Cars at YVR
Dec 20, 2009, 11:42 am
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Dec 20, 2009, 9:24 pm
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So a Volvo C30 or S40 falls into this class? Interesting. National YVR had Premium / Luxury spaces filled with these Friday evening.
Ron.
Jan 24, 2010, 1:36 am
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Saturday around 11:30 AM
Apparantly YVR is now an Emerald Aisle/Executive Selection location. As you leave the Rental Car Centre, the right hand side is EA, and the left is ES. There are also a few ER stalls on the left side of various categories. Economy and Compact rentals are, I guess, now handled by the counter.
EA
Hyundai Accent
Tons of 4-cyl Dodge Avengers
Few Nissan Sentras
Two Toyota Corollas with roll-up windows
Hyundai Sonata
ES
More 4-cyl Avengers
Nissan Altima
Couple of Dodge Grand Caravans
Chrysler PT Cruiser
SUV
Hyundai Santa Fe
Bunch of Jeep Commanders
Fullsize SUV
More Jeep Commanders
Luxury (at the far end of left side)
Volvo C30 with the keys locked in it
2007 Volvo S40 in "power-save mode" due to low battery
There's also a bunch of regular numbered National stalls to the left of the EA/ES (towards Alamo). They had an assortment of vehicles, many of them US-plated. I noticed a couple of Focuses, a Rondo, and nothing else to write home about. I'll post more about my YVR experience in a separate thread when I have the energy tomorrow.
EA
Hyundai Accent
Tons of 4-cyl Dodge Avengers
Few Nissan Sentras
Two Toyota Corollas with roll-up windows
Hyundai Sonata
ES
More 4-cyl Avengers
Nissan Altima
Couple of Dodge Grand Caravans
Chrysler PT Cruiser
SUV
Hyundai Santa Fe
Bunch of Jeep Commanders
Fullsize SUV
More Jeep Commanders
Luxury (at the far end of left side)
Volvo C30 with the keys locked in it
2007 Volvo S40 in "power-save mode" due to low battery
There's also a bunch of regular numbered National stalls to the left of the EA/ES (towards Alamo). They had an assortment of vehicles, many of them US-plated. I noticed a couple of Focuses, a Rondo, and nothing else to write home about. I'll post more about my YVR experience in a separate thread when I have the energy tomorrow.
Last edited by Tuneman1984; Jan 31, 2010 at 10:23 am
Jan 24, 2010, 12:52 pm
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Don't forget we're also the land of base model cloth 300s as luxury cars. I've never seen a G8 up here and it's been ages since I've seen even a DTS, let alone the CTS or STS.
Jan 31, 2010, 10:34 am
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Saturday around 11:30 AM
I was actually booked with Alamo to keep it cheap, but I thought I'd peruse the Aisle to see if there was anything interesting. Note that I've updated the first post to reflect the new aisle layout.
Emerald Aisle
All Dodge Avengers
Executive Selection
Few more Dodge Avengers
2 Nissan Altimas (brand new 2010s)
Volvo S40
Volco C30
Midsize
2 Nissan Sentras (also brand new 2010s)
Couple of Mitsubishi Lancers (may have been one on EA too)
Dodge Avengers
Fullsize
Dodge Avengers
May have been something else but I forget now... (probably Sonata or Altima)
SUV
Jeep Commanders
Fullsize SUV
Jeep Commanders
Luxury
3 Volvo S40 (the one I peeked into had only 132 km on it)
I looked at Alamo's row and spotted the Suzuki SX4 I was likely to get for my Compact booking. I cancelled at the Alamo desk and snagged the C30 off the Aisle. Let this mark the first time in history that, at a Canadian location, I selected an upgraded car from the correct area, and was ACTUALLY allowed to rent it! :-::-::-:
Emerald Aisle
All Dodge Avengers
Executive Selection
Few more Dodge Avengers
2 Nissan Altimas (brand new 2010s)
Volvo S40
Volco C30
Midsize
2 Nissan Sentras (also brand new 2010s)
Couple of Mitsubishi Lancers (may have been one on EA too)
Dodge Avengers
Fullsize
Dodge Avengers
May have been something else but I forget now... (probably Sonata or Altima)
SUV
Jeep Commanders
Fullsize SUV
Jeep Commanders
Luxury
3 Volvo S40 (the one I peeked into had only 132 km on it)
I looked at Alamo's row and spotted the Suzuki SX4 I was likely to get for my Compact booking. I cancelled at the Alamo desk and snagged the C30 off the Aisle. Let this mark the first time in history that, at a Canadian location, I selected an upgraded car from the correct area, and was ACTUALLY allowed to rent it! :-::-::-:
Jan 31, 2010, 11:02 am
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I was actually booked with Alamo to keep it cheap, but I thought I'd peruse the Aisle to see if there was anything interesting. Note that I've updated the first post to reflect the new aisle layout.
Emerald Aisle
All Dodge Avengers
Executive Selection
Few more Dodge Avengers
2 Nissan Altimas (brand new 2010s)
Volvo S40
Volco C30
Midsize
2 Nissan Sentras (also brand new 2010s)
Couple of Mitsubishi Lancers (may have been one on EA too)
Dodge Avengers
Fullsize
Dodge Avengers
May have been something else but I forget now... (probably Sonata or Altima)
SUV
Jeep Commanders
Fullsize SUV
Jeep Commanders
Luxury
3 Volvo S40 (the one I peeked into had only 132 km on it)
I looked at Alamo's row and spotted the Suzuki SX4 I was likely to get for my Compact booking. I cancelled at the Alamo desk and snagged the C30 off the Aisle. Let this mark the first time in history that, at a Canadian location, I selected an upgraded car from the correct area, and was ACTUALLY allowed to rent it! :-::-::-:
Emerald Aisle
All Dodge Avengers
Executive Selection
Few more Dodge Avengers
2 Nissan Altimas (brand new 2010s)
Volvo S40
Volco C30
Midsize
2 Nissan Sentras (also brand new 2010s)
Couple of Mitsubishi Lancers (may have been one on EA too)
Dodge Avengers
Fullsize
Dodge Avengers
May have been something else but I forget now... (probably Sonata or Altima)
SUV
Jeep Commanders
Fullsize SUV
Jeep Commanders
Luxury
3 Volvo S40 (the one I peeked into had only 132 km on it)
I looked at Alamo's row and spotted the Suzuki SX4 I was likely to get for my Compact booking. I cancelled at the Alamo desk and snagged the C30 off the Aisle. Let this mark the first time in history that, at a Canadian location, I selected an upgraded car from the correct area, and was ACTUALLY allowed to rent it! :-::-::-:
Was about the same when I picked up @ 4pm. I took an S40 with leather and 104km from the ES.
Ron.
Jan 31, 2010, 1:53 pm
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Jan 31, 2010, 3:10 pm
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Jan 31, 2010, 3:36 pm
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Jan 31, 2010, 6:05 pm
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Jan 31, 2010, 7:06 pm
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