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Originally Posted by highlanderfil
(Post 25424981)
What do they say about generalizing? While I'm not a Jeep fan, there are plenty of Jeeps out there that have more than adequate power. Which doesn't mean the Compass isn't a consummate POS, but I wouldn't judge all Jeeps on it.
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Originally Posted by Dogmatick
(Post 25395055)
recalcitrant
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Originally Posted by highlanderfil
(Post 25424981)
What do they say about generalizing? While I'm not a Jeep fan, there are plenty of Jeeps out there that have more than adequate power. Which doesn't mean the Compass isn't a consummate POS, but I wouldn't judge all Jeeps on it.
You can refer to these threads for some reviews. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/natio...de-report.html http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/natio...de-report.html |
Originally Posted by kxc262
(Post 25439897)
The Jeep Compass that rental companies give is just terrible. I agree with the weak power or feeling of that. Most of us at National try to get the Grand Cherokee since it comes very well equipped and drives very well.
The Grand Cherokee is my SUV of choice. Trying to buy one for India - but even the CEO of Fiat-Chrysler here is not even responding to my request to buy one and will have to go with a Toyota Fortuner POS (with abolutely no rear bumper - just a plastic cover!) and way overpriced. Will have to sell it once the Ford Everest/Endeavour comes into the market. Forget Jeep/Fiat - they failed in terms of service and failed to seize an opportunity! |
Status: Platinum
Location: SEA Booked: CFAR (Chevrolet Trax, BMW Mini Countryman) Duration: 4 days Received: IFAR? 2015 Jeep Compass, base model, no bells and whistles at all / 6k miles Status: Platinum Location: LAX Booked: PFAR (Volvo XC60, BMW X1) Duration: 3 days Received: LFAR - 2015 Cadillac SRX w/ XM, nav, backup cam, panoramic sunroof / 10k miles Status: Platinum Location: MIA Booked: LCAR (Mercedes-Benz C-Class, Cadillac ATS, BMW 3 series, Audi A4) Duration: 4 days Received: LCAR - 2015 Cadillac ATS w/ nav, backup cam, sunroof / 10k miles |
Location: BCN airport
Status: Diamond Booked: CCMR (A1 or similar) Received: CLMR (MINI Countryman) Duration: 3 days Driven: 400 km Comments: Ugh... what a car. I didn't mind the manual or the diesel, but the location of the speedo is just stupid! Also was a pain to park in the small underground spaces a few times. Other: There is a longer story attached to this and I was not happy with the rental. Sixt CS made good (rate adjustment) after a few emails. |
Pick-up: WAW
Drop-off: Lodz Widzew Train Station Status: Diamond Booked: EDMR (Renault Clio or similar) Received: ILMR (Volvo V40, 24K) Duration: 7 days Driven: 1000 km Comments: A great car for the Polish roads. Small but comfortable, good suspension, great gearbox. Other: Had to wait an hour at arrival because they didn't have it ready even though it was confirmed by writing in the email. Offered a Renault or some French car, declined. Normally I wouldn't bother but for a 7 day rental it was worth it especially with the km driven. Drop-off was exceptionally easy, I connected with the station (Meet&Greet) and told them I was staying at a hotel. They said that I should park at the hotel and they'll come pick up the car. Seamless! |
Pick-up: MCO
Drop-off: Miami downtown location Status: Platinum Booked: FCAR (Chrylser 300 etc.) Received: PFAR (BMW X1); also offered Volvo S60/PCAR Duration: 1 day Driven: 240 miles Comments: Fairly efficient and painless at both locations. Shuttle from MCO to Sixt was pretty quick; drop off at Miami was a little confusing, no signs indicating where to park at the downtown location, but a phone call solved that. Enjoyed the Beemer, although it's been driven a hard 21K miles and certainly wasn't as clean as I expected (could have used a wash, interior needing vacuuming and honestly some carpet stains needed attention.) Oh yes - rear windshield wiper blade was missing, which seemed a bit random. Overall a good experience! |
Pick-up: LAX
Same drop-off Status: Platinum Booked: PCAR (Merc CLA) Received: Choice between Volvo V60 and Audi A5. Took the brand-new (1K miles) A5 (S-line Quattro but with literally ZERO options, not even a USB port for my phone), next day traded it for a BMW 328i (27K miles and a bit beat up, but enjoyed driving it so much more; did have a USB port and, of course, I didn't use it once). Was also offered a Merc C300 but saw the BMW and figured I'd rather drive than chauffeur myself around. Duration: 3 days but returned 1 day earlier; still got charged the same, so this ought to be fun (I pre-paid; when I had returned cars without a pre-pay before, I always got the unused day removed) Comments: Sixt LAX is what it is - a fairly efficient process when there aren't tons of people around and generally a fairly limited selection of cars, as well as a semi-convenient place to get to (basically on par with the other rental companies at LAX as it is offsite and requires a shuttle which is hit-and-miss timing-wise; the parking structure with multiple REALLY tall speed bumps annoys me greatly). PCAR looked absolutely barren - I didn't see a single CLA, A3 or 228i. Was curiously offered a Corvette as being in the same class as the A5 (yeah, right), but then was told that it'd cost extra (which made sense, but saying it was in the same class as the Audi didn't). As I'm getting used to, the chances of getting a well-optioned car are low: not one of my LAX rentals had Nav and the BMW didn't even have an active Sirius subscription (the A5 did). Still the best shot of getting a European car for a decent price, so for me it's either Sixt or Silvercar (which, if I'm being honest, I should have picked this time - I had a reservation but Sixt came in a little lower and I was hoping for the awesome 228i from my last trip). |
Location: GDN airport
Status: Diamond Booked: MDMR (Opel Adam) Received: CDMR/ILMR (Mazda 3 Skyactive, manual 6-speed, petrol, no nav) Duration: 4 days (actually three + 3 hours) Driven: 300 km Comments: Not a great experience at the counter - was told that only Opel Adam was available. My shock was huge and I emphasized to the agent that Diamond has guaranteed upgrade. He said, well you can wait until 5:00 pm (about 4 hours later) for a Mazda 3. No way! He types away and says "oh, I can offer you the Mazda 3 now". Couldn't believe a word he said afterwards. That being said, the lot was completely empty - there was literally the Opel Adam and the Mazda 3. Therefore had you rented EDMR for instance you would have received the Mazda 3. Regarding why I put CDMR/ILMR in the "received" field - the agent said it's in the same category as V40... I couldn't believe it (and didn't remember it that way either) so I looked online and showed him. He showed me the station fleet list which had the Mazda 3 in both CDMR and ILMR categories (I have a picture). Not sure how different a Mazda 3 can get that it could be reasonably placed into both categories (or ranked together with a Volvo V40 and BMW 1). |
Pick-up: SeaTac
Same drop-off Status: Platinum Booked: CCAR (Mini) Received: an offer to upgrade to a Chevy Trax; app offered Buick LaCrosse or Toyota Camry. Paid an extra $20/day to get a Scion tC. Tons of fun, just not sure it was worth the extra $ since I didn't really drive it much (the $8/day toll charge wasn't worth it, either). Still, better than putter around in a retirementmobile. |
Location: WAW airport
Status: Diamond Booked: MTMR (Opel Adam Rocks) Received: ILMR (Volvo V40 petrol manual, 26000 km) Duration: 3 days Driven: under 100 km Comments: Was a great rental. Booked an hour before arrival (confirmed in 5 minutes though request only), paid a pittance, and had a great car to drive around in WAW. Didn't have to struggle or plead at the station. I like my V40s in Poland! |
LHR
Platinum XFAR - Mercedes ML350 or similar XFAR - Mercedes ML350 AMG line* *Technically no upgrade, but I wasn't expecting one. The only bigger vehicle would have been the GL350. Nice drive. ML350 was fully loaded. Booked SIXT as this rental was one-third the price of what Hertz wanted. Overall, very happy: rental process took a bit longer than with Hertz (no vehicle pick-up at T2, bus to and from rental facility and a bit of paperwork and no drop-off back to terminal. Added time total on both ends about 45 mins) ... but for big savings! |
Originally Posted by UAPremExecflyer
(Post 25696101)
LHR
Platinum XFAR - Mercedes ML350 or similar XFAR - Mercedes ML350 AMG line* *Technically no upgrade, but I wasn't expecting one. The only bigger vehicle would have been the GL350. Nice drive. ML350 was fully loaded. Booked SIXT as this rental was one-third the price of what Hertz wanted. Overall, very happy: rental process took a bit longer than with Hertz (no vehicle pick-up at T2, bus to and from rental facility and a bit of paperwork and no drop-off back to terminal. Added time total on both ends about 45 mins) ... but for big savings! |
Location: Nuremburg Center
Drop-off: Essen Hbf Status: Diamond Booked: CWMR (Mondeo Turnier, Golf Variant etc.) Received: FWMR (Audi A4 Avant TDI manual + NAVI, 17000 km) Duration: 4 days Driven: 1400 km Comments: Location very convenient (no premium location fee, good option if arriving at train station). Loved this Audi (navy blue colour). Was really perfect for the long drives and autobahn. Went in the previous day to tell them that I would prefer an Audi or BMW, and they said they'd see what they could do. They had a Jag F and a BMW M4 on the lot, but these aren't available for one-ways. |
FRA
Platinum Booked FDMR Drove PDMR |
Location: WAW
Status: Diamond Booked: MTMR (Opel Adam Rocks) Received: ILMR (Mercedes A class Automatic, NAVI, AMG trim inside) Duration: 1 days Driven: 50 km Comments: Very nice car for this short rental - cost 15 EUR, didn't have to top up gas as the tank was full when I returned. Great deal. :) Merc A is very small when compared to other cars in the same class, a fact I was reminded of when I opened the trunk and could barely fit my standard suitcase in it. Just something to keep in mind. The AMG trim was very nice - bucket seats, nice suede and leather finishes. |
Location: DFW
Status: Platinum Booked: PCAR Received: XCAR (Cadillac XTS) Duration: 2 days Seems to be standard at DTW. Very friendly front-desk |
Location: FLL Sunrise / Airport
Status: Platinum Booked: XCAR Received: Usually XFAR (MB ML350 / BMW X5) Duration: 10-30 days I've been renting with Sixt in FLL for 4 months now due to working here and getting my credit score up for my own car (company pays). I usually book an XCAR, which goes for around $40 per day on these longer rentals and receive either a BMW X5 or a MB ML350. The X5 is much nicer and better equipped inside :) I was dropping off my previous rental (BMW 5 series, no upgrade unfortunately) and picking up my next XCAR last week and they only had to offer an A6 (been "upgraded" to one of those previously, did not really like it). I then mentioned this to the customer service agent and then they asked which car I would like... I had looked around the lot when driving in and saw an S 550 so I pointed to the car and said "That one please". Some commotion ensues when they check if it is free or not and then the agent says "Of course Sir, I will have that ready for you right away". I honestly did not think that they would give me that car, but apparently asking never hurts :) EDIT: Still same XCAR price of ~$41/day. |
Location: HAM
Status: Diamond Booked: CPMR (BMW 1 or similar) Offered: ILMR (BMW 2 series Active Tourer) Paid upgrade: PDAR (BMW 5 series sedan) Duration: 5 days Driven: 1000 km Comments: Very poor rental experience at counter. Offered only 2 series - it's an ugly car, and frankly I would prefer the 1 series I had rented. At the least I expected a BMW 3 or A4 of whatever flavour. Finally I negotiated to 15 EUR a day for a BMW 5. It took 45 minutes to get there, however. Got an Austrian-plate car, without the Umwelt zone sticker, so I complained when dropping off and received 20% discount on the base price. Car was quite nice, white leather finish, not too many km on it, but honestly it wasn't the rental experience I expected. |
Location: DFW
Status: Diamond Booked: PCAR Received: XFAR (MB GL450) Duration: 2 days |
Quick question, what about upgrades with the Sixt Diamond Card in San Francisco?
First time using the card, first time renting at Sixt. Any suggestions for the most fun upgrade? |
Location: LAS
Status: Platinum Booked: SCAR Received: PCAR (Brand new Volvo S60) Duration: 2 days Pleasant employees at pickup and return. No lines. |
Location: ZRH airport
Status: Diamond Booked: CWMR (Ford Focus EST or similar) Received: FWMR (Mercedes C180 station wagon, NAV) Duration: 3 days Driven: 400 km Comments: The station is really nice and kind. I'm not a huge fan of Mercedes, from what I've experienced. The first one we were given smelled of cigarette smoke so the ladies swapped it out for a better one. The colour was a brown that normally would be quite ugly but it was autumn weather so it fit in quite nicely. Drives like it has no power, but in S+ it was OK on hill climbs. Navigation is terrible on Mercs, and also you couldn't make it speak to you in English. :( |
Location: Munich Airport
Status: NONE Booked: CPMR (Audi A3 from the app) Received: FDAR (BMW 320d) Duration: 6 days Comment: Got a free upgrade to a 320d - brand new (1000km), with 8 speed auto, Navi, LED lights and what sounded like BMW Advanced Sound, was just to good to be the basic one. Was rather satisfied with the car. |
Fell a bit behind here so I'll try to catch up in one post:
Location: Cologne/Hilton am Dom Dropoff: DUS Status: Diamond Booked: CPMR (BMW 1 or similar) Received: LWAR (BMW 535 X-drive station wagon, NAV w/ 23,000 km on odo) Duration: 3 days Driven: 500 km Comments: Probably one of my best Diamond upgrades and rentals. Nice car to drive, fully loaded. First time I had HUD and loved it. Also had adaptive cruise control. Location: MUC Status: Diamond Booked: CPMR (BMW 1 or similar) Received: FWMR (Audi A4 avant manual, NAV w/ 15,000 km on odo) Duration: 5 days Driven: 500 km Comments: Not a great rental, upon return there was one Sixt person working the returns and it took forever. Also Diamond Lounge was closed (my luck of course!). Location: SJO Dropoff: LIR Status: Diamond Booked: CFMR (Daihatsu Terios Bego or similar) Received: CFMR (Daihatsu Terios Bego w/ 10 km on odo) Duration: 5 days Driven: 670 km Comments: Again a disappointing rental. Return station was supposed to be open at my dropoff time but was closed. Luckily there were some security guards who had the cell number of one of the staff. We figured out a solution (drive to terminal, park there and give keys to Nature Air staff). Also, no upgrade?! At least the car was brand new, though it was a piece of junk. Thought we'd get stuck going up a hill near our hotel (off-road). It was in first gear, with three pax and no luggage, and just stalled. Two pax got out, driver stayed, and it made it up. Phew! :eek: Next time in Costa Rica I'd rent with Avis, who have a nice Signature Series with Audi's. Location: Dusseldorf Harbour Dropoff: Osnabrück Booked: CPMR (BMW 1 or similar) Received: LSAR (BMW 420 Gran Coupe Lim, NAV, w/ 19,000 km on odo) Duration: 3 days Driven: 600 km Comments: Nice car, nice rental, nice upgrade. It had somewhat strange features: HUD for instance, but steering wheel was not leather... Also, I do not understand how Sixt places this car above BMW 5. It is simply a slightly altered 3 series, and does not feel as luxurious or powerful as the 5. Winter tires, rated to 210 km/h (too bad!). Location: FRA Booked: CPMR (BMW 1 or similar) Received: FWMR (Volvo V70 Kombi, NAV, w/ 300 km on odo) Duration: 5 days Driven: 1000 km Comments: I was offered BMW 3 combi, but after having driven so many BMWs I wanted to try something different. The Volvo was very comfortable, and it was nice that it was brand new. However the NAV could not be changed from German and it was very weak at high speeds. Winter tires, rated to 240 km/h (too bad, wish I had those on the BMW!). Max speed I got to was 220 km/h going downhill. ;) |
DFW Airport
Location: DFW
Status: Platinum Booked: SCAR Received: XCAR (Cadillac XTS) Duration: 4 days Agent was cheerful, and reluctant. First offered Hyundai. Advised her I called two weeks prior to ensure I had the reservation setup correctly to receive a German automobile. Manager said Hyundai. I was tired so I offered to wait for a nicer vehicle to be returned/cleaned so spoke with her manager and I received a Cadillac. Would've been happy with a Jetta. Always drama @DFW but have always been taken care of. |
Location: LHR T5
Status: Gold Booked: CCMR Audi 1 Received: CCAR Mini Auto Duration: 6 days I am always off my game when I get to LHR having travelled for about 18 hours. I always forget to add my FF number to the reservation and this time I meant to ask if they'd upsell me to an auto transmission. Completely forgot about it and got one anyway. I have always wanted to try the Mini so was quite excited to get it. Did about 1000 miles and it was quite comfortable given it is tiny |
Hi,
I am new to the SixT world, having used Hertz, pretty much everytime I have rented a car.. I have a reservation for Amman Airport (Jordan) starting tomorrow.. I had a few quick questions: I have no status with SixT, whatsoever. 1. I have reserved an Economy car. Are they usually forthcoming with upgrades, or should I expect an Economy car only ? 2. I am starting to think this car might be slightly small for my requirement ? Would it be better to book a bigger car before hand or they provide decent deals on upgrades at the counter ? |
Originally Posted by Flyfromscratch
(Post 26495625)
Hi,
I am new to the SixT world, having used Hertz, pretty much everytime I have rented a car.. I have a reservation for Amman Airport (Jordan) starting tomorrow.. I had a few quick questions: I have no status with SixT, whatsoever. 1. I have reserved an Economy car. Are they usually forthcoming with upgrades, or should I expect an Economy car only ? 2. I am starting to think this car might be slightly small for my requirement ? Would it be better to book a bigger car before hand or they provide decent deals on upgrades at the counter ? Please do ask for upgrades at the counter. I am immensely curious about Sixt in Amman as I have an upcoming reservation there myself and very little info is around. Good luck! :) |
Location: Rome Villa borghese
Status: Express Booked: IVAR Received: A160D With Nav and Auto Date: Aug 2015 Duration:20 days (Very Happy) Location: Miami 5th street Status: Express Booked: PCAR Received: LCAR(C300) PTAR(228i Conv.) Location: Miami 5th street Status: Express Booked: CCAR Mini Received: CFAR Chevrolet Trax Location: Miami 5th street Status: Express Booked: PCAR Received: PCAR Audi A3 1.8t Underpowered and with service light was on, but had Hid, Panoramic Roof, and Bose. Swapped it for a brand new 328i with camera and professional Nav at MIA Location: Miami 5th street Status: Gold Booked: LCAR Received: LCAR Bmw 328i Tan leather seats, camera, and LED headlights. Location: Munich Fröttmaning Status: Diamond Booked: FDMR Received: FDAR 320d Msport Location: Miami 5th street Status: Diamond Booked: LCAR Received: CTS 3.6 Location: Collins Miami Status: Diamond Booked: LCAR Received: GLC300 |
First time upgrade w/o any talking
Location: SPU
Status: Platinium Booked: ECMR (Fiat Punto) Received: CWMR (Ford Focus Kombi manual, 15 km on odo fresh new) Duration: 10 days Driven: on way to Dubrovnik Comments: If I want complain, it smell factory inside and exhaust smell teriribly Pre-autorization on credit card 980EUR at SIXT office, rental cost full 10 days 140EUR only. |
Location: LYON PART DIEU
Status: Platinum Booked: SDMR Received: SDMR Duration: 7 days Asked for a german car, received a Renault Talisman instead. Such a crappy car for this segment! Still wondering how and why Sixt is offering this car to its clients. This car is a plastic toy/gadget. A/C doesn't work properly, dashboard is so complicated that it makes the car dangerous to drive, awfully uncomfortable seats, ... Can somebody tell me how can I feel an official complaint? Thanks! NB: would be nice if Sixt'staff knew how to install/use the baby car seat Sixt rents ... |
Cologne Hilton
I have transferred my business to SIXT last year and will be picking up a rental at the Hilton in Cologne Germany in two weeks. I am Platinum and have booked IWMR. Is it possible to request a specific car, how? If I request an upgrade as Platinum member what vehicles would be common upgrade from IWMR? BMW Wagon?
Location: Cologne Germany Hilton Status: Platinum Booked: IWMR Duration: 14 days |
Location: Ft Lauderdale/BMW Florida
Status: Platinum Booked: LCAR Received: XCAR: BMW 5 Duration: 4 days |
LHR
Platinum LFAR - Volvo XC90 XFAR - Mercedes GLE350d AMG 10 days |
NCE
Platinum Booked - BMW 3 series Manual Received - BMW 5 series Automatic fully loaded with extras - nice car EDI Platinum Booked - Luton Tail-lift Van Received - Luton Tail-lift Van (biggest class at location so upgrade impossible.) |
AMS
Platinum (anyone know how to get diamond) Booked: LDAR Assigned: LDAR (E350 or Jaguar XF) Recieved: LPAN Bmw M550d Estate Duration: 2 Days Great Car for driving around! Wished they had this in the states!:D ^ |
Berlin-Alexanderplatz
Status: Diamond Booked: ILMR (BMW Series 2, MB B-Class or similar) Received: XFAR (VW Tourag Diesel) Duration: 7 days I was directly offered this very nice upgrade. No question needed, like it was very clear for the agent that I have to receive something special (as it is holiday season). For Germany in my experience veeeeeery uncommon. Guess I was lucky to enjoy a shortage or change in fleet mgmt.. |
SJC
Plat. Booked LFAR Assigned - XT5 Requested an upgrade and got an XC90 with 500 miles on the clock! XFAR |
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