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Gas rewards – hot air or hard cold cash?! Gas station spends on gas, snack bars and washer fluid may not be the biggest expenditures for Canadians but they are some of the most regular. Use the right credit card and you can make a handsome return on your gas spends and save even more […]

Has your car been in storage over the last few months because of the Covid-19 lockdown? Millions of Canadians have parked their cars for extended periods of time because they no longer need to commute. Thing is cars don’t like to sit still for long periods of time. The battery, fuel lines, rubber bushings and […]

Having been cooped up for months to doggedly slow the spread of Covid-19, Canadians are eagerly looking to get outdoors again and make the most of the summer. Expecting people to sit at home when the sun’s hot and the lake waters are cool is too much to ask as the lockdowns are easing. Road […]

Cars with diesel engines are nowhere near as popular in Canada (or North America) as they are in Europe. Are we missing a trick by not considering diesel cars and trucks? Theoretically, diesel engines with their superior fuel economy and highway ability should be perfect for Canadian roads. If you think of diesel engines as […]

In Toronto, the only thing that’s more annoying than having to shovel off snow throughout the winter season, is finding affordable parking spaces and unlike the former, this problem persists throughout the year! The city has witnessed a sharp rise in population ever since the 1950s and has since emerged as the country’s financial capital. […]

Canada is vast and perfect for road trips. But big distances can make for expensive car hire and curb your plans, right? Wrong! Check out some simple car rental tips and save hundreds (if not thousands) of dollars on a rental car and explore this spectacular country the way it is meant to be – […]

Need a big box on wheels for not much money? That’s easy, at Advantage Car and Truck Rental’s the truck rental rate of one truck can be less than the price of the Starbucks coffees you buy for your friends/employees who help you haul! Incredibly low prices with the promise of a clean, well-maintained truck. […]

“Don’t be gentle, it’s a rental.” Actually, the vast majority of our customers prefer vehicles with efficient, low-polluting engines that don’t guzzle gas. In fact, we have found that in the last year or so, car rental customers prefer vehicles that are easy on the gas. With Earthy Day fast approaching, on 22 April 2020, […]

When they were introduced, navigation systems were a fancy, expensive feature reserved for luxury, high-end cars. Though now it is common to see this feature even in the most basic models. Even if the car model does not come fitted with one, it is easy to buy a standalone navigation system for cars.  Understanding what […]

Rushing at 5pm from work to pick up your rental car before the office closes? Worse still, you’ve booked using a car sharing app and when you reach the location in the cold and rain you realize that the interiors are filthy… or someone’s stolen the fob that lets you out of the private parking […]