TopCar at Fuerteventura Airport

Pros: speed of all service

Cons: lower deposits

Cons: Temps d'attente très long à l'aéroport pour récupérer la voiture et le fait qu'ils aient encaissé la caution sans m'en informer, juste en me disant qu'il y avait deux façons de faire soit de prendre leur assurance ou pas.

Pros: Quick and efficient and a lovely car

Pros: Agent on airport desk, Vicky, very good

Pros: Quick and efficient

Cons: They actually charge your credit card with the excess deposit although it is refunded quickly on returning the card but worth noting if you need your credit limit

Pros: Excellent service from start to finish. Great customer service. Great car. Great price. Stress free. Highly recommend.

Cons: Nothing

Pros: Pretty quick and efficient. Would use again. Much better than Goldcar - which I will never use again.

Cons: Nothing. All good.

Cons: 1 hour wait at pick up. And they made me pay a late fee even though i was there 30 minutes before the late fee was due (as by the time i got to the front it was past 11pm). Not good practice

Pros: Overall, it's very cost-effective with a reasonable extra cover cost.

Cons: The drop-off process was rather intricate, and there was no option to drop off the keys during office hours. Instead, we had to wait in a queue for the inspection. Some people might prefer this method as it allows for a joint inspection with the agent, thus avoiding any unexpected issues later on.

Pros: Overall very helpful service

Cons: People should be aware the que for pick-up took an hour, which is far to long

Pros: Quick and easy, and a friendly service.

Pros: Upgraded car at no extra cost. Smooth process from desk to car.

Cons: The deposit was taken not merely reserved from credit card. This meant additional charges from card provider. This should be made clear when booking.

Pros: Top service 👌

Pros: Long check in queue. Long wait for deposit return…still not received Car not what was ordered. Badly scratched. Didn’t handle very well.

Pros: Renting a car is often painful and slow in my experience. Hence very pleasantly surprised to find very friendly check-in staff with efficient pick up and drop off.

Pros: Everything

Cons: Nothing

Pros: Staff were helpful.

Pros: Friendly and helpful staff

Cons: Queue at the collection desk was very long

Pros: Very quick at collection

Cons: Car was very sluggish and very under powered for a medium size vehicle.

Cons: Waited for over an hour at the airport Topcar desk!

Pros: Fast, efficient. No issues.

Pros: Very happy with service *

Cons: * Only negative is that we are still waiting for our deposit to be refunded. (The rep checked the car over and was very happy with it).

Pros: Good car in good condition. Swift service. We had choice to wait for a car we have chosen or get a different (same class but not automatic) with some bonuses right away. We choosed To wait. Service was very clear and helpful.

Pros: Hassle-free, online ordering, easy pick up and drop

Cons: Small office, many people in queue resulted in long wait time for car

Pros: All good fast and efficient

Cons: Nothing it was all good

Pros: Very professional

Cons: When you pick up the car the charge extra,another insurance that don’t tell you from the beginning

Pros: Everything

Cons: Everything

Pros: Chip on windscreen. Car didn’t drive too smoothly.

Pros: Price over value.

Cons: We arrived a bit late at the airport and I was given confused information to where I should pick up the car in the park. Should be easier to spot the car rental slots in the park from the moment we leave the airport arrivals terminal.

Pros: Very easy to use agent very friendly

Pros: Friendly professional service

Cons: Unavoidable - wait time to collect car was long, but this is to be expected when you have several people landing at the same time all trying to collect their cars. The 2 representatives dealt with the queue as quickly as possible.

Pros: They were in the terminal rather than the bus which was great

Pros: It’s all easy and efficient

Cons: Car could be cleaner

Pros: Good service, slick and efficient

Cons: Nothing

Pros: Car very good, staff very good

Pros: Short queue at pick up desk. Quickly processed and on our way

Pros: Good car very clean throughout highly recommended

Cons: The issue about buying their full insurance cover when I had already take full cover with discover car

Pros: Excellent all round, will definitely use again!

Cons: The engine light was on the whole time, even if it wasn't an issue for us

Pros: Facilidad

Cons: Luz de cruce izquierda averiada y falta de documentación del vehículo a bordo.

Pros: Value for money

Cons: Attitude of staff at TopCar! Rude, ignorant and condescending

Pros: They answered my query quickly.

Cons: They provided a car without a radio arial, so we had no access to a radio during our stay! I contacted the Top Car office who stated they would provide another car (a 1 hour and a 1/2 round trip plus the waiting to get sorted of our holiday)which I thought was unreasonable. I asked if they would deliver a car to us and said they would but would take the £700 deposit which I thought was unacceptable so didn’t push the issue any further.

Pros: Decent car and easy to pick up and drop off.

Cons: Only problem was a few scratches and a bit dirty. The scratches were not marked on the diagram so had to take pictures.

Pros: Desk office inside the airport

Cons: Received an other car. The girl that give us the baby seats for our children has been very impolite

Pros: Top car was good, discover cars was useless

Cons: Discover car

Pros: Very easy and quick.

Pros: There was a car available.

Cons: The car was old and didn't work properly.

Pros: Easy to access and positive staff.

Cons: Nothing we didn't like.

Pros: it was ok

Cons: car, quality of car, was promised Toyota and i got fiat ( can you see the difference)

Pros: Very efficient and helpful staff.

Pros: Efficient Allowed use of 2nd driver's bank card

Cons: Advice? Book car on arrival, NOT through a broker like 'Discovercars'. There are plenty of decent companies like TopCar to choose from!!

Pros: Simple no fuss service

Cons: Pick up times were too long

Cons: Car a little underpowered

Cons: Not the car I booked.

Cons: We spent more than 1 hour in rental agent

Pros: Quick pickup, right in the terminal. Reasonable insurance.

Cons: Car was pretty dirty and pretty beat up. Kinda given for the island, cleaning the interior windows should be automatic. A wash and a vacuum would have been nice.

Cons: They don't block the deposit amount on your credit card, they charge it, so when you get it back, you get less money because of currency exchat charges. Long story short I lost aroung £50 because of that.

Pros: The service provided by topcar was one of the best I have ever experienced. The staff at both the collection and drop off were extremely professional and helpful. If I have the opportunity I will definitely use them again.

Cons: Nothing

Pros: Staff are professional, polite and friendly. Efficient service.

Cons: Car was clean but it needed further cleaning, for example steering wheel. They should provide with a mobile phone holder.

Pros: All worked well after long queue at airport desk.

Cons: Excessively long wait at in-terminal pick-up desk, perhaps because of being lunchtime and/or difficult customers ahead of me.

Pros: Car was dirty when I picked it up.

Pros: Quick service and no hustle with return. Roll down the ramp on the way to airport and done.

Cons: All cars should have tinted back windows considering the location as it is sunny every day but I guess it is standard for all rentals so not really a complaint, rather preference.

Pros: Efficient

Cons: The car pick up queue was quite long so it took us a while but it might have just been a particularly busy day

Pros: Very very good

Pros: everything!!

Cons: nothing!

Pros: Quick service on the service desk. Helpful guys at the parking when we picked up our car.

Cons: We received another car that was mentioned at the document by service manager at the service desk. And lady at the parking cannot find the car))). At the end everything was good. The car was clean but windshield of the car was old, there was a lot of glare and it was difficult to drive driving during sunny hours.

Pros: It was all good.

Pros: Polite and efficient customer service

Pros: Good car, easy quick return

Cons: Time spent picking up the car was around 40 min

Pros: Polite and professional staff. Ease of booking.

Pros: Liked their service , taking for 5th time , this time we didn't take extra insurance and they blocked 900 euro - be ready for that , 5 business day to unlock money

Cons: Idk, always good and kinda cheap had the cheapest car there fiat 500 and Suzuki sx4- all the best quality

Pros: On airport Easy pick up and drop off

Cons: Abrupt staff in reception in airport

Pros: Quick and efficient

Pros: Efficient

Cons: Efficient

Pros: Quick and efficient at check in desk. Friendly staff

Cons: No written confirmation when returning car to confirm deposit would be returned. Car had lots of damage on collection but not listed on contract I had to sign. Car condition not good.

Pros: good service

Cons: all was good

Cons: Waited for 2 hours to be served. The queues where huge and there was insufficient staffing levels at the two desks in the airport

Pros: It’s was easy and efficient the whole process.

Cons: The car could have been a bit newer as the windows in the back didn’t work but we got by with the noise.

Pros: Efficient, polite and friendly given we had to upgrade on arrival in the rental area due to increased numbers of our party

Cons: Rear set of seats would not latch in position.

Pros: Professional, quick, speaking English

Pros: Initially, v good at desk, but all went downhill once we got to car collection!

Cons: We were given the completely wrong car! It didnt match the paperwork, was damaged, dirty, lacking fuel, and because it was the wrong car we couldnt get out of the car park. We were contacted the following day by Top Car asking us which car we had?????? They had no idea?

Cons: Taking deposit instead of just holding amount

Cons: I got smaller car what I ordered but was a brand new

Pros: Efficiency

Cons: The car was an older model but still good value for money

Pros: Very quick and efficient pick up

Cons: Desk queues extremely long

Pros: Great car, fast pickup/drop-off. No issues during the rental.

Cons: Difficult to refill fuel to original level. Would be better if cars were provided with a full fuel tank.

Pros: All good

Cons: Nothing-it's a car rental!

Pros: Nothing

Cons: Everything

Cons: The car was not very clean, high mileage and A/C did not work. Had to return it next day and exchange for working model.

Pros: Very efficient service at the airport.

Cons: The car had a lot of superficial damage and the hire company took the deposit and didn't simply block the amount from my credit card, costing me a £20 transaction charge.

Pros: Hassle free, desk easy to find in the airport.

Cons: Harder to find on the parking lot, the wait at the airport desk was WAY too long!

Pros: Top arrangement

Cons: Everything went smootly

Cons: The air conditioning didn't work and the only option to replace the car was to drive back to the airport to get a new one. In my opinion, bad service.

Pros: nothing! also when returning I was asked to go and hover the car for sand or face a fine. I explained I had the premium insurance and nothing. 100% will not be using and will be raising a complaint

Cons: felt lied too and force to pay the addition insurance or leave the large deposit. if it is a 3rd party they have the duty of care to communicate and not miss-sell.

Pros: Gyors, egyszerű, pontos.

Cons: Nincs ilyen.

Cons: Paperwork advised the fuel tank was 7/8 full, however, upon collecting the car, the tank was only half full. I was not given the opportunity to check the fuel level prior to signing the paperwork and therefore paid for approximately £20 of petrol that I did not use.

Pros: Trunk was super small for SUV. Couldn’t fit 4 bags :)

Pros: Very dast

Cons: Nothing

Pros: Friendly and helpful staff

Cons: No water in washer bottles!

Pros: Easy to collect and drop off. Very useful that car had Apple CarPlay. It would be good to be able to request cars with this feature when booking.

Cons: Few dents in the car but this wasn’t really a problem.

Pros: Friendly and amazingly quick for both pickup and dropoff, never experienced a faster service for either.

Pros: Good English. Efficient clear and fast.

Cons: Car very badly scratched scuffed bumped and damaged

Pros: Fast and efficient

Cons: Het mega lange wachten om de auto op te halen, ruim 1 1/2 uur bij de balie gestaan, de dame werkte zo tergend langzaam en niet efficiënt. En er werd gezegd alle kosten zijn inbegrepen maar of je nog wel even je eigen risico wilt afbetalen. Je vult thuis alle gegevens in inclusief creditcard en rijbewijs gegevens, of je bij de balie dit schriftelijk weer wilt doen. En dan gaat de dame handmatig alles verwerken in de pc, of een wel erg langzaam tempo.

Pros: Agents was rude. Did not help when I showed him I had a written email confirming the free additional driver

Pros: Easy to find

Cons: long que to pick up car

Cons: We were told if we didn’t take extra insurance we’d have to leave a £500 deposit. We took the extra insurance. When we went to our car it was scuffed and dinted all around the car. We went to the staff and said we wanted it noting. He said have you taken the extra insurance? Yes we said. Then it’s fine don’t worry he said. All I can say is that if we didn’t take it, I dare say we would have been charged the deposit of £500.

Pros: Pick up and drop off was super easy. Great staff

Pros: I believe they are the best car rentals on the Canary Islands

Pros: They were very quick and easy to deal with. Surprisingly didn't try to upsell me incessantly like some other companies do

Cons: There wasn't much of an inspection when picking up the car so had to make sure to picture all the evidence myself as though bigger dents in the car were listed there was a lot of big scratches to the car that were not, they didn't question them when I returned so I assume they don't care much about scratches

Pros: Great service

Cons: 500€ deposit

Pros: Quick pickup

Cons: I had already paid for full insurance but was forced to either pay another jnsurance at the airport or accept a £500 deposit taken against my card

Pros: Once all the paperwork was done, they got us into our rental car quickly and on our way

Cons: The car had a small dent and a few marks on it. Which was fine as we took a video of the car before we left the airport.

Pros: fast service

Pros: Perfect service

Cons: Cheap car

Pros: All, perfect car, Office position in the airport, car position in the airport….realy fast in operation

Pros: Everything was OK and the price was reasonable

Cons: The long line :(

Pros: Free child car seat

Pros: Very polite, friendly and helpful staff! Everything was quick, smooth and easy. Good car! We decided from now- Top car is our favourite company we will use them services everywhere it’s possible.

Cons: Everything was perfect 👍

Pros: Easy pick up....easy drop off....

Pros: Super easy pick up and drop off. Car was perfectly adequate for what we needed. Would use again.

Pros: Bad customer service to date

Cons: Didnt get the car I paid for, paid more for an automatic and got a manual as the car was not available when we arrived at the airport. I did complain and got told I would receive no compensation despite paying more and getting less of a service and car. Recommend not using this company if you can avoid it!!!!

Cons: Was supposed to be a VW, got a Dacia (not an equivalent in my book) was the worst car I've ever driven, red fault light came on after 2 days, they wouldn't believe it was a red light, had to drive it back to the airport, 60km round trip and ended up with a Peugeot (again not a VW in my book)

Pros: Nothing tbh

Cons: Being overcharged. Condition, car type and age of vehicle.

Pros: Convenient pick up point and helpful staff

Cons: Very long queue to pick up. Also we queued for about 10 minutes in the arrival hall behind several other people. It was only when they gradually moved away we could see a small sign on the desk saying to go around to the other side of the kiosk. We then had to join the very long queue on the other side.

Pros: Very easy.. Our vacation startet instant

Pros: Everything was fine, staff were excellent, car was good, a bit scuffed in places.

Cons: Insurance arrangements are always confusing, I bought full insurance when booking but staff tried to sell me something extra. Don't undertsand why I had to sign a E500 deposit. It all feels like a scam to get us to buy something we don't need and makes car hire more difficult than it should be. It makes me feel suspicious of companies - actually all of them, not just you.

Pros: Disliked their attitude.

Cons: Car was damaged all round. Sun visor dropped off broken. Topcar rep said she did not understand, when I took it in the office in my hands. Changed car, with just the same body damage all around.

Pros: Short quee. Good contact with personal.

Cons: Not so clean. Wrong measure on the fuel note.

Pros: No long quee.

Cons: -

Pros: Almost no line in the airport. Quite quick process of getting the car and leaving it. Very professional and kind personnel . The vehicle was in a very good shape.

Cons: extra insurance to travel to other islands. Cicar allowes to travel between canary islands with no extra pay. And in general Cicar gives better offer on the vehicle plus insurance. But this is my second awesome experiense with TopCar and I will stay with you guys!!! thank you very much for excellent service in car rent field....

Pros: We made a mistake with our starting date and the company sorted the problem our very efficiently.

Pros: Everything ok with car but there was 0 washer fluid which was an issue with all the wind and sand

Pros: Speed

Cons: Did not advise of bumps and scratches although when asked they confirmed that they had been noted.

Pros: Friendly attitude

Cons: The warning sign “air pollution” came on 3 days after receival of the car. We contacted and informed a representative of the rental car agency. We were allowed to keep driving nu

Pros: Great service and overall experience.

Cons: Long queue to pick up the car (few flights landing). Tank was 6/8 which is impossible to return correctly. The windows fluid was empty

Pros: We got to push our return time onwards an hour, counter desk staff was very nice

Pros: Super fast check in and check out

Pros: Fast and efficient service

Cons: Nothing

Pros: after the formalities were completed (this initial administrative phase has taken some time), picking up the car in the parking area was superfast.

Cons: the car had many scratches and dents - well, we had the full insurance but the pleasure to drive such a car was lost

Pros: Car was a bit of a wreck but did the job

Pros: Generally efficient but they did allocate a car, which they gave me paperwork for but wasn't in car oak when I went to get it! As a result got an upgraded car.

Cons: The promise of an almost instant refund of my deposit which has yet to materialise.

Pros: Excellent thank you

Pros: It was easy and like I said, a solid contract.

Cons: The fact that I had to pay more then €60 for a second driver. I should be included for a holiday. The shape of the car was not that good. Lots of scratches and the roof (we had a soft top convertible) had 2 holes in it. That is not €500 worthy

Pros: Quick and efficient

Pros: Efficient and fast.

Cons: The car was in bad condition. The clutch needs urgently to be replaced. Body work terrible. No windscreen water. Very dirty. A real old banger!

Pros: liked the speed and ease of maintenance, girl in reception very friendly.

Cons: I didn’t like the dirty car, the car had a completely broken chassis. I paid quite a lot of money to get such a bad car

Pros: Superfast and easy process, nice representatives. 10 out of 10 rate customer service

Pros: Lots of cars available. Car was in good condition and worked well.

Cons: Office staff were slow and not particularly friendly.

Pros: Quick easy & efficient

Cons: Don't refund your deposit straight away not good when you have £500 tied up 😒

Pros: I thought the luggage space would be bigger from eve description

Pros: Nice that they give extra driver for free. Have used many’s times. No problems ever.

Pros: East process

Cons: Expensive very basic car

Pros: Always polite and prompt

Cons: Nothing not to like

Pros: I liked that you could add another driver free of charge and car seats for children also as those add ons were quite pricey with other companies I'd looked at.

Cons: Nothing.

Pros: Great service,

Cons: A bit of a que to return the vehicle

Pros: They did help on transferring a new van to me, but not after thinking I was lying about the first van having an engine fault.

Pros: The car was available at the airport and it was not too busy either. I preferred that agent offered me additional insurance but did not push for it.

Cons: There was no information shared about the existing damage on the car, this is kept on the system and not shared with the rental customer which is silly. I had to take pictures of all scratches and dents instead of getting them all on a paper and look at exceptions. The cars were not very clean on the outside and the wiper did not clean the glass properly.

Pros: Friendly staff who were tentative and kind.

Cons: MONEY STOLEN FROM ME, I had money stolen from me when I left a deposit. I was charged £736 taken as a deposit and they returned £562 and tried to claim it was a fluctuation in the euro! See you in court!

Pros: close to the terminal

Cons: nothing

Pros: The gentleman who took the car ba k said everything was fine we didn’t even use the car as myself and husband were poorly on holiday

Pros: Great rep, very straight forward pick up/drop off

Cons: The car was awful, dozens of knocks and dents and dirty

Pros: Easy to find, swift, helpful staff.

Cons: All good.

Pros: Fast and simple service. No hard upselling of additional insurance etc.

Cons: Our Fiat 500 was relatively cheap - so no real complaints, but the clutch was close to failure (having done less than 46k km mileage), plus there was a cigarette burn on the drivers seat when we collected the car.

Pros: the desk was easy to find and the staff were very friendly and efficient. I was offered an upgrade for more money, which I declined. I also decline their insurance because I had my own. The was no sales pressure in either case. I would definitely use again

Pros: My second time renting with them, friendly and efficient.

Pros: Easy drop off

Cons: Car was not what was ordered. No childrens car seats when I asked for 2. No washer fluid. Emergency light on

Pros: It was right there at the airport, competitively priced and straightforward.

Cons: Can't think of anything I didn't like

Pros: Friendly and helpful staff, nice new clean cars

Cons: Not applicable

Pros: Fairly quick dropoff

Cons: The car itself. Lots of dents, wouldn't class it as a C£ or eqivilent.

Pros: Asked once if I wanted the full cover insurance which I declined because I'd already got cover in place.

Cons: Kiosk in arrivals had two operators, and around 10 people waiting in the queue. We later discovered there were operators in the exit of arrivals but we was never called round, we were left to wait.

Pros: Easy to find, fast with the paperwork

Pros: All went nice, quick and easy.

Pros: Once we got to the desk the Team there were extremely helpful.

Cons: Minor niggle, because my credit card was swiped for deposit (200 Euro) this was actually put through rather than just held. This resulted in me having to pay transaction charges when the deposit was reimbursed (which was done quickly) of 10.50 GBP which was not expected.

Pros: Great little car

Cons: The over 1 hour of waiting at checkin desk for car key

Pros: The agent I picked up the car from receives 5 stars from me for her excellent service. The other agents involved after I decided the extend the hire rental 0 stars.

Cons: Do not take advantage from a returning customer by charging them a higher rate from the initial daily rental. Keep the same rental especially when you have a lot of cars still waiting to go out and be rented. DISSAPOINTED !

Pros: Car was swapped relatively easily

Cons: They should have brought replacement car to us & not given us a car that was not fit for purpose

Pros: Smooth collection and drop off. Good English spoken . Clear carpark signs . Value for money

Pros: Quick and very helpful

Cons: Slightly old and dented car, but it did the job. Also the booster seas weren't very clean

Pros: after slight damage to car they have been very helpful

Pros: Drop off was relatively easy

Cons: They didn’t accept my full coverage, the person was not pleasant ( she really didn’t want to be there ) , the whole pick up took so long …very disappointing and frustrating to be forced to pay twice for coverage!!!

Pros: Nothing

Cons: The car was a cheap budget car with very basic engine and terrible suspension and steering in the corners. Also was very dirty when picked up and full with scratches and damages.

Cons: A more efficient collection. In this day and age, paperwork should be gone and it should be tablet based. Uploading of ID and details of where you are staying could easily be obtained prior to the trip. Would speed up the collection process. An hour spent in a queue after travelling all day is the last thing you want to do.

Pros: Easy pick up and even easier drop off. Cars situated right at the airport. Car was clean and reliable. We opted for an upgrade at a very reasonable rate. Deposit was returned promptly.

Cons: Initially the rental agents did not review the vehicle condition with me which worried me. In the end there was no issues so it was fine.

Pros: No hassle at the return

Cons: Very slow to collect- big queue

Pros: The price

Cons: The wait to pick it up and the condition of the car. It wasnt even the car we had booked.

Pros: Nothing, will never use this company again

Cons: There was No Service , we spent two hours by picking the car. After that five hours by calling the company as the car they rent was broken. They offer as new car but let as to risk our lives to drive this car to airport again without breaks. The company break our holiday. The worse experience we had with car rental company. No manger’s, staff was very bad they didn’t listen us and shut the conversation millions of times when we called them. Also unsafe , old and dirty toddler car seat.

Pros: Very easy to find and get served

Cons: Nothing

Pros: A long queue at the airport!far

Cons: Far too expensive and will affect people/families from renting.

Pros: Friendly

Cons: Not the best value for money

Pros: Easy check in, offered extra insurance but not needed and wasn’t pushy. Easy return and someone there to check the car, which isn’t always the case elsewhere.

Pros: The service was ok

Cons: The price paid was double what I used to pay before the covid pandemic.

Cons: Disgusting company to deal with, car was a death trap. Tracking off in the car, window's we’re filthy on the inside, driving at night was very very difficult! Warning lights on in the car. I searched for the light on the internet and it said serious electrical fault pull over an do not continue your journey, spoke to topcar who sed it’s a service light don’t worry, I work with cars an this is a joke of a response, they wanted €150 to collect ‘their’ faulty car. They would not budge on this

Pros: Yes

Cons: They were very helpful

Pros: Fine

Cons: Waiting for 90 minits

Cons: See above , not refunded full deposit amount even though already took out extra insurance cover. Also didn’t have a record of some damage and would have been charged for it if didn’t have own photos to proof was present at collection.

Pros: Very friendly chap at pickup

Cons: Horrific queues. Took 90 minutes of queuing before we got seen! Absolutely awful.

Pros: Helpfull

Cons: We needed for a car change because of a deffected wheele( we picked up the car with it) and we got the second car less fuel than full.

Cons: Queue was horrific and car was awful.

Cons: Top Car provided a dirty car, their customer service is extremely unhelpful and unfriendly. For example, comments such as "It is your baby you put in the car seat" are just rude. Further, they provided a car that did not work properly. Less than 24 hours after hiring the car, it would not start. They sent a replacement car and have now charged me, essentially charging me for 2 cars because the first one they sent was no good.

Pros: Service staff excellent

Cons: Very busy arrivals took 2 hrs to get car

Pros: Very efficient apart from the queue to pay

Cons: The long wait in the queue to pay

Cons: The car was filthy inside and battered outside with rear door not shutting properly. Clutch was also on the way out.