noah

Was scheduled to land at 12:30am but flight was delayed so we landed a bit after 1. By the time I got my bag and walked across the road it was 1:25. Luckily the National crew was hanging out and waiting for me. No Aisle service that late at night -- I walked around and tried a car or two which were locked before realizing this. Given this I didn't really have much of a choice since I really should have been happy to get a call at all (posted hours have them closing at 1am). They had a massive ring of keys for all the vehicles sitting in the aisles. They asked Car or SUV and I said SUV -- ended up in a Yukon XL. Not the end of the world since I'm not doing much driving so fuel economy is not critical. What I did notice on the aisles (both ES and EA) before going inside:

Suburban x2
Yukon x2
Impala ('13) x2
Altima x2
Camry x2
Malibu x2
Pathfinder
Buick SUV
Dodge RAM
Dodge Durango
Chevy crossover SUV
Ford Expedition
1 Kia Sorrento
1 Hyundai Sonata

In the Premiere section, I glanced
1 x 5 Series BMW
3 x Lincoln Sedans
1 x Hyundai Genesis
1 x Lincoln Navigator
1 x Volvo XC60

3Cforme

Those are detailed vehicle lists to be making at 1AM! Thanks for the contribution.

mistaleft

My first trip to PDX. Arrived 12/8 around 3pm.

Executive aisle was full didn't have much interesting vehicles of note:

1 '14 Expedition
2 '14 Kia Cadenza
2 '14 Acadias
1 '14 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo
Usual mix of 300's, Impalas, Camrys and Altimas

The premium section however is a different story:

2 '14 Lincoln MKS with panoramic sunroof
2 '14 Infiniti QX80
1 '14 Acura RDX (GXAR which I took on a LCAR reservation)
2 '14 Lincoln MKZ
2 '14 Escalades
.........and 2 '14 Jaguar XF 3.0!!!!

Wanted to take one of the Jags but the $75/day upgrade fee was a little too much for me with this trip. I did snag the Acura RDX, though since ATL will probably never get to see one anytime soon. Must say it was a good first impression for PDX.

Coastercameron

Acuras and Jaguars!?! Was this some kind of parallel universe?

peteropny

Maybe this is the intention for Premier Selection

Buster

Arriving somewhere on Christmas night is always a bit of a crapshoot...and sure enough, there were a grand total of 3 cars in the Executive area last night. 2 Dodge Challengers and a Ford Expedition. Lucky for me, however, they had set aside a nice little Christmas upgrade for me...there was a Cadillac XTS waiting for me!

noah

Picked up Saturday morning around 10am.

Place was a ghost town; between the ES and EA there were 5 cars -- a pickup, a small Chevy SUV, a Prius, a Nissan Altima and a minivan. All other reserve sections were empty save for the minivan section which had 4 or 5 vans in it. The Premiere section had 1 Navigator and 1 Lincoln MKZ. Next to the Emerald booth was a Jaguar XF.

I had a 1-day reservation for a Premium, using a free day coupon that was expiring at the end of the year. They didn't really have any Premiums around. They tried to upsell me on the Premiere vehicles but I was not budging. Finally they agreed to let me go with the Jaguar for $15.

Driving around in the Jag was a unique experience -- it certainly got a lot of eyeballs. The car actually felt like it was unhappy driving at 40-50 in traffic -- it wasn't until traffic thinned on I-5 and all of a sudden I could open it up and was doing 90 and the car felt like it was finally approaching its stride.

I returned it less than 6 hours later, 200 miles more on the odo (taking it up to 11K). Interestingly enough when I returned it, they tried to charge me $150 for the upgrade. It took a trip to the counter to get it sorted and a lot of typing; in the end the took the UG charge off, so I got out of there for .70. I'd say best use of my free day cert ever

It was a fun rental, and perhaps as a solo renter I'd go for it again if the upgrade price was right, but not ideal for a family trip and I can't ever imagine buying one. Much better value out there in cars. The agent in the return line said that they (EAN) have 4 Jag XF's in the fleet in PDX (they had license plate frames from a local dealership FWIW) and they rotate them around between Enterprise and National in the garage.

Buster

PDX seems to have gotten a shipload of Chevys. Executive Selection was filled with Impalas and Chargers. There were also 2 Altimas, a Kia Optima and 3 Sonatas. I checked out a couple of the Sonatas, but they were all pretty high mileage (15-20K). Decided to go with something I hadn't had before - Ford Taurus Limited (17K on the clock).

Buster

Been a while, but was back at PDX yesterday evening around 5:30 pm. There were maybe 12 cars in the Executive area, although, they weren't really cars. There were only 3 non-giant SUV/truck things - a VW Tiguan, a Subaru Outback and an electric blue Mustang. Otherwise, your options were Dodge Ram 1500, Chevy Tahoe, Chevy Suburban, etc.

payingdues

I almost took the Mustang but ended up with a brand new Durango, leather and all. Not bad but you're right it was all Impala's and Chargers if you didn't want a van/ SUV.

peteropny

that literally is the only non SUV in the list - Tiguan and arguably Outback are SUV-like.

noah

Late night (12:30am) pickup on a Thursday night/Friday morning. Aisle was still open, which was a surprise to me as my reservation said counter and my previous late night pickups found counter only.

The aisles (EE and EA are across from each other) were pretty bare. I saw
- Dodge Journey 2WD
- VW Tiguan
- 2x Altima
- 1x Camry
- 1x Impala (old style)
- 1x Jeep Patriot
- 1x Ford Focus
- 1x Nissan Rogue
- 1x Chevy Malibu

I needed something a bit larger so I asked the attendant what he had. He pointed me to the Journey and said that the cargo room was very good. Having previously rented this car I opted against, and asked what else. He said, "well I've got a suburban over there" and pointed to the VIP area, which contained 2x Suburbans, 2x Cadillac crossovers, 1 BMW 3 series, 1 Genesis, 1 Lincoln Navigator.. and in the corner a 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited with 2500 miles which I was able to get without any upgrade fee.

GREAT ride for the trip up to Seattle and back. I averaged about 19.5 MPG between the highway and city which is not great, but given the weight of the car not a surprise. The sunroof (more like a glass roof) was great and my kids really liked it. I found the seat very comfortable, the audio excellent, and the drive was fun. It seems like they really thought of all the features on this thing -- from the automatically lowering mirrors on reversing, to the front and rear seat warmers/air conditioners, even the silly (yet nice to have) steering wheel heater!

IsleOfMan

Did you notice the price of the Genesis upgrade? I'm assuming this was a '15 model, correct?

Thanks!

noah

No, this was a 2014. I was surprised to see it there. I'm guessing it had fairly high mileage. No UG tag was hanging, it was just in the VIP stalls.

Buster

I have yet to see a 2015 model of any car in PDX...