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dclegg

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#1172926 11-Nov-2014 16:01

allan: Just a comment about a convertible in Vegas in July. It can get extremely hot there at that time of the year (45C+ for a couple of days when we were there in July this year) and frankly we ended up with the top up and grateful of the aircon.

Yeah, thats a minor concern. But we'll probably only be there a couple of nights. Temperatures in San Francisco & Los Angeles look far more civilised :-)

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#1172937 11-Nov-2014 16:12

dclegg: How common is it to not get the car you have ordered?

My wife and I may be going to California June/July next year, and want to order a convertible for a road trip from San Francisco->Las Vegas->Los Angeles. Using the traveljigsaw site, we are given the option of a Ford Mustang convertible at an acceptable rate but it states "or similar". Based on that last part, and comments in this thread, I'm a little concerned that we'll end up with something other than what we've requested. Are there steps to mitigate that risk?

What I do everytime is I ring or email the day before my booking and just say I'm confirming my itinerary and confirming my request for a particular car. I have been upgraded three times that I've done this as they didnt have my car available.

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#1172944 11-Nov-2014 16:22

dclegg:
allan: Just a comment about a convertible in Vegas in July. It can get extremely hot there at that time of the year (45C+ for a couple of days when we were there in July this year) and frankly we ended up with the top up and grateful of the aircon.

Yeah, thats a minor concern. But we'll probably only be there a couple of nights. Temperatures in San Francisco & Los Angeles look far more civilised :-)

Actually San Francisco was positively freezing with lots of fog every day and we ended up buying jackets to stay warm...

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#1172945 11-Nov-2014 16:24

allan:
Actually San Francisco was positively freezing with lots of fog every day and we ended up buying jackets to stay warm...

I was in San Francisco for the last couple of weeks of October last year. The weather was quite nice, and I was going out to dinner in t-shirt and jeans up until part way through my second week there.

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#1185332 29-Nov-2014 11:59

dclegg:
allan:
Actually San Francisco was positively freezing with lots of fog every day and we ended up buying jackets to stay warm...

I was in San Francisco for the last couple of weeks of October last year. The weather was quite nice, and I was going out to dinner in t-shirt and jeans up until part way through my second week there.

SF is highly variable. I've been there mid-September. 11 degrees, rain and the need for a jacket! :)

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