gooselee

"Pro-sunroof" here and this is all out of context and missing my actual point, which indeed had to do with rental cars and Hertz UC, if not specifically Hertz JAX. That point is: For rental cars, (almost) nobody cares about that minimal weight/COG advantage.

Closer to topic: I've never seen a BMW 2er at Hertz JAX nor any Hertz/National/Avis lot. Additionally, at the trim level selected for most "luxury" brands on rental car lots, that 45 lbs is virtually unnoticeable. We might as well say that we shouldn't travel with suitcases because the extra 30 lbs in the trunk will throw extra body roll into the mid-trim Nissan Altima likely to be on the JAX lot.

Further back on-topic: As some of my earlier posts reflect, my experiences at Hertz JAX have been abysmal and the need to use counter service there is one of the primary reasons why. At least with UC, I can just wander down the aisle and pick a car with/without a sunroof/moonroof, or a certain color, or whatever my preference is that day. I do seem to find that many, many rental cars simply have no moonroof at all lately.

ChevyCruze

Walked thru the garage after landing in the evening this past Wednesday. Noticed the two Porsche Macans, several QX60s suvs, Q50 sedans Camaro SS, Mustang, Expedition, and several 12 passenger vans.

any idea why some vehicles are parked facing the center line while others are facing the wall?



JAX Hertz Oct 2020

SixAlpha

JAX is not a UC location, so the vehicles facing the wall are probably dirty/returns.

ChevyCruze

That makes sense. A lot more reasonable than my first guess of all the ones point towards the wall being employee’s personal vehicles lol

ChevyCruze

Adding as a data point. Had a relative, who's PC, in town last weekend. Was sold out for Friday night. She went back on Saturday for a one day rental. Was upgraded to an older 5series BMW. Believe it had out of state tag. No idea on mileage.

ChevyCruze

Was walking down the middle of the JAX garage last night, towards the overnight garage parking, and could have sworn that I saw a Ford Bronco. Did they recently add Broncos to the fleet? Don't recall if it had a sticker on the door to indicate if it was a rental or a personal employees vehicle. Was facing inwards as opposed to the aisle FWIW.

For the most part, the garage was pretty full and vanilla. Several Tahoes, Mustangs, Infiniti QX60, two-four door Jeep Wranglers, etc.

CMK10

Bronco or a Bronco Sport? I know the Bronco Sports have shown up in rental fleets already but a non sport Bronco would be something new.

ChevyCruze

Was probably a Bronco Sport after looking thru a few pictures of both online. Was kind of a smaller body style.

Auto Enthusiast

I wonder why such a new, popular, and expensive, Bronco, of any size or trim, is already in rental fleets.

ChevyCruze

Data point 6pm 8/23/21
Was walking thru on my way to the daily garage.. Below are a few models that I noticed amongst a rather full mediocre selection:

Inifiniti QX50
2x Infinit QX80
Jaguar F Pace
Jeep 4dr soft top
Mazda CX3
12 passenger van (don't remember the mfg)
couple of 2021 and older GMC Yukon XLs parked further back by the daily garage elevator bank

ww88ww

3/11 1000 - pretty full house. Wasn't expecting to have to go to the desk first, no Gold Choice etc here. Line was short, no delay. Reserved "premium", PC, received Genesis G70 (G), basic car with no apparent options other than paint color, but these come fairly well equipped, so it had multiple drivers assists etc. 5K miles, working Sirius/XM. Rental was on points, so I was happy with it, drove nicely with no signs of abuse. Also snapped a few pics of the garage - was a bit tired coming off a long 2 layover redeye, so excuse the image quality (also several people walking around, didn't want to look too weird). Noticed another G70, and upon return, a G80. Macan, Alfa, and BMW maybe the exotics, Pilot was also unexpected, otherwise, pretty normal stuff, but no apparent shortage of cars.

zdcatc12

Is Hyundai/Kia/Genesis ever going to learn how to hide their grill RADARs like every other manufacturer somehow finds a reasonable way to do it.

MASTERNC

Lot today was fairly well stocked. As a PC, I received a Chevy Traverse with under 10k miles. Other cars in the row had dealer decals or plate frames, indicating they were likely bought as used cars. The Avis aisle across from us had a Hummer (yes, the old H3).

corolla

Can guarantee that all these strange cars appeared in aisle are not for rental but some other people just parked those in there (usually will be shooed away soon)

zdcatc12

Nope. I have a Hertz rental right now in IND. Has a dealer promo plate on the front from some dealer in IL, but a FL plate on the back. Heck, it even has an expired parking permit sticker for someplace on the passenger side of the windshield.