NC500 Rental Advice

[Justin]

Need help.

I’m traveling with my friends to the UK to do a Scotland Old Military Roads/NC500 drive. We need to rent 7 cars for 6 days from 27/4/23 to 2/5/23, rental to start and end from Edinburgh. We are experienced drivers of sportcars/supercars in convoy road trip over many years in continental Europe, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia etc

Where can I go about renting 7 reliable two-doors? I’ve tried the standard agencies ie Avis, Enterpise, Sixt etc but the Edinburgh offices seems to lack good sports models.

Ideal would of course be if we could score a fleet of Emiras, but short of that sort of miracle, we’ll make do with more pedestrian offerings

Hope the experts here could offer some suggestions.

 

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[Justin]

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Thanks!

 

[Leonard]

If you are feeling brave OR wanting to have the most amazing NC500 experience ever

You can hire a Caterham or Morgan from Edinburgh

Not sure how many cars they have but at least one of you, yes I'm looking at you @Justin has to get one!

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Edited to add can I come please

 

[Jonhklee]

Second the Caterham hire. Absolutely brilliant (providing the Scottish Weather hold up!)

 

[Jonhklee]

Make sure you pack water proofs and layer up to keep warm any time of the year!!

 

[Justin]

If you are feeling brave OR wanting to have the most amazing NC500 experience ever

You can hire a Caterham or Morgan from Edinburgh

Not sure how many cars they have but at least one of you, yes I'm looking at you @Justin has to get one!

Caledonian Caterham Hire

Caterham 7 sports car hire Scotland. Hire one of our Caterhams and discover the awe and beauty of Scotland. Where will your road trip take you?

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Edited to add can I come please

Mooted the idea in my convoy group of 12 pax. The blokes loved it! Unfortunately the 5 missus in the group vetoed it. We are now having to figure out how to accidentally leave the better halves in a mall for a couple of days.

 

[Ian C]

Not to put a damper on the trip but we did this last year and saw a number of supercar convoys, and some damaged supercar convoys, If you have not been before some of the roads are very narrow, potholed and most days we were stuck behind a campervan that had come off the road . I wouldn't take my Emira and renting is a risk unless you avoid the narrower roads. !

 

[Jonhklee]

Well, leave them here….. for hours on end

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Slightly out of the way, but hey who’s measuring distances eh…. !?

Wee tip…. Hire a Land Rover Defender and have a hot flask of coffee for everyone. Total different experience, but one well worth it

Hot hatches are also very good for NC500 for reasons above.

 

[Jonhklee]

I did NC500 in 2 days in my wife’s GTE this Summer - so much fun. Emira Touring would be Perfect, but sadly no more day dreams for me……

 

[hml_xy]

Me and my fiance did the NC500 in my winter car in 2019, I would second above comments and say that some of the roads are not supercar compatible. You can probably avoid most of them and still have a great experience in case you prefer the more hardcore vehicles.

I was also thinking of doing it again this year, this time with a more sporty car .

 

[scoates]

Hot hatches are also very good for NC500 for reasons above.

If I was doing it I'd definitely take the GR Yaris over the Emira, a small sports car like an MX5 would be ideal as a rental for the trip I reckon! Unfortunately can't help with rental recommendations, but I will say if heading up from Edinburgh I'd definitely try and go over Glenshee and up through Tomintoul! Definitely one of the best driving roads in the country, wider than a lot of the NC500 and less caravans!

 

[Leonard]

Not to put a damper on the trip but we did this last year and saw a number of supercar convoys, and some damaged supercar convoys, If you have not been before some of the roads are very narrow, potholed and most days we were stuck behind a campervan that had come off the road . I wouldn't take my Emira and renting is a risk unless you avoid the narrower roads. !

What you are basically saying is Caterham and Morgans are perfect

 

[Leonard]

If I was doing it I'd definitely take the GR Yaris over the Emira, a small sports car like an MX5 would be ideal as a rental for the trip I reckon! Unfortunately can't help with rental recommendations, but I will say if heading up from Edinburgh I'd definitely try and go over Glenshee and up through Tomintoul! Definitely one of the best driving roads in the country, wider than a lot of the NC500 and less caravans!

Did it in my GR and it really was the perfect car!

 

[Leonard]

Mooted the

Mooted the idea in my convoy group of 12 pax. The blokes loved it! Unfortunately the 5 missus in the group vetoed it. We are now having to figure out how to accidentally leave the better halves in a mall for a couple of days.

Job done. Dont compromise. I'm not even joking when I say it's a man trip

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[Ian C]

What you are basically saying is Caterham and Morgans are perfect

Yup

 

[GetawayDriving]

Highland Caterham Hire was fantastic.

 

[Leonard]

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Highland Caterham Hire was fantastic.

Yes!!! Why wouldn't you. How couldn't you!

 

[nelly111s]

Did the NC500 with my wife in the Elise. Great car for the narrow roads. Took a 3 day detour to Orkney, too (well worth it).
Saw a Veyron on the trip. Looked out of place …

 

[Wake]

Not to put a damper on the trip but we did this last year and saw a number of supercar convoys, and some damaged supercar convoys, If you have not been before some of the roads are very narrow, potholed and most days we were stuck behind a campervan that had come off the road . I wouldn't take my Emira and renting is a risk unless you avoid the narrower roads. !

That’s interesting, I went last July and thought the roads were actually really good. Narrow yes, but of a fairly good with not a massive amount of potholes and relatively good visibility. I saw several Mclarens going round and didn’t seem to have much of an issue.

Campers were annoying as lots of them were ignoring the signs that tell you to stop impeding/slowing down traffic.

Only reason I’d not take the Emira is because I don’t think it’s possible, given Lotus ineptitude to make the fucking thing.