After getting off the plane, passing through customs, and collecting our luggage, we saw a row of rental car company counters about 100 meters away in the arrivals hall. An employee from Thrifty seemed inexperienced and was unsure of what information to enter into the computer form. He kept pushing for additional insurance. The whole process of picking up the car took over an hour, and they placed a 750 Lira hold on my credit card. The notarized Chinese driver's license that I had painstakingly prepared in advance was not needed; showing the original Chinese driver's license was sufficient. After completing the paperwork, the rental company did not require us to take a shuttle; they directly brought the car to the airport arrivals parking lot. The car was a Hyundai with 10,000 kilometers on it, still fairly new.
When we refueled for the first time, we realized it was a diesel car. When returning the car, we couldn't find the 'Return Car' sign, so we drove directly into the airport parking lot and went to the counter to return it. It was very convenient, but we had to pay an additional parking fee of around ten liras.
In Turkey, every vehicle is equipped with an automatic toll module; there are no manual toll collectors. There are two toll companies, and our car was registered under HGS. We just had to pass through the HGS gates at toll points. However, twice when entering, the green light did not turn on, indicating that the toll module was not detected, which caused the sensor to beep at the exit. We were fined 33 liras for each of these instances. Normally, four hours on the highway costs only 12 liras. Yesterday, my credit card was charged a total of 75 liras for tolls, which is not too much.
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