Consolidated "Renting at DFW; What Kind of Cars to Expect?" Thread
Mar 18, 2017 | 9:54 pm
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Consolidated "Renting at DFW; What Kind of Cars to Expect?" Thread
I booked a PCAR at DFW for a 3am pick-up a week ago Friday and was assigned a specific stall (a Q50 3.0L, a ride I generally like, so I didn't change).
Premium Upgrades consisted of a Q50 3.0L, an Audi A3, and a Mercedes C250.
PC consisted of Camrys, Sonatas (including a Sonata Hybrid, which I might have been interested in trying that one out, but I didn't notice it until I just looked at my photos), a Sentra, and several other various cars and SUVs of various levels of not-too-excitement and a QX80 that I assume was part of the PC selection.
5* had Sonatas, a Jeep Cherokee, a 200, and a few others.
Gold was a mostly Corollas and not a ton else of interest.
Report isn't exact because my pictures were just quick snaps from not-great angles...and it was 3am and I wanted to get to sleep.
Correct. But Gold Choice was the same way and, for that matter, so is National's Emerald Club set-up (at non-gated locations where keys cannot be left in cars, everything is standard counter service.
Premium Upgrades consisted of a Q50 3.0L, an Audi A3, and a Mercedes C250.
PC consisted of Camrys, Sonatas (including a Sonata Hybrid, which I might have been interested in trying that one out, but I didn't notice it until I just looked at my photos), a Sentra, and several other various cars and SUVs of various levels of not-too-excitement and a QX80 that I assume was part of the PC selection.
5* had Sonatas, a Jeep Cherokee, a 200, and a few others.
Gold was a mostly Corollas and not a ton else of interest.
Report isn't exact because my pictures were just quick snaps from not-great angles...and it was 3am and I wanted to get to sleep.
Correct. But Gold Choice was the same way and, for that matter, so is National's Emerald Club set-up (at non-gated locations where keys cannot be left in cars, everything is standard counter service.
May 27, 2017 | 3:26 am
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DFW on a Friday night, about 18 cars, about 10 of them were Camrys and Maximas/Altimas. There was one infiniti q50, 2 Buicks, a Ford pickup truck!, a Ford Fusion hybrid, 2 Toyota Avalons and a Cadillac xts. No SUVs. We took the Cadillac.
Oct 13, 2018 | 2:50 pm
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Got to the Hertz PC at DFW and found the lot was empty last Thursday. Talked to the agent there and he said they had a run on cars that morning (Some 300 reservations that day). There were one or two Chrysler 300's sitting there but they weren't the Sport versions there was also a minivan, so I waited to see what showed up. It didn't take long before one of their drivers brought a brand new 2019 Dodge Charger GT to the deck. He pulled up and looked at me, I nodded my head yes. He popped the trunk for me got out and said enjoy. I loaded my luggage sat down and noted that the car had 159 miles on it. What a treat!
Thank you Hertz!
Thank you Hertz!
Last edited by KenTarmac; Oct 13, 2018 at 3:15 pm
Jan 11, 2019 | 1:26 pm
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DFW
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Got: 2019 Chrysler 300S with ~1200 miles on it.
It was parked next to the "Premiums" but still on the PC side of the divider and didn't have the keys in it. I asked the agent who was working the lot about it and he located the keys in the office for me.
It''s a nice car in a hideous shade of battleship grey. Why Chrysler would paint anything this color is beyond me.
Reserved: Intermediate
Got: 2019 Chrysler 300S with ~1200 miles on it.
It was parked next to the "Premiums" but still on the PC side of the divider and didn't have the keys in it. I asked the agent who was working the lot about it and he located the keys in the office for me.
It''s a nice car in a hideous shade of battleship grey. Why Chrysler would paint anything this color is beyond me.
Last edited by KenTarmac; Jan 11, 2019 at 1:34 pm