{"id":2559,"date":"2012-09-19T19:51:18","date_gmt":"2012-09-19T19:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/?p=2559"},"modified":"2012-09-19T19:52:24","modified_gmt":"2012-09-19T19:52:24","slug":"the-secret-life-of-hire-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/index.php\/the-secret-life-of-hire-cars\/","title":{"rendered":"The Secret Life of Hire Cars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/hire.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2560\" title=\"hire\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/hire.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/hire.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/hire-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It comes as no surprise that a variety of weird and wonderful items are left by customers in hire cars.<\/p>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, sunglasses, CDs and loose change are the most common items left in Europcar vehicles. However, some customers carry more intriguing cargo when they travel, as Europcar\u2019s lost property department has recently reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Unusual Items Left in Europcar\u2019s Rental Cars in 2012<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A live mouse in a cage<\/li>\n<li>Two 6&#215;10 ft oil paintings<\/li>\n<li>Ashes in an urn<\/li>\n<li>30 plants<\/li>\n<li>A hedge trimmer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It was Europcar\u2019s Belfast City Airport branch that found an urn of ashes when a vehicle was returned.\u00a0 The ashes of a customer\u2019s mother had been brought over from South Africa and the customer was relieved to have them back so that she could scatter them at her mother\u2019s birth place.<\/p>\n<p>But probably the best item left behind was discovered by staff at Europcar\u2019s Blackpool Station location.\u00a0 It was a life-size dummy, dressed as an old lady and left in the boot of a Ford Focus. The Europcar driver had the fright of his life when he thought he\u2019d found a body!<\/p>\n<p><strong>19th September, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It comes as no surprise that a variety of weird and wonderful items are left by customers in hire cars. Unsurprisingly, sunglasses, CDs and loose change are the most common items left in Europcar vehicles. 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