It's also worth bearing in mind that Emblem will happily drop you off / collect you from Bournemouth railway station, and from Bournemouth you can get a cross country service that stops at Reading and Banbury (and a stack of other places), making it far more accessible than you might first think. I used to rent a car to get home and then back, but now I just get a train. Oh - and their hourly rate is very reasonable, they're quite happy to fit reconditioned parts (e.g. A/C compressor), and I trust them completely. I use my car a lot (35,000 miles in 4 years) and they've never tried to foist unnecessary work on me - ever.
