me tell you that Sixt also has non-german cars in the fleet (mostly in the smaller categories).


    I often rent at Sixt Flensburg and I'm always pleased and most of the time they have a 520d or similar (I can take a look at the station the day before your rent, just send me a message)


    Maybe you can give us the period you want to travel (Mo-Sa?).

    It depends on the group you book. Cars in Avis group K are listed in our wiki (just click on K in the post). Sixt-equivalent would be something of Cxxx, e.g. CPMR, with only German Cars in this group. But beware of an upgrade! And automatic transmission isn't guaranteed.


    You might want to take a look at Avis Select: http://www.avis.de/selectseries


    There you can book a guaranteed model, e.g. VW Golf GTI/GTD or MB C-Klass. You have to check out, if it's available at the station you want to rent the car.

    Thank you very much for the quick respond.
    The plan is to travel from Sunday - Thursday. The dates are 13-17 April. We're 4 people so i actually think the 1 Series, A class, Golf etc. might a bit small. And when booking SDMR i think theres a good chance of ending up in a 3 or 5 series, which i would really like to try out.
    Also how does upsale work? Is it cheaper to try and get a larger car when picking up, or when booking?


    What about Europcar in Flensburg are they any good in terms of fleet?


    Thanks in advance!

    Ok,
    i think i am going for an SDMR. I will write to you shadow.blue when final, then a look would be great. I will of course count on an upgrade but CLA, CC or Audi A3(DSG must) is good enough, but you can always hope for an upgrade. I will try and get pictures for a review or Erfahrungsbericht, on whatever i get. I didn't get that many pictures of the E200 CDI, but maybe i should make a review... hmm


    Thank you for your opinions and for a very nice forum!