Rented a Lucky Rodeo for four weeks in Dec and January and looks like we got lucky.

Definitely recommend picking the car up in Christchurch as opposed to Auckland as the latter branch seems way busier and seemed to have trouble coping with people picking up their vehicle.

We didn't have a long wait in Christchurch, but make sure you get any and all extras you may have booked as staff is nice, but busy.

The car itself was a 2008 Toyota Estima in pretty good condition. We didn't have any issues with it aside from the windows not lowering after about a day. A fuze for a couple dollars fixed that issue though and we were very happy with the car overall. Drove about 6,000 kms in four weeks and it managed any and all terrain we threw at it.

Only negative is the 50 NZD "admin fee" for any ticket you may get, which is ridiculous when the ticket itself is 15 NZD.

All in all, I think we got lucky as we saw cars in worse condition at the lots, but then, you get what you pay for.

Reviewed over 3 years ago and experienced in January 2019