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Cobra Experience
Cobra Experience
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Adrenaline & Extreme ToursEquipment HireSightseeing ToursSelf-Guided Tours & Rentals
9:00 AM - 5:15 PM
Monday
9:00 AM - 5:15 PM
Tuesday
9:00 AM - 5:15 PM
Wednesday
9:00 AM - 5:15 PM
Thursday
9:00 AM - 5:15 PM
Friday
9:00 AM - 5:15 PM
Saturday
9:00 AM - 11:15 AM
4:30 PM - 5:15 PM
Sunday
9:00 AM - 11:15 AM
4:30 PM - 5:15 PM
About
Rent a classic Backdraft Racing Cobra from the Official Backdraft Racing Rentals/Sales Agency in Cape Town, South Africa. The Cobra is a race car from a bygone era, where racing wasn’t managed by computer chips and technology. Take yourself back to the day when it was about raw power. Feel the engines roar vibrate through your body and exhilirate you when you drive this magnificent car. We run a proud fleet of Factory Built Backdraft Racing Cobra's built by hand over 140 day in 2017 they offer a vintage feel with piece of mind with modern motor, brakes and suspension.
Cape Town Central, South Africa

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Jean-Claude A
1 contribution
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Sept 2024 • Solo
Absolutely worth the experience! Made my lil cousin was extremely happy. She had a smile all the way till her Matric Dance, plus it made me experience the best drive i've ever had in any car.
Written 28 September 2024
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Dave & Ralla
Marbella, Spain9 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Apr 2019
The Cape Town Cobra experience was our absolute favorite part of our 10 day South Africa adventure. Matthew make it perfectly clear that you are allowed to make up your own route and do your own thing but have some great suggestions for you if you’d like them. We drove through stunning Chapman’s Peak down to Cape Point and the Cape of Good Hope, back up through charming seaside towns and the penguin sanctuary. My girlfriend loved the sound of the engine when we had the opportunity to open it up and we turned heads the whole way and were admired at every traffic light.
The price was extremely reasonable in my opinion.
Written 28 June 2019
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Neil M
Northwich, UK39 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2018
We hire two Cobras for the day. Collected in Camp Bay and they were awesome cars. Well prepared and clean. Prepare to be papped like a movie star when driving these cars.
Written 3 February 2018
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Movie star indeed! Thank you Neil!
Written 21 June 2018
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MichaelRSA
Cambridge, UK19 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2018 • Solo
My dad has always wanted to drive an AC Cobra - so for his combined Fathers Day and Birthday present I arranged with Cobra Car Hire to rent one of their awesome cars for the day!
I only had good service from both Matt and David. Quick response and willing to assist in whatever way possible to make the day special!
I would definitely recommend this company and I will be back one day!
Written 18 June 2018
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Michael Thank you for your kind words, glad we could be part of the special day! hope to see you soon!
Written 21 June 2018
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Anthony W
London, UK3 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2018 • Couples
The perfect way to enjoy the wonders of Cape Town. Dave and Matt could not have been more friendly and the car was awesome. The highlight of a perfect holiday, you’d be mad to miss out
Written 23 January 2018
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Thank you Ant! can't wait to have you back with us!
Written 21 June 2018
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126retow
Zurich, Switzerland4 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2017 • Friends
It was great weather and we had an absolutely memorable day. Uncomplicated and friendly administration.
Written 17 December 2017
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Thank you, glad you enjoyed your time with us
Written 21 June 2018
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bblilly
Vredenburg, South Africa51 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2021
I had a terrible experience booking the Cobra Experience and would never in my wildest dreams even think of recommending this to ANYONE I know.

From the onset, I struggled to book with an advertised black Friday special as it was not properly loaded on their booking and payment system. Which resulted in huge confusion later and a super delay in a refund for the amount that I booked.

Then I struggled to get anyone to contact me back regarding booking the actual experience. I sent David whatsapps and asked him to send me the details for Matt or at least send Matt my details but no luck. Eventually I had to go into the emails to find Matts details as I was advised that he was the person who would confirm my booking.

So after emailing Matt with no response, I eventually had to call him to make a booking and an excuse was used that they were moving offices and didn't get my emails.

Then I finally made the booking and it was not the car that I had originally booked in terms of the colours that I opted for when I purchased the voucher. I emailed regarding this but received no response from Matt once again.

Then the day of the booking came, I received an auto generated email to say that delivery starts at 9am. So as we do not live in Cape Town we decided to just go down to the Oranjezicht market for breakfast. After breakfast my husband (who I purchased the experience for as a gift) caught a lift with a friend who was interested in purchasing a Cobra himself. When he got there, the office was closed at around 11am. He called me asking for the number of the person who I dealt with so I sent him Matt's number. When my husband called Matt he said that he had already left the office and had started his day with his family already so it would be a very big inconvenience for him to drive back to assist us. When my husband said that we didn't know there was a cut off time for pick up he said that he would be coming back to open for him so that we could collect the car.

After he put the phone down with my husband Matt called me and started screaming at me over the phone. Starting with why I never answered my phone as he tried to call me (which he did but as I was in the very noisy market never heard my phone) and then about how he has been waiting for two hours for us to collect the car from 9am. When I explained that I wasn't aware that there was a cut off time for pick up he started screaming further and personally insulting me, taking me on in regards to my profession (according to him because I am in the hospitality industry, something he could only have seen on my email signature on the emails he never responded to, I should have known better??!!) and about how it is stated on the website that collection is at nine and no later. He refused to listen to any of my reasoning which was that it was NEVER stated that the cut off time for collection was starting at 9am and ending at 9am. If this was sent through on email I would have known, it also doesn't say that the collection has a cut off time on the website so in NO correspondence was this mentioned to me? I would never assume that a car rental space would close during the day because what if a person would like to only use the vehicle for a shorter period and didn't want to drop it off at exactly 5pm, my assumption would be that you as the client would have that flexibility to drop off or pick up as you would like as you are paying a premium for the rental?

As Matt went on saying that he had started his Sunday with his family and was under no circumstances going to come back to assist me, I said that it's fine, then they can just refund the money I paid. After which he started screaming even louder that there would be no refund as we are a no show and we have lost the booking money as a no show penalty fee. He refused to listen to anything I said making it extremely upsetting and very frustrating so eventually when I realised there would be no discussion and no reason and I was being treated like absolute crap and not at all like a customer who has paid a premium for an experience, I politely told him that I would be hanging up the phone.

I called my husband, by now in tears to tell him that he could call Matt as my husband was very confused standing outside the pick up point with me still at the market as Matt told him he would come back to open and then screamed at me saying how he refused, which makes it very clear to me that Matt has absolutely ZERO respect for women and finds it a lot easier to mistreat and bully a woman, but to a man he will speak politely and treat with respect.

In the end we never went on the experience that day. So with the money that we spent on dog sitters, driving from our home in the West Coast to Cape Town and the hotel that we booked to stay in to have the experience was all in vain and a huge expense.

My husband then made contact with David, the owner of the company, and he explained to him what had happened. David seemed shocked in Matt's behavior and said that we would not lose the money, and that he wanted us to come and have the experience and that he would really make it a worthwhile experience for us to apologise for the really bad experience we had had. He even thanked us for pointing out that no where on his correspondence or website it had stated that pick up time is only between specific times and that it would be something they would look into from their side. He also promised to call me and apologise to me directly.

This apology call only happened a week or so after the promise was made. I explained to David that I really had a very bad taste in my mouth working with the company and being treated so poorly and that I think I would rather have a refund as we would again have to book accommodation, drive through for 90minutes and all those expenses need to be added up as well. David then promised that if we came he would really make the experience worthwhile to compensate for the previous bad experience. I said that I would discuss it with my husband and we would see as I was at that point 5 months pregnant and didn't think waiting too late in my pregnancy to do the experience would be such a good idea.

We were convinced by David and the promises he made of making up for what was lost with the first experience so we booked again and off we went. Well, we got absolutely NOTHING to even acknowledge the horrible experiences we had before this. In fact, not a bottle of water, not even an apology from Matt who gave us the car on arrival and drop off. I really did think that the minimum would just be a decent apology for someone who ruined our day, the entire experience and who had left me in tears just because he has no idea how to communicate with his customers.

I was still owed my refund and was promised by Matt to get it first thing on Monday. I eventually had to send an email by Wednesday asking what was going on, with no response, my husband again had to call before anything happened as it was clear by this point that a woman does not deserve the respect of being answered.

I really felt like this was a golden opportunity to just improve on the experience we had with them, but sadly they take no value in their customers and their customer experience and for that reason I would seriously never ever recommend that anyone goes through that hell of working with this company.
Written 9 March 2021
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This review is nothing but untruthful, we agreed to give you another experience after you missed your time and you showed no respect and returned our car extremly late resulting in a client not being able to take their rental. take it down , you know what really happened , YOUR BAD BEHAVIOUR is inexcusable.
Written 8 May 2023
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Amr Abou Hussein
Dubai, United Arab Emirates98 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2019 • Couples
Calling all adrenaline junkies out there, this isn’t something you should miss for anything. Quite simply one of the best driving experiences I’ve had in my life. Amazing idea and great value for money. Unforgettable.
Written 30 November 2019
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Trevor D
Johannesburg, South Africa14 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Had an awesome day out in the Cobra. Would definitely recommend it. Will hopefully be back in summer to do it again 😊
Written 12 August 2019
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Michael L
Killarney, Ireland9 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
May 2019 • Couples
Myself and my wife rented the blue cobra out for the day. Fantastic experience. That v8 rumble puts a smile on your face as soon as you press the start button. The drive down to cape point was amazing. The guys were grear to deal with. I would highly recommend a rental
Written 28 May 2019
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