OKMobility: Wie verbindlich ist 'oder ähnliches'...?

Generally speaking any car in that range would be similar, so an Audi A4, BMW 3 series and any c-class Mercedes (also with petrol engines) would be typical at other rental companies. The BMW 2series AT looks a bit off in comparison.

That said, the 2 series AT is very spacious in it's class.

So. 1: that's not the usual way things usually work out. However: In case you get a significantly smaller car, you could ask nicely for other alternatives, if that doesn't work, you could ask for a written confirmation that the booked class (or a bigger class) is in fact unavailable. Usually that's leads to high blood pressure behind the counter as you could then ask another rental company for a car similar to you booking and they would likely have to the price difference.

2. In FWAR and similar classes, the engine isn't fixed, so anything goes.Audi 35 TFSI as well as 55 TDI.

3. OK Mobilities Service-Center and/or the supervisor of the station would be the two contacts in the described scenario. The police would usually not do anything about those situations.

I have absolutely no experience with OKMobility, however most rental companies will try out things, that make sense for them and the customer.

So a real life example from Sixt would be, that you book A8 or similar and they want to give you an X5. While that's not a good fit in my opinion (which I made very clear to Sixt, leading up to an hastely transferred Audi A8), it would not be the ultimate fail like in your A8/X1 example.

And as you said, your example could be seen (legally) as scam, if it is a gross disproportion between what's usually seen as "similar" and what's actually going on.

So, while the BMW 2 Series scenario would be probably "okay'ish", as both a c class and a BMW 2 Series are roughly(!) similar in usability, pricing and brand recognition, that would not be the case with an Opel Meriva.

As rental companies know that, I wouldn't worry too much, as you can't fall that hard and - let's not forget - most likely it works out in the first place or if it doesn't, an upgrade would follow (-> E Class/5 Series/A6).

Again, I don't know OKMobility from personal experience, but 95% of my rentals with all companies I use work out without any discussions, only very few made that discussion necessary and even then, the issue was what one would consider a first world problem (BMW X5 instead of Audi A8, Audi A7 instead of 5 series touring, A6 2liter engine instead of 3 liter engine).

So my advice: relax and enjoy preparing your trip.

Try to get a VW Passat or Skoda Superb Kombi if space is priority. MB C-Klasse and BMW 3er have not much space.

(Maybe you will even pay less if it is a group under this group.)

But if the elder parts of your family had problems boarding an Audi Q5, what did you exactly expect from a MB C-Class or an Audi A4?

Just had a car of ok mobility at Munich airport. Received the group i booked and the car was almost new.

Inside and outside really clean and i did not regret to test ok mobility for the first time.

Try Sixt or Europcar and i am pretty sure, you will have a similar situation you just had with ok mobility.

This is unfortunately the way it is right now in the rental business. You book what you need and you get whatever the agent feels like. It’s not a problem exclusive to ok mobility, I’m afraid.

The only take-away from this is to never book prepaid if you can avoid it and try to stick to companies with reputable customer service.

Zitat von MDRIVER-BRA

Just had a car of ok mobility at Munich airport. Received the group i booked and the car was almost new.

Inside and outside really clean and i did not regret to test ok mobility for the first time.

Try Sixt or Europcar and i am pretty sure, you will have a similar situation you just had with ok mobility.

but Sixt has a better fleet for sure.

First of all:
I did a misstake fixing your tripple-Post David Atacama, thats why your posts are not here at the moment. We are going to fix that.

Beiträge von David Atacame:

Zitat von Dauerstudent

But if the elder parts of your family had problems boarding an Audi Q5, what did you exactly expect from a MB C-Class or an Audi A4?

So you think a C Class or an A4 have the seats at the same height of a Q5…?

Never seen anyone climbing in or jumping out of a C Class or an A4…

Zitat von MDRIVER-BRA

Just had a car of ok mobility at Munich airport. Received the group i booked and the car was almost new.

Inside and outside really clean and i did not regret to test ok mobility for the first time.

Try Sixt or Europcar and i am pretty sure, you will have a similar situation you just had with ok mobility.

I have tried multiple companies last 20 years, in 4 continents, never had an issue such this one, and a customer service that just do not give a f… about your complains…

Last time…

Zitat von Dauerstudent

But if the elder parts of your family had problems boarding an Audi Q5, what did you exactly expect from a MB C-Class or an Audi A4?

Could not find seat height for those cars, only Ground Clearance:

MB C Class: 16.4 cm

Audi A4: 16cm

Audi Q5 Sportback: 20.8cm

(4.4 cm higher than C Class,

4.8 cm higher than A4…)

If you don’t see any difference, wait until you get to 75 years old!

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Zitat von David Atacama

So you think a C Class or an A4 have the seats at the same height of a Q5…?

Never seen anyone climbing in or jumping out of a C Class or an A4…

But according to that: I am 25 and can go better into a Q5 than a A4. Even the A4 allroad is "more comfortable" for me to get in. You might have the same problems all across the rental companies.

And you did not get the point of my post.

What do you expect? The rental company had no car available for the class you booked. Could have been better at Sixt, could have been the same situation at Sixt.

I completely agree with him on one point, the audi q5 Sportback is the most useless car on the planet. Due to the " beautiful " roof in the shape of half an egg, the headroom is miserable and the entry awkward.

On the other hand: A C-class or Audi A4 would be slightly better acc. to headroom, but the overall lower entry in combination with less legroom would not be better. All of the named cars are not ideal for this usecase.