roadman3313

It all depends. I use the HLE in Berkeley sometimes and the Airport locations at OAK and SFO. I can say I get decent (not always nice) cars at SFO. There is just more of a pool for them to assign cars from. Some of the staff at OAK know me so it usually is fine. The selection is more limited and often times they can not swap cars (or won't) from HLE locations. At Berkeley the manager knows me so he usually tries to avoid the higher mileage cars, however often times that's all that they have. Cars with higher mileage cost less in depreciation for the HLE than a car with low miles as the airports are very hesitant sometimes to give those up. With that being said I was given a 2016 Dodge Charger SXT AWD with California plates and 18 miles on the ODO to drive one-way to an HLE in Portland, OR. He was very sad to say in the least to see the car go but he didn't want to give me an older "clunker" for the long drive too. OAK tends to feed the local HLE's the cars depending on the reserved needs for the day. OAK would rather keep the nicer cars but they are rotated as well.

All and all you can always call to ask the HLE or develop a relationship with them. That tends to go a long way and they can better prepare for your reservation and needs. Some might not care but others my try to go the extra mile for you. A lot of the old PCAR's I have seen phased out of the local area. I've mostly seen 2015 or 2016 Chrysler 300's as the PCAR at local HLE's, at least in the East Bay. Haven't seen an older Maxima in a long while.