[blakblakarak]

I can rent cars and vans from the supermarket 200m from me - the problem is the faff of waiting for a member of staff, the pre inspection, the post inspection, the cleaning, refuelling, the scanning of my drivers license, the payment of the deposit and fee - if it was as simple as turning up with my phone, scanning something and driving off I wouldn’t need a personal car and I doubt many would either.

[fragmede]

Which; Zipcar, GetAround, Turo all work that way. Set up the rental via the app, show up, drive away.

[antisthenes]

Last time I rented a truck from Home Depot all those processes took less than 5 minutes at the counter.

It's only an issue if you make it sound like an issue. Certainly worth it for only needing it once every 2-3 years, as most truck owners actually do.

[blakblakarak]

You obviously dont have the French bureaucracy that I have to put up with !