Originally Posted by
ucfjoe
You really got me thinking about how many miles a rental car company would deem abusive. I wonder how they cost a car in terms of lost value? Obviously this isn't linear but let's say $.15/mile? So if you really do 300mi/day the car would loose $45 in value? Seems plausible. So tack on other overhead, financing costs/staff/taxes they would probably need to charge $65 (inclusive of all taxes) just to break even?
A few weeks back, I had a week long rental in a BMW 528i at IAH.
Due to the wrong Miles Out, when I returned the vehicle, it had me listed as having driven it 18,000+ miles, which flagged as "excessive mileage" and required me to go talk to the check in desk.
When I went to speak to her, she realized that it was just wrong miles out (more than likely I had driven it 400 miles), but she mentioned that >500 miles on a rental flags it as "excessive" and usually needs a check-in by the counter and not just in the return lane.