Experiences with Silvercar
Feb 13, 2018, 8:44 pm
#152
Join Date: May 2016
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S-line at DAL they said were 2018, not sure if all 2018s are S-line however
Feb 14, 2018, 7:59 am
#153
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: NYC
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1. "the 2018s are S-Lines"
and
2. "Non-S-Lines are 2017 or earlier."
This would mean that all 18s are S-lines, and all S-lines are 18s.
Sounds like what you meant to say was:
1. The S-lines are 2018
2. 2017 and before are all non-S-lines
This would mean that all S-lines are 18s, but not all 18s are necessarily S-lines.
Feb 17, 2018, 2:39 pm
#154
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: San Francisco, CA
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Do Silvercar renters seriously not use premium gas when filling up themselves?
Feb 17, 2018, 6:07 pm
#155
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I know I do, but that's from owning another turbocharged VAG car. Considering the vast majority of regular car rentals only require 87 octane, I can see a significant number of renters not bothering with premium just from not realizing or being told that the A4's different (at least I don't remember the Silvercar employees ever telling me I needed premium at the time of pickup, anyway).
Feb 18, 2018, 12:34 am
#156
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Charlotte, NC
Posts: 1,086
From a Silvercar corporate or Silvercar customer perspective, the benefit of putting in 91 octane versus the cost, just isn't there. Sure, if the car wouldn't run properly (i.e. stutter, misfire, etc.) on 87, that would be a different story, but that won't happen on an A4 2.0T.
Feb 20, 2018, 7:22 am
#157
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Feb 21, 2018, 6:16 pm
#158
Join Date: Sep 2013
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Of course we won't refill using premium gas. The previous person probably didn't fill up premium anyways and the SilverCars are not "fast cars". You won't know/feel the difference of using 87 vs 93.
Feb 21, 2018, 9:19 pm
#159
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: New york, NY
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I think it's a good practice to fill up lux rentals like Silvercar with premium to help the next person (I definitely notice when the rental/loaner is not).
Last edited by IAHtraveler; Feb 22, 2018 at 5:34 am
Feb 22, 2018, 5:56 am
#160
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Charlotte, NC
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Reality, unless the car actually requires premium (91/93), for a rental, its pointless to put it in. Not all Luxury cars require premium, Cadillac and Lincoln definitely don't, the 2.0T in the Cadillac runs perfectly fine on 87; and the 3.6L recommends 87, 91/93 is not required.
Feb 22, 2018, 8:27 am
#161
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Cars which require 91/93 will not be energy-efficient with 87. If you don't perceive any performance differences, you will definitely notice the higher number of trips to the gas station.
I think it's a good practice to fill up lux rentals like Silvercar with premium to help the next person (I definitely notice when the rental/loaner is not).
I think it's a good practice to fill up lux rentals like Silvercar with premium to help the next person (I definitely notice when the rental/loaner is not).
A few times I did SilverCar i chose to let them fill it up at there premium prices. The real question is whether silvercar actually puts 93 after we paid them for 93.
Feb 24, 2018, 9:04 pm
#162
Join Date: Feb 2018
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Is Silvercar the best option at LAX? Have a week long rental with them starting 3/3 (40% off 5+ day rentals using code WEEKLY for now) but wondering about Sixt/Hertz options there...
Feb 25, 2018, 10:01 pm
#163
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Feb 26, 2018, 3:26 pm
#164
Join Date: Feb 2018
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Good call. Yeah after hearing the horror stories about the shared shuttle, that's what I was considering anyway. Too bad they got rid of curbside pick-up/concierges, really wanted to experience that...
Feb 27, 2018, 9:30 pm
#165
Join Date: Nov 2015
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That's it thought, the Audi 2.0T does not require 91/93; lowest recommendation is 87 with alternative being higher octane for better performance (reality of how noticeable this will be is debatable).
Reality, unless the car actually requires premium (91/93), for a rental, its pointless to put it in. Not all Luxury cars require premium, Cadillac and Lincoln definitely don't, the 2.0T in the Cadillac runs perfectly fine on 87; and the 3.6L recommends 87, 91/93 is not required.
Reality, unless the car actually requires premium (91/93), for a rental, its pointless to put it in. Not all Luxury cars require premium, Cadillac and Lincoln definitely don't, the 2.0T in the Cadillac runs perfectly fine on 87; and the 3.6L recommends 87, 91/93 is not required.