In Reply to: Help: hiring a driver vs. renting a car posted by jerdeg on Wednesday, 10. August 2005 at 02:12 Bali Time:
We are a family that go to Bali every year and we have hired a car each time and driven ourselves. We love it. Have been right around the Island and across the middle. You get to see some great sights and can stop where you want, not at the Drivers friends. For instance with regard to silver shops, you don't have to stop at the drivers recomendation but can drive up some small side street and find one of the small family run compounds that are in the silver business, and you can buy bargains as well as seeing the family making jewellery.
Once you get out of the tourist areas you will find that the traffic is nothing like around Kuta. This year a Jimmy cost us 80,000rp per day and a Kajang 150,000rp with insaurance.
Only way to go as far as we are concerned.