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Originally Posted by GW McLintock
(Post 36938631)
Damn. I should've taken the Charger when I was there two weeks ago. Is it red or white?
-J. |
Status: PP
Location: ICT Booked: intermediate Offered: Nissan Altima (NO NO NO) "...but it's a 'full-size!'" "NO". Received: below Ended up with a RAM 1500 truckasaurus with a big-... RAMMM!!! V8 that I'm driving back to SDF vs my now-canceled AA return flight with zero alternatives... My dailies are small (relative to most US road monsters) so this beast has been a handful. Edit: this thirsty piggy somehow managed to eke out 18mpg average over a 12hr drive, but I think (employer) spent well over $100 in gas, and between that and the Avis one-way nonsense it will end up costing more than the flight refund. Eh, weather, waddya do... |
Sorry if this isn't the right place for this question, but as PC is there any benefit to booking premium instead of full-size sedan? For PC potential 2 class upgrade I was unsure if it doesn't go past premium so really the only benefit would be that it would be a guarantee to get a premium/suv. Having a rental next week in PHX airport.
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Status: PC
Location: DEN Booked: fullsize Assigned: brand-new Hyundai Sonata Offered: that, Chevy Malibu, new-ish Toyota Camry Received: 2025 Toyota Camry Hybrid LE, 2300 miles -J. |
Status: PC
Location: 68 E. 11th St (Greenwich Village NYC) Booked: Subcompact Received: Interermediate 2025 Mazda CX-30 Preferred AWD with NJ plates and 4,900 miles on the odometer. |
Status: PP
Location: EWR Booked: intermediate Offered: Buick... Encarta? Escritoire? Emporium? E-something SUV with 60,000mi Received: new Volvo XC60, ~1,000mi Seems this location got a bunch of new Volvos because they were pretty numerous. Nice upgrade! Terrible touchscreen controls for the HVAC, little engine is farty-sounding but there's an electric assist so it moves pretty well. Don't think it's sold as any kind of hybrid and there's no situation where I was driving on volts. Terrific seats as expected from Volvo. Weirdly-sized touchscreen makes CarPlay look odd; it's almost a square. The audio crapped out tonight: no radio, CarPlay, no blinker-click or seatbelt nag. Turns out the fix is to force a reset of the whole system. National is our other rental car vendor but they are usually more expensive than Avis, sometimes around 50% more. But they were competitive for a same-day rental. I picked out a new Mazda CX-50 and while it drives really nicely and has decent (not great) power, within an hour my butt was going "OW OW OW" and I had another 90min to go. This was the worst car seat I've ever experienced. Just an FYI. |
Originally Posted by born sleepy
(Post 36985643)
Status: PP
Location: EWR Booked: intermediate Offered: Buick... Encarta? Escritoire? Emporium? E-something SUV with 60,000mi Received: new Volvo XC60, ~1,000mi Seems this location got a bunch of new Volvos because they were pretty numerous. Nice upgrade! Terrible touchscreen controls for the HVAC, little engine is farty-sounding but there's an electric assist so it moves pretty well. Don't think it's sold as any kind of hybrid and there's no situation where I was driving on volts. Terrific seats as expected from Volvo. Weirdly-sized touchscreen makes CarPlay look odd; it's almost a square. The audio crapped out tonight: no radio, CarPlay, no blinker-click or seatbelt nag. Turns out the fix is to force a reset of the whole system. National is our other rental car vendor but they are usually more expensive than Avis, sometimes around 50% more. But they were competitive for a same-day rental. I picked out a new Mazda CX-50 and while it drives really nicely and has decent (not great) power, within an hour my butt was going "OW OW OW" and I had another 90min to go. This was the worst car seat I've ever experienced. Just an FYI. -J. |
Status: PC
Location: CDG Booked: compact automatic (Peugeot 2008 or similar) Offered: 2024 BMX X2 sDrive20i M Sport (group L) Not sure if this is an upgrade or not, but I still think this would have been fun to drive in the French countryside. Really bummed I missed the flight. -J. |
Status: PC
Location: HPN Booked: Standard Offered: Mazda CX-9 with 57k miles and a broken radio Received: Mazda CX-9 with 57k miles and a broken radio Took this after waiting for an hour to get the car, on a 4 hr one way rental dropping off at JFK. Tough location! |
Originally Posted by GW McLintock
(Post 36985717)
All of Buick's SUVs start with "En____" so it could have been anything (enything? ;)). XC60 is a nice upgrade on an intermediate rental.
-J. |
Renting a car with Avis for the first time - they matched my Hertz President Circle so PC.
Will be picking up in Austin and returning in Houston - reserved an Intermediate SUV (RAV 4 or similar, group F). - since I’m renting for the first time with AVIS, will I be able to select a car in the app? Is this available for everyone (coming in from Europe, rented from the Belgian website). |
Status: PC
Location: CDG Booked: compact automatic Assigned & received: 2024 DS 9 E-TENSE 4x4 360 PHEV I don't know how reliable it'll be in a few years but otherwise I gotta hand it to China, this was a pretty sweet ride. The massaging seats ("cat paw") was nice this morning on the drive back from Reims. -J. |
Not sure if Budget qualifies for this thread, so let me know if it doesn't...
I am National Executive but they were sold out for a last minute one-way I needed as a result of a flight cancellation. Status: Budget Fastbreak Location: PHL one way to ABE Booked: Fullsize Offered: This location has 'zones 1, 2 and 3' for Fastbreak members to choose their own car. I didn't receive a text/email directing me to a zone and went to the counter. The rep told me to choose anything in any of those zones. Cars that were available included a CX-90, Outlander, Malibu, Kia Soul and Outback Received: Chose the Outback - had PA plates and only 900 miles on it. Enjoyed driving it. |
Status: PC
Location: AMS/EHAM Booked: Large Offered: Volvo XC60 Received: Volvo XC60 It was a nice car, good trim but no upgrade to something bigger. |
Status: PC
Location: PHX Booked: Intermediate SUV Offered: Kia telluride App: Nissan Rogue, Kia Telluride, Ford edge Received: Kia Telluride Wanted to book EV but not sure how it is near grand canyon any one have issues with EV charging? |
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