I cannot begin to express my frustration and anger with Solmar Car Hire. The windscreen wipers were so badly worn, when it rained we had to pull over as we were unable to see where we were travelling. We had a flat tyre and was completely shocked when I removed it to find that the inner areas of both tyres was so badly worn that there was canvas and wire showing.

The vechicle was not legally fit for use and I was provided with no help whatsoever. They advised that the tyres are not covered under the hire agreement but that I needed to claim this on insurance and would have to pay euro 500 excess as well as the cost of roadside assistance.

We hire cars from Barcelona four to five times a year but I will NEVER hire from Solmar again!