We know that saving up for a deposit takes too long and signing up to a loan or a lease is a hassle and stops you from changing your car when you want to.With Carly, you can find the car that suits your lifestyle and when things change, you can change the car to suit your lifestyle. Own the moment, not the car.Carly was born out of the knowledge gained through eight years of operating DriveMyCar, the car rental arm of our parent company Carly Holdings Limited (ASX:CL8). Specialising in long-term car rentals, we saw that more and more people were looking for a solution that had most of the advantages of car ownership without the commitment or hassle. Fast forward to today… and Carly has arrived!Carly connects the automotive manufacturers and dealers industry directly to car subscribers. We already work with many of Australia’s leading brands to provide a great range of cars.
Carly Australia (carly.co) has 63 customer reviews on Five Star Index, with an average rating of 1.1 out of 5.
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2026
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Absolute waste of money doesn’t do what its ment to and trying to get a refund is so hard there quick enough to take your money stay well clear dont waste your money ive sent email and emails and got no reply customer service is 💩
Response from Carly AustraliaAug 17, 2026
Hi Lee Morrow,
Thank you for your feedback. We believe this review may have been intended for another business with a similar name. We’re Carly Australia, a car subscription service, and the experience described doesn’t appear to relate to our business. Could you kindly move or remove your review?
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Mark B.
All Round Useless Service Still not…
All Round Useless Service Still not received - they've clearly taken the money - useless communications as thye just send out no reply it's with DHL messages - stay well clear of this company and stay well clear of DHL
Response from Carly AustraliaAug 17, 2026
Hi Mark,
Thank you for your feedback. We believe this review may have been intended for another business with a similar name. We’re Carly Australia, a car subscription service, and the experience described doesn’t appear to relate to our business. Could you kindly move or remove your review?
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Lord Bryan H.
Please don’t be fooled with Carly scammer is well name for this scam company
I paid £35.99 for a year subscription which ends on 29th September 2025, and then Carly took another payment without my consent for £28.99 and this end on the 17th November 2025 for the same purchase. I have contacted this scam company and all I have received is BS, I have instructed my solicitors to proceed with legal action also the conduct authority and ombudsman will also be notified of this criminal activity. peoples please keep clear from this company never again will I have anything to do with this third rate company.
Response from Carly AustraliaAug 17, 2026
Hi Lord Bryan Henry,
Thank you for your feedback. We believe this review may have been intended for another business with a similar name. We’re Carly Australia, a car subscription service, and the experience described doesn’t appear to relate to our business. Could you kindly move or remove your review?
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Cdbandit
Beware of offers as they do not honour them
Purchased an offer from their website which included a 'Free Scanner'. After a week or so, contacted Carly support to ask where the free scanner was. They then said I did mot purchase a scanner, despite me sending them a screenshot of the offer. Refused to refund as 'they don't do refunds' once purchased.
Dishonest company with underhand practices.
Response from Carly AustraliaAug 17, 2026
Hi Cdbandit ,
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David
DONT BUT A CARLY OBD READER …
My wife purchased the Carly via her e-mail as a present to me, however this in its self causes more problems, Carly say they can not transfer the item to another e-mail "its just not possible " they also didn't say whoever purchases it has to pay annually £122 .00 a subscription charge which is really difficult to cancel.
We tried to cancel and return the item "here is the scam " My wife paid £130 plus for the item of which the OBD scanner is only worth £13.00 the rest is a subscription charge not a purchase price which Carly say is not refundable, so you can buy something for £130 but only claim £13 within the 14 days this is the scam ! they don't lose, you cant contact them only via their online support which is designed not to work for you, they wont respond but they will send you a standard reply telling you to " Keep Safe " you can only respond once as they don't answer any following requests as they say they are still dealing with the first one ?? which they have closed . This is a scam they are providing something that on the hole looks good and would work well if you could access it , but its designed for failure for you at your cost , if you used this for 5 years its will cost you over £600 not including the purchase Price , sorry subscription charge . DONT BUY ONR POF THESE CARLY OBD READERS , this company has no morals, no customers service they will take your money leave you high and dry , still haven't had any response about my refund im now letting the bank deal with it.
Response from Carly AustraliaAug 17, 2026
Hi David,
Thank you for your feedback. We believe this review may have been intended for another business with a similar name. We’re Carly Australia, a car subscription service, and the experience described doesn’t appear to relate to our business. Could you kindly move or remove your review?
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Phil M.
Ne fonctionne sur aucun de mes…
Ne fonctionne sur aucun de mes vehicules INFINITI et PEUGEOT il est pourtant question du boitier "UNIVERSEL" ne se connecte meme pas a l application pourtant réinstallée Carly a la suite d emon commentaire me pose des questions mais en attendant nous jettons de l argent par les fenetres et deja une grosse deception avant meme que cela ne fonctionne ce a quoi je ne crois pas perte de confiance totale dans le produit qui semble bien capricieux sans garantir un fonctionnement optimal produit semblant faire beaucoup de promesses non tenue a en croire bon nombre de commentaires ...
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Jacci B.
Had no other option but to subscribe…
Had no other option but to subscribe for three months during an awful period after a family members death and huge pressure in life, thinking this would be the easy option. I'm also a disabled person (who can drive just fine thank you) who is often seen as a soft target, which is how I feel I've been treated by Carly head office. Local person was great, head office terrible. Just prior to Christmas my employer messed up a payment to me and I had to wait three days which meant my payment was going to be four days delayed. In the contract it says to let them know and you have 7 days grace. I get a very hostile email like I'm in breach, when I'm not. Then they take the money out of the only money I have for Christmas holidays, overdrawing my account and then put it back - too late, leaving me trying to pay for family Christmas shopping with savings. Then tone of emails is like it's my fault, when I was doing what a good customer does.
On return of vehicle the car has a fair wear and tear mark on the front bumper. Local contact generally verbally agrees it's fair wear and tear and I sign an iPhone with my signature, thinking it's just to say I've returned the car. I get a hostile email days later saying it's damage (it's honestly on the bumper, and it's either a stone chip or something like someone has nudged me with a shopping trolley). Get a hostile email talking about how it's damage and invoices will be coming, however after a long discussion when I dropped it off about how it was fair wear and tear, but head office would assess, signed document but was not shown contents of it. Hostile email upsets me so I ring and get told fair wear and tear is based on kms.
Ring about the industry, including experts in motor vehicle industry and none of them know about this idea and how on earth do you work that out? A car with 20kms can get a scratch on a bumper. And more to the point how two industry representatives thought ridiculous it is for the nature of the mark on the bumper (sent them photos). Arbitrary decision making and tough 'you signed agreement' email follows my concerns in writing - and I let them know I never saw what that agreement was, it was just my signature and I thought only to say I had returned it and that everything was okay. Again, local representative genuinely seems okay, but head office is terrible to deal with.
No meaningful negotiation and potentially exploiting those in need of a car. Other subscription leases are up to a 1/3 cheaper and can be sourced through your local car dealership where you don't have to deal with hostility and 'put the boot in' type customer service reminiscent of business tactics of the 1990's. Love my new lease provider and I even sent them the pictures and they were horrified at me being charged for what is fair wear and tear. Lodged complaints with consumer affairs and ACCC.
These car subscriptions will all end up in ACCC and ASIC like furniture rentals and other examples of companies taking advantage of people in need.
The online platform is often really hard to get to login and the booking process is complicated and lots of paperwork and to and for that I haven't experienced from other providers.
They have just sold on the debt to a debt collector, without any discussion of hardship on medical grounds and have ignored the fact it is going to VCAT. I had deleted this review, but the lack of provisions made for alternative payments or discussion of hardship is unconscionable practices and I think that should be a matter of public record.