What's the highest mileage vehicle from National that you ever drove?
Aug 5, 2012, 4:28 pm
#1
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What's the highest mileage vehicle from National that you ever drove?
I'll start , It was a Mazda 6 from YTZ with 26k km on it. The lowest was an Infiniti G37X with 150 kilometres on it at YYZ. Most of my rentals are between 2k and 10k.
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Aug 6, 2012, 12:24 am
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I just scanned through my itineraries, and I've had a handful of cars with between 25k and 26k out the gate. All were Chevrolets (one Malibu, the rest Impalas).
However, I did manage to find one outlier -- a Murano picked up from SF Union Square in 2009 -- that had 32,245 miles on it when I picked it up!
To National's credit, I've rented many more cars with <500mi than with >20k. My record low is 2.
However, I did manage to find one outlier -- a Murano picked up from SF Union Square in 2009 -- that had 32,245 miles on it when I picked it up!
To National's credit, I've rented many more cars with <500mi than with >20k. My record low is 2.
Aug 6, 2012, 6:11 am
#5
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Hmm. There are similar threads in the Avis and especially Hertz forums, but apparently none here in the National forum? I thought we had one a while ago.
In any case, 2012 Chevrolet Sonic, picked up from Seattle Downtown with 20,047 mi, returned to Boston Logan with 23,286 mi. It was their only compact, I got a decent paid one-way cross country rate when I booked a year ago, and I'm not one to switch cars out unnecessarily, especially since Seattle Airport was out of my way.
In any case, 2012 Chevrolet Sonic, picked up from Seattle Downtown with 20,047 mi, returned to Boston Logan with 23,286 mi. It was their only compact, I got a decent paid one-way cross country rate when I booked a year ago, and I'm not one to switch cars out unnecessarily, especially since Seattle Airport was out of my way.
Aug 6, 2012, 8:06 am
#8
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Most likely because, in most cases, we're able to select our car among several choices on the EA or ES. I know I've seen cars with ~20K miles on the aisle but I've quickly found something else with a lot less wear.
Aug 6, 2012, 10:19 am
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68K km on a Mexican VW Jetta, and before I had gone a mile I could tell every km had been hard. All the German precision had been beaten out of it.
The Emerald Aisle concept at ~60 U.S. + Canada airport locations does allow frequent renters to avoid the worst of the high mileage cars, as noted.
The Emerald Aisle concept at ~60 U.S. + Canada airport locations does allow frequent renters to avoid the worst of the high mileage cars, as noted.
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Aug 8, 2012, 8:11 pm
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In reverse order:
7/9: 30373 DAL
6/6: 6735 SLC
6/4: 3461 CLE
5/25: 4226 BUF
3/26: 764 TPA
3/19: 7355 BDL
3/5: 17037 GSP
2/27: 3718 ONT
2/20: 6899 ONT
2/6: 8265 SMF
1/29: 9852 PHL
1/9: 19167 DAL
11/28/11: 3 MCI
11/8 : 2967 BUF
10/31: 1017 SLC
10/16: 2500 CID
10/10: 400 PDX
Looks pretty good except for DAL
10/6/2010: 2 TPA
9/23/2010: 2 SMF
Odd. I went back through all of 2010 and my very last rental at Dallas was the highest.
7/9: 30373 DAL
6/6: 6735 SLC
6/4: 3461 CLE
5/25: 4226 BUF
3/26: 764 TPA
3/19: 7355 BDL
3/5: 17037 GSP
2/27: 3718 ONT
2/20: 6899 ONT
2/6: 8265 SMF
1/29: 9852 PHL
1/9: 19167 DAL
11/28/11: 3 MCI
11/8 : 2967 BUF
10/31: 1017 SLC
10/16: 2500 CID
10/10: 400 PDX
Looks pretty good except for DAL
10/6/2010: 2 TPA
9/23/2010: 2 SMF
Odd. I went back through all of 2010 and my very last rental at Dallas was the highest.
Aug 9, 2012, 4:03 pm
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In reverse order:
7/9: 30373 DAL
6/6: 6735 SLC
6/4: 3461 CLE
5/25: 4226 BUF
3/26: 764 TPA
3/19: 7355 BDL
3/5: 17037 GSP
2/27: 3718 ONT
2/20: 6899 ONT
2/6: 8265 SMF
1/29: 9852 PHL
1/9: 19167 DAL
11/28/11: 3 MCI
11/8 : 2967 BUF
10/31: 1017 SLC
10/16: 2500 CID
10/10: 400 PDX
Looks pretty good except for DAL
10/6/2010: 2 TPA
9/23/2010: 2 SMF
Odd. I went back through all of 2010 and my very last rental at Dallas was the highest.
7/9: 30373 DAL
6/6: 6735 SLC
6/4: 3461 CLE
5/25: 4226 BUF
3/26: 764 TPA
3/19: 7355 BDL
3/5: 17037 GSP
2/27: 3718 ONT
2/20: 6899 ONT
2/6: 8265 SMF
1/29: 9852 PHL
1/9: 19167 DAL
11/28/11: 3 MCI
11/8 : 2967 BUF
10/31: 1017 SLC
10/16: 2500 CID
10/10: 400 PDX
Looks pretty good except for DAL
10/6/2010: 2 TPA
9/23/2010: 2 SMF
Odd. I went back through all of 2010 and my very last rental at Dallas was the highest.
Aug 9, 2012, 7:40 pm
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Wow, what a difference from Hertz where I've regularly gotten over 30K.
My lowest is 3 (MCO) and my highest 31K (ORD). Average in the low teens, it seems. I also don't go out of my way to select based on mileage.
My lowest is 3 (MCO) and my highest 31K (ORD). Average in the low teens, it seems. I also don't go out of my way to select based on mileage.