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Nov 19, 2013, 6:38 am
#2236
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Marietta, GA
Programs: Avis President's Club, Delta Gold Medallion
Posts: 55
Location: LAS
Status: PC
Reserved: Full size
Received: Cadillac Escalade
Status: PC
Reserved: Full size
Received: Cadillac Escalade
Nov 19, 2013, 3:50 pm
#2237
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: ORD
Programs: UA Gold, Avis President's Club, IHG Platinum
Posts: 286
Nov 19, 2013, 9:44 pm
#2238
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: SYR
Programs: US/AA-Platinum, Hilton-Diamond, Marriott-Gold, AVIS-Presidents Club, National-Executive Elite
Posts: 2,755
Lift the trunk mat. Its usually in a plastic package with the rest of the manuals, etc, right on top of the spare tire.
That is, assuming the location didnt pull the manuals out before you got there... or some other renter didnt, or someone didnt steal them.
That is, assuming the location didnt pull the manuals out before you got there... or some other renter didnt, or someone didnt steal them.
Nov 20, 2013, 6:17 am
#2239
Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 209
PC
Reserved Compact, received Citroën DS5. Probably the best French car I've ever driven and certainly better than any US based BMW I've rented in recent years. And I think my very first rental car that had a heads-up display! It has a little piece of plexiglas that swivels up on command near the windshield. And it displays your speed and other stuff like cruise control, etc.
It also had very nice bucket seats, upper and lower console, separate moon-roofs for driver, passenger and rear seats, butt-warmers, GPS, nice smartphone interface, backup video camera, etc.
I would not mind owning this car.
Reserved Compact, received Citroën DS5. Probably the best French car I've ever driven and certainly better than any US based BMW I've rented in recent years. And I think my very first rental car that had a heads-up display! It has a little piece of plexiglas that swivels up on command near the windshield. And it displays your speed and other stuff like cruise control, etc.
It also had very nice bucket seats, upper and lower console, separate moon-roofs for driver, passenger and rear seats, butt-warmers, GPS, nice smartphone interface, backup video camera, etc.
I would not mind owning this car.
Nov 20, 2013, 6:45 am
#2240
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 1999
Location: Seat 1A, Juice pretty much everywhere, Mucci des Coins Exotiques
Posts: 34,339
That's not at all true of modern Citröens, or for Renault or Peugeot as well. I know people who have 10+ year old Citröens and I had a Renault for 10 years. Maybe in the 70's they weren't so good, but the new ones are excellent.
Nov 20, 2013, 1:20 pm
#2241
Join Date: May 2013
Location: TX
Posts: 240
Thanks for the tip!
Nov 21, 2013, 6:25 pm
#2242
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: LAS - I'm All In!
Programs: UA 1K 1MM, Marriott PP
Posts: 3,639
SBA, Grand Caravan - asked for Van as I needed 6 seats
SAT, M37, brand new 5 miles on ODO
DEN, 528xi
BWI, M37x
RDU, Ford Tarsus LTD
DEN, M37x, Brand new again 5 miles on ODO
SAT, G37
DEN, Yukon Denali
IAD to BWI, QC56 - asked for car with built in Navi and rxed this
DEN, Yukon Denali
CMH, Lincoln MKX - denied any BMW on the lot, glad as this was better than a stripped X3
DEN, Lincoln MKT - 26K miles
COS to DEN, VW CC
DEN, Yukon XL
DEN to Vegas, Yukon XL (kept same rent car above and one-wayed it back to Vegas)
ABQ, FX37
DEN, Dodge Durango - asked for change and they had next to zero cars on the lot
COS, Lincoln MKX - 26K miles
DEN, Caddy XTS
ABQ, Yukon XL
JAX to TPA, Yukon XL - called prior and asked for big SVU due to family travel and car was preassigned at checkin
SMF, Lincoln MKS
SMF, Caddy SRX - Hated this car
ORF, Tarsus LTD
ORF, Explorer - was preassigned a Kia Sorento, asked for anything else and this was the best they had
MCI, Lincoln MKS
Last edited by trekwars2000; Nov 21, 2013 at 6:46 pm
Nov 22, 2013, 4:20 pm
#2243
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: STL
Programs: AAdvantage, Hilton Honors, Marriott Rewards, AvisFirst
Posts: 54
Location: ATL
Status: AvisFirst
Reserved: Intermediate
Received: Mazda CX9
Status: AvisFirst
Reserved: Intermediate
Received: Mazda CX9
Nov 22, 2013, 8:44 pm
#2244
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Western Pennsylvania
Programs: delta PM, united G, marriott titanium, hilton diamond, avis preferred, hertz pres circle
Posts: 66
Orlando, Florida
PC
rented: Full Size
Got: BMW
PC
rented: Full Size
Got: BMW
Nov 23, 2013, 2:14 pm
#2245
Used to be 'IAD22066'
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: IAD
Programs: UA 1K AA
Posts: 282
Location: SFO
Status: Preffered
Reserved: Full size
Received: Chevrolet Suburban
Status: Preffered
Reserved: Full size
Received: Chevrolet Suburban
Nov 27, 2013, 1:15 am
#2246
Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 209
Actually the 70's French cars were much better then todays. Renault is ok, only because they own Nissan and transferred lots of technology to Renault. On the other hand Nissan's quality degraded cause of this.
Dec 3, 2013, 11:30 am
#2247
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Utah
Posts: 7
Location: BOS
Reserved: Standard 2-door
Received: 2013 Volvo S60 FWD w/ 6000 miles
Rented Sept 25th - Oct 1st. Arrived 10:45am to the new Boston Rental Car Center (nice), relatively busy morning.
I rented through Budget, but as they're tied together the Avis desk helped me. He asked if what I rented would be big enough, or if I would like a full-size or an intermediate SUV. I said that what i reserved would be perfectly acceptable. Handed me the keys, the paperwork, and said "you're in slot P-22, have a great day!" I was at the desk for no more than 5 minutes.
Got up to the lot (covered and awesome now), find my spot - and see the Volvo hiding behind a suburban a spot over. Love. Handled like a dream, was stupid fast, and got excellent mileage (averaged 32.2) over the week in Maine.
Reserved: Standard 2-door
Received: 2013 Volvo S60 FWD w/ 6000 miles
Rented Sept 25th - Oct 1st. Arrived 10:45am to the new Boston Rental Car Center (nice), relatively busy morning.
I rented through Budget, but as they're tied together the Avis desk helped me. He asked if what I rented would be big enough, or if I would like a full-size or an intermediate SUV. I said that what i reserved would be perfectly acceptable. Handed me the keys, the paperwork, and said "you're in slot P-22, have a great day!" I was at the desk for no more than 5 minutes.
Got up to the lot (covered and awesome now), find my spot - and see the Volvo hiding behind a suburban a spot over. Love. Handled like a dream, was stupid fast, and got excellent mileage (averaged 32.2) over the week in Maine.
Dec 5, 2013, 9:35 am
#2248
Moderator, Marriott Bonvoy & FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: McKinney, TX, USA
Programs: United Silver; AA Plat/2MM; Marriott LT Titanium; Hilton Gold
Posts: 11,727
Location: MCI
Status: AvisFirst
Reserved: Intermediate
Received: Chrysler 300
Status: AvisFirst
Reserved: Intermediate
Received: Chrysler 300
Dec 5, 2013, 10:40 am
#2249
Join Date: May 2012
Location: MSP
Programs: Delta Skymile DM, Marriott Platinum, PC Gold, Avis Chairman's Club, National EE
Posts: 728
]Location: Rsw
Status: Cc
Reserved: Intermediate
Received: Taurus
Requested and received: Red Camaro convertible with 7k miles and XM
Status: Cc
Reserved: Intermediate
Received: Taurus
Requested and received: Red Camaro convertible with 7k miles and XM
Dec 6, 2013, 1:08 pm
#2250
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: PDX
Programs: DL Plat, UA Plat 1MM, AS MVP, Hyatt Discoverist, Avis Presidents Club, Hertz President's Circle
Posts: 3,938
Location: Las Vegas, Venetian Hotel
Status: Avis First
Reserved: Luxury
Received: Luxury - FWD Volvo X60 with 29K miles
This was great for my drive out to Lake Mead and the Hoover Dam.
Status: Avis First
Reserved: Luxury
Received: Luxury - FWD Volvo X60 with 29K miles
This was great for my drive out to Lake Mead and the Hoover Dam.