With the scrapping of my late father's automobile, I decided to rent a car from this trip home.
This is a cheap rental car that costs 2200 yen/day. Even with full insurance, the price is 7700 yen for two days, which is quite cheap.
However, the mini-car I rented was a smoking car (because it was cheaper) and it smelled of nicotine, but I just don't like the smell of smoke, so it was not a problem.
There were also a number of exterior scratches on the body of the car, and when explaining the situation, he even said, "Well, we don't mind if you damage it a little bit.
I thought the ride was about the same as a Japanese car driving in Kabul right now -- but I have no complaints.
If I could go shopping or to the hospital without getting heatstroke, I would have no complaints. It even had air conditioning.
I just went to return the rental car, but the office was locked.
The sign on the door said, 'Call me here,' so I called, waited a while, got a callback, and was told.
"Please leave the keys in the car"
I was surprised to hear that.
"Are you sure you want to do this?" (I don't care if it gets stolen.)
I said that, however he also said to me
"No problem."
So, I did as he told me and walked away.
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However, I thought that this was a good business model that was attacking a good point.
The possibility that a car with the rank of "running on kerbals" could be stolen,
with the irregularity of the office closing operations,
the break-even point might be in an unexpected place, I thought.