Originally Posted by
jwongathon
Hi all,
I rented an IFAR AT LAX on April 25, for a 11 day rental.
They gave me a 2WD 2014 Chevrolet Captiva with 6800 miles reading on the odometer. this adjusted to be 45$ off the total rental charge compared to my original IFAR price.
It came equipped and ready with Sirius Satellite Radio (all channels available) for free, and OnStar as well.
I imagine this is a new car that's why all of the extras are free due to free trials?
The car was essentially new, and was grateful for what I got on such a busy weekend at LAX.
Fuel economy did not compare to a Toyota, but the car had good oomph on it's 2.5L 182hp turbo charged engine when it wasn't on Eco mode.
Cheap economical car for a road trip in CA with USAA discount.
Taxes in with all under aged drivers ( 2 AAO's) for $482
Everything worked out.
Glad you liked it. I had one recently, and was rather indifferent to it. No amount of leather trim was going to get over the fact that the engine struck me as coarse and unrefined, and "good oomph" seemed somewhat lacking. At least the steering had some feel to it, unlike the RAV4.
Allow me (he says, putting his pedant's hat on) to correct you, though.
This is far from a new car. Launched in 2007 as the Opel/Vauxhall Antara in Europe, it was federalized to create the Saturn Vue. Soon after, Saturn was killed off, so to recoup some of the costs of Americanizing it, it was relaunched as a fleet sales only Chevy for the 2012 model year. 2014 MY year cars come only with Front Wheel Drive (the AWD option has been discontinued).
And the engine is 2.4 litres, not 2.5. And it is not turbo charged.
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