SoroSuub1

Wow, the elusive Subaru rental car, and in Portland no less!

noah

Slightly related -- picked up a car from the downtown Portland HLE (on SW Pine) while my car is in the shop getting fixed after a minor rear-ending.

With an F size reservation, I was offered my choice of silver or black 2018 Malibus. I hesitated and asked if he had anything else. Eventually he found the keys to a 2019 Jeep Wrangler which I happily took instead -- he told me that they had 87 cars at the location but 81 of them were dirty due to a lack of cleaning staff. I think something is clearly wrong when Hertz has so many vehicles out of service simply because they can't staff properly to clean them!

noah

Picked up Tuesday at 10am. PC aisle had a wide selection - Jeep Wrangler, a selection of midsize SUVs, 2 full size RAM pickups, Cadillac XTS. Jaguar XF (which I took), a few minivans, Five Star was mostly midsize and compact SUV.


Ultimate Choice area

PC Aisle

TJ665

June 14, 2019 (Friday) around noon time was slim pickins. 5-star and gold were pretty empty and PC lot was sparse too. Saw many choose your color Chevy Equinox. No minivans on any of the lots. Did see a Toyota 4Runner base trim in 5-star which was the biggest vehicle available besides the pickup trucks that no one wanted. Even asked about upgrades and did not have anything worth upgrading too. Of course it was busy so that played a major part.

KE81

Picked up early afternoon on Saturday, 7/6. Nothing too exciting to report -- PC had a GMC Terrain with leather, a Challenger, a Charger, a Tacoma with cloth, a slew of Dodge Ram pickups, and the usual Nissan/Toyota sedans; no hidden gems in 5* or Gold. I had booked an intermediate SUV and ended up taking what I was assigned (Ford Escape Titanium with ~2.5K miles). I inquired about a Range Rover Evoque I saw in a reserved spot but declined after being told it would be $45 to upgrade.

When I returned on the afternoon of Sunday, 7/7, the pickings were even more slim -- more pickup trucks, typical Nissan/Toyota/Hyundai sedans and SUVs, a Charger GT, and a Jeep Wrangler (pretty sure it had cloth).

9volt

Rented from here a couple months ago. In the PC aisle, from what I can recall:

Cadillac ATS
Dodge Charger
Dodge Ram 1500 Quad Cab

Those are the ones that stood out. We went with the Caddy.

noah

Picked up Thursday afternoon at 4:30pm. Gold, Five Star and PC aisles were well stocked. Compared to the terribly boring selections at SFO and SJC, PDX was much more interesting: I saw
- Cadillac XTS
- BMW X3
- Jaguar XF (which is what I took; love this rental)
- Chrysler Pacificia
- Cadillac XT4
- Toyota Highlander
- Toyota Camry
- The usual selection of Kia and Hyundais

mahendrainturi

I am renting from PDX tomorrow afternoon and I am a gold plus member, what car can I expect to be available on a late Friday evening, hoping to pick up something good.

noah

You should just look at this thread -- none of us have any more specific information. I will say that as a Gold member late on a Friday, you'll either get the dregs of the selection (get ready for a full size car or compact SUV at best) or be really lucky since all the dregs will be gone and they'll have moved some nicer vehicles into the Gold section -- but I would not get your hopes up too high without being 5* or PC.

handuk

Arriving in PDX in 4 hours ish later today.

PC member
Booked: Mustang GT / Camaro SS or similar
I'm a President's Club member at Avis, and this is my first time using Hertz (even though I'm president's circle member)

Loooking forward to trying Ultimate Choice.

Wondering since I booked the V4 group, what you guys think are cars that are worth paying upgrade for? If I get Challenger RT (which is probably what I'm going to get), and There is a Jag available,, would you do it? or Mercedes GLS? Do they ever have AMGs?
I know it's all about preference, but just wondering about opinions of experienced renters to see what you guys think are the RARE cars that I should probably take and feel good about it because it won't happen again hahaha

If I get Camaro SS, I doubt I'll change it for anything else.

ryan754

So I booked a luxury car at PDX for one day.. Lately the PC selection in the USA has been garbage! Right away the girl offers me a BMW 530.. Not bad, but for sh!ts and giggles I wanted to see the PC area.. Large Infinity, several BMW suvs, Jag SUV, and a Range Rover. I ended up taking the Rover as I've driven a lot of BMW's lately. I was totally impressed with the selection. Wish this was more often!

jason8612

Very nice you had an excellent experience
I went ahead and merged the post with the consolidated PDX thread.


Thanks
Jason8612 Hertz Mod

aztimm

So since you didn't take the luxury, did they update your contract so you'll pay for mid-size instead?

MattBTU

Hertz President's Circle at 1pm on June 17

Limited to midsize sedans, a Mazda CX-30, and some sort of Buick compact SUV.

We had a car seat plus fair amount luggage and hoped for at least a midsize SUV, but none to be found. Decided to go with the the Mazda with 5,800 miles on it.

jmclaus

Any idea what I’ll get? Reservation says elite sports car but the RSAR doesn’t seem to align with the adrenaline collection per the forums I’m reading. Thanks!