SAN
President's Club
Booked: Intermediate
Received: Ford Taurus (Premium)
This was my first time with Avis as a PC, and I'm reserving judgment. I only had the car for about 6 hours and 55 miles, so I really didn't care about the upgrade -- but... a Taurus is sort of the epitome of "meh". It's an okay car, but it doesn't excite me. Still, it worked, and the service was good (although my originally assigned car was completely blocked in, which sort of obviated the whole point of Preferred, since I had to hike to the counter and ask for a new vehicle).
I know the sigma of a Taurus, but the new one, especially the Limited model, is a great car. Compared to anything else in the Premium category at Avis (Grand Marquis?!?), I would take the Taurus. I've even taken it over a few cool cars (G25, 3 series, etc).