Getting a brand new car off the aisle
#1
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Getting a brand new car off the aisle
There have been a few times that I picked up a car with under 10 miles on the aisle, complete with a temporary license plate. I do feel a little bad driving it over 1000 miles. I do drive gently to break it in like I would if I owned it.
Who else had the luck or misfortune of being the very first person to rent a car?
Who else had the luck or misfortune of being the very first person to rent a car?
#2
Join Date: Oct 2016
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I've had several under 1000 miles and a few under 100. I had one with 3 miles that I immediately returned because of some sort of bad rattle.
(That's one more reason I would never buy a used rental car - they don't get a break in period.)
(That's one more reason I would never buy a used rental car - they don't get a break in period.)
#4
Join Date: Nov 2010
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There have been a few times that I picked up a car with under 10 miles on the aisle, complete with a temporary license plate. I do feel a little bad driving it over 1000 miles. I do drive gently to break it in like I would if I owned it.
Who else had the luck or misfortune of being the very first person to rent a car?
Who else had the luck or misfortune of being the very first person to rent a car?
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Many times, including a few that literally came off the truck, and one that was so new, I had to finish peeling off the dealer sticker residue from the window.
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It seems that low mileage cars are harder to find lately. I have seen cars with over 20k miles in executive aisle at MEM and BWI
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Had a brand new, "Tag Applied For" Silverado 1500 out of BHM in March. 11 miles on the ODO and I thought it was the trip meter until I stopped for gas in TN and gave it a serious look. I put about 2,000 miles on that truck and rode it like it was a rental. That was the first time in 13 years of driving rentals regularly that I caught a "new new" vehicle.