To get from London to the Cotswolds I rented a VW Golf at Heathrow. Should have taken a few pics of it but it was really just a white Golf 4 door. With a stick. Because who doesn't like a challenge: driving on the wrong side of the road with the wrong arm shifting on 12 foot wide roads, that are two way and until you get to a super narrow 1 car only bridge, people don't slow down with just a foot or so between passing cars at 40-50 on country roads.
It was exhilarating, scary, nerve-racking, very fun and so on. The hardest part was placing the left front corner. Alamo, when giving me the car, said golf ball sized dents were ok as well as scuffed rims and tires which since I scuffed a curb at speed twice, can understand how they just don't worry about them. The dents thing was odd though.
2019 Golf is a great little car! Lot of torque and by the end of my stay I was getting pretty good at driving. getting into second was a little unnatural. Losing focus and turning into the wrong lane happened a few times, stuff like that. You really have to keep saying to yourself, steering wheel in the middle of the road. That helps a lot.
Web pics. My car was well optioned, really nice leather seats, not a base model.
