Originally Posted by
lazerphant
To be specific, the exact rental would be 16 days (we just re-arranged the itinerary).
I get the following quotes:
Hertz:
- Expedition: $2,108.49 (including $592 age differential)
- Explorer: $1,816.06 (including age differential)
Thrifty:
- Jeep Grand Cherokee: $1,442 + $25 per day underage fee (total approx $1900)
(the problem with Thrifty is that they give out a very low figure first, not including taxes and fees)
At these costs (divided per five passengers), I believe that it might be worth paying $300 for the comfort of the Expedition... But, again, I don't really know the vehicles...
I think if you see the size of an expedition you will realize you are driving an aircraft carrier. You will have room for all 5 of you plus all your gear and a pick up a few hitchhikers along the way.
Why don't you go to a car aggregator website (yahoo auto or something like that) and look up the cars you are interested in. you can make a quick spread sheet of those areas of the interior specifications that interest you. Here they are for a ford expedition
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http://autos.yahoo.com/ford_expediti...2-specs/?p=int)
Then compare those to the explorer
http://autos.yahoo.com/ford_explorer...4;_ylv=3?p=int
and perhaps a small car that you are familiar with.
http://autos.yahoo.com/volkswagen_pa...o-specs/?p=int