Rental Car thread

[Submariner]

Kia Sportage in Denver.

It had the most god awful seats I've ever experienced in a road vehicle.  All four of us were complaining about how uncomfortable they were no later than half way between Denver and Colorado Springs.  I had a shooting pain up my leg after only an hour and a half.

Also, the cruise control accelerated, uncommanded, on two occasions.  Luckily the Kia's acceleration can be measured in epochs, so it wasn't a dangerous flaw, only a minor annoyance.

[12,000 RPM]

My friend just rented a 2018 Mustang GT Performance Pack with Recaros and 10spd he fucking loved it..  He booked "Mustang GT"

I want to keep a boring car and rent those kinds of cars for like 2 weeks at a time just for the fuck of it.

[veeman]

Don't they have strict mileage limits?  (renting Mustang GTs and the like). I don't think they're unlimited like most other rentals, especially from an airport.

[12,000 RPM]

I could drive my regular car to keep the miles off. Don't need to own a car to experience it. It's just too bad there aren't more choices to rent. I'd want to try something like a Miata or FR-S for a week or two. Maybe a month

[68_427]

Don't they have strict mileage limits?  (renting Mustang GTs and the like). I don't think they're unlimited like most other rentals, especially from an airport.

IIRC my friend had unlimited mileage.

[CaminoRacer]

I could drive my regular car to keep the miles off. Don't need to own a car to experience it. It's just too bad there aren't more choices to rent. I'd want to try something like a Miata or FR-S for a week or two. Maybe a month

Turo

[12,000 RPM]

Nothing here....

[Xer0]

Turo

I love me some Turo.  I'm eyeing a GT350 but not sure if I can justify 250 a day for one 

[68_427]

Nothing here....

Bro a couple months ago there was a GT350 on Turo in Charlotte.  It was black and for less than $300 a day

[Laconian]

Flying into the Bay Area late on a Monday.

I will definitely be stuck with the dregs. Will they bump me up to a nicer car than I deserve, or will I be driving a creepy RAM VAN for the duration of my business trip?

[93JC]

Repeated from the Driven Today Thread: (why I posted it there instead of here... I don't know )

Not driven 'today', but driven every day for the past week: brand new Toyota 4Runner SR5. I had reserved a "Standard SUV (Ford Edge or similar)" to make it easier to haul some stuff around for my sister's wedding and to shuttle my parents and other relatives around the Washington, DC area. Instead I got the 4Runner, which was so tall it was much more impractical than a midsized sedan or something like that.

If your intended purpose is to do some mild offroading the 4Runner felt like it would be more than competent. For everything else it was 'okay': 'okay' ride and handling, 'okay' power, etc. The worst thing about it is how much of a pig on gas it is. I drove a couple hundred miles over the course of the week and went through about 5/8 of a tank.

Oh, and I'm in Phoenix now, and rented an Audi A4 S-line for 10 days.

Really nice car so far. Far, far better than a Mercedes-Benz CLA250 4Matic, which was on offer by one of the other rental agencies for about the same money.

[Laconian]

An A4? How the fuck did you get that car? What company is this? How much are you paying?

[93JC]

https://www.silvercar.com/   :)

I'm paying about $59/day.

[Laconian]

After taxes, or before? That is a bit more than I pay, so I guess that's why I'm in Malibus and you're in Audis.

[Laconian]

Bah, no Silvercar at San Jose Airport.

Not worth it to deal with the SFO nightmare for an A4.

[93JC]

Before taxes. All told the 10-day cost is $800-850.

[2o6]

I have a new Impreza for $18 a day.

Full review soon.


I don't like it.

[Speed_Racer]

I have a new Impreza for $18 a day.

Full review soon.


I don't like it.

From the outside, they look like they'd be offensively bland to drive

[Laconian]

Your membership in the Gay Agenda is hereby revoked.

Please turn in your badge and your pink pistol.

[FoMoJo]

Before taxes. All told the 10-day cost is $800-850.

Hope you got your money's worth.

[2o6]

Your membership in the Gay Agenda is hereby revoked.

Please turn in your badge and your pink pistol.

We've talked about this; Gays drive VW Jettas.

[Laconian]

(glances at Subaru keyfob)

[2o6]

(glances at Subaru keyfob)

TBR's got a Jetta. 

[AutobahnSHO]

Lols.

I imagine unless you need better weather capability the Impreza is pretty bland compared to the cars you drive.

[giant_mtb]

Most newer Subarus I've driven are indeed bland to drive. They're not really touted as drivers' cars besides the WRX or STi, so it's not that bigga deal. I'm generally okay with bland in a basic DD.  I mean, I DD a Taco, so pretty much any car ends up feeling like a tight race car by comparison. 

[93JC]

Hope you got your money's worth.

The comfort of knowing exactly what I'm getting is great, which as I said about my rental in DC earlier this week was a pain in the ass when I got something far bigger than I wanted.

The Audi also includes nav (which one usually had to pay extra for, of course) and a WiFi hotspot, which makes it very easy to get around. It's fully loaded; a very nice drive. If I needed a car seat or a ski rack they'd throw it in for no additional cost.

[93JC]

Oh and the cost for the 4Runner was about $470 (US) for a week.

[2o6]

My Impreza was $128 for four days. It was a goddamn STEAL. Especially since I fully expected to get stuck with a Mirage.

[TBR]

TBR's got a Jetta. 

And a Subaru too...

[heelntoe]

https://www.silvercar.com/   :)

I'm paying about $59/day.

I need a rental car on Monday, so I checked them out. It's pretty neat that I can pick up an A4/Q5 for the price of an economy car out of the Newark, NJ airport.

Unfortunately, I need a one-way rental, so I ended up booking a regular economy car.