Cross border car rental: Red Shift

Cross border car rental and the Red Shift

For a car for a cross-border trip, the Red Shift is one of many cars on CarmaCars, each with its own page. Trips outside Ontario need our written consent.

Reading the spec sheet

No fuel-use rating is published for this model year, so we leave those figures out.

Is it right for your trip?

It suits visitors who want a familiar car for a week in town. It suits a family trip where everyone and everything fits in one car.

Can I rent it?

A request for your dates gets you an offer from a person. Similar cars are listed below if you need one now. We have no Red Shift on the site right now. Send a request with the model you want, and we look for one for your dates. The car can come to your door in the Toronto area, or you pick it up at no charge.

Booking, step by step

First, a request: the car you like, when you need it, and where. No payment yet. Someone on our team confirms the car is free for those dates and sends you an offer with every charge listed. You decide: approve and pay, or let it go. No charge either way until you approve.

Rates are set car by car and shown on each car's page. A single booking can run up to 365 days. For longer, it renews month after month. Requests for later the same day work when there are at least 2 hours to spare.

What we ask of drivers

You need an Ontario G2 or G licence, valid for the whole rental, and to be 18 or older. Age fees stop at 26: younger drivers pay a daily young driver fee. The name on the card has to match the name on the licence.

You pick how damage to the car is handled before pickup: OPCF 27, a credit card benefit, or the CarmaCars Protection Plan. A deposit is held before each rental; the amount is on the car's page. Every renter goes through the same check of licence and identity before the car is confirmed.

One more step

A request costs nothing, and the offer tells you everything.