A strange one, can anyone help?

[big mervyn]

I usually use Autoeurope - a broker that provides excellent value for full to full rentals providing you have full excess cover (£36 a year for my renewal).

Tend to end up with Goldcar or Record (the queues at Firefly in Alicante airport are usually horrendous which has always put me off using them).

[BaggyTrousers]

My summer flights are both to Alicante Merv but the rental is with Goldcar once anyway, might check the other to make sure it's not Firefly, excellent though their staff were.

By the way, I think my annual excess cover was £29.99 with a company who were dearer last year but I went through a link from Martin Lewis's MSE website with a discount. Maybe worth checking at your renewal.

[big mervyn]

My summer flights are both to Alicante Merv but the rental is with Goldcar once anyway, might check the other to make sure it's not Firefly, excellent though their staff were.

By the way, I think my annual excess cover was £29.99 with a company who were dearer last year but I went through a link from Martin Lewis's MSE website with a discount. Maybe worth checking at your renewal.

That extra £6 could buy me a 3 course Chino meal with wine

[BaggyTrousers]

My summer flights are both to Alicante Merv but the rental is with Goldcar once anyway, might check the other to make sure it's not Firefly, excellent though their staff were.

By the way, I think my annual excess cover was £29.99 with a company who were dearer last year but I went through a link from Martin Lewis's MSE website with a discount. Maybe worth checking at your renewal.

That extra £6 could buy me a 3 course Chino meal with wine

It could indeed Merv, there is a fabulous Chino in Pilar de la Horadada where I sat with a party of 10, four of us munching down Mongolian leg of Pork which was mighty handlin', a fair bit of wine & a sundry list of drinks & coffees, worked out at around €8 a head, outstanding service and very decent nosh. Been back a couple of times, Reataurante Asia if memory serves.

And I am pleased to advise that having opened the issue up to the universe I have had a result. The reason may be of interest to veterans of my age and older. It used to be that Category A & A1 on the drivers licence referred to cars but at some stage there was a move to have consistency in the EU & A & A1 became motorbikes with B & B1 being cars. My licence was not properly amended at renewal so it appears I may have been driving for 30 years on a motorbike licence.

I suspect it is a bit f good fortune that I have never been responsible for injuring anyone in an accident or doubtless insurers may have slid out of their liability on a technicality and God knows how many cellmates might have attempted to bum me?

All in all, it's turned out as a bit of good fortune that the eagle eyed Firefly rep caught this before I got into some real bother.

I'd suggest anyone who may have done their test in the 1970s or earlier check their licence to be sure thay have not also been wrongly categorised. You're welcome.

[rorybestsbigbaldnoggin]

Yet another in a growing list of reasons for Brexit.

[Setanta]

Just ran down in a panic to check mine! Luckily had to get a Swiss licence after one year so all's ok. Whew.

[BaggyTrousers]

Just ran down in a panic to check mine! Luckily had to get a Swiss licence after one year so all's ok. Whew.

I'm looking forward to getting my Spanish one before I'm too much older.