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My 1998 Altima was a rental. When I bought it it was five months old and had 11,000 miles. I figured those had to be mostly highway miles. I never had a problem with it until 175K.
How does "oil changes" and routine maintenance along with "50 point inspections...a rip" prevent neutral drops...going airborne, red line over revving, power slides, hitting speed bumps at the mall at high speed, taking a unibody FWD off road for the Baja 400.......smoking weed inside, hauling drunks around and puking or crapping in it......hauling smelly, dirty pets etc....etc.... make it ok?
That's a "mystery" left for unmechanically inclined potential buyers who have more money than brains.......
You have to be over 25, have a credit card, full coverage insurance, and clean driving record to rent a car. People who ride around drunk and smoking weed likely wouldn't qualify to rent one in the first place.
I think off lease vehicles are worse, especially since many of those people couldn't afford to buy the car, so they probably have have skimped on maintenance. Many have the attitude that since its under warranty they just drive it as-is until they turn it in.
Assume that 5% of the people who drive cars, rented or not, abuse them. Would you rather buy a used car(former rental) that had been abused 5% of the time it was in use, or take a chance that the used car was owned by one of those 5% and abused all the time?
To my knowledge, at least here where I live, a national car rental place has a garage that is always busy with maintenance activity whenever I have been there with the need to rent a car. As mentioned, they may actually be better maintained by the rental company, as no company wants a breakdown on their hands!
Breakdowns seldom happen in the first couple of years of a car's life no matter how poorly you treat them. The rental industry model is to suck the best years from the car and dump it before problems start surfacing. They aren't trying to make the car last 10 years and 200,00 miles. Abuse and neglect typically take quite a bit of time before showing up and resulting in breakdowns. For example, you can skip oil changes for 20,000 miles and the engine isn't going to lock up but the overall lifespan may well have been shortened.
Breakdowns seldom happen in the first couple of years of a car's life no matter how poorly you treat them. The rental industry model is to suck the best years from the car and dump it before problems start surfacing. They aren't trying to make the car last 10 years and 200,00 miles. Abuse and neglect typically take quite a bit of time before showing up and resulting in breakdowns. For example, you can skip oil changes for 20,000 miles and the engine isn't going to lock up but the overall lifespan may well have been shortened.
It's in the rental company's best interest to keep the factory warranty in effect. Why would they skip oil changes and void the warranty?
Haha. That's funny. I'd say they're more abused since the person renting it doesn't have to care about the maintenance on it. Hell, I always smash in a rental car every now and then just to see what it's made of.
Haha. That's funny. I'd say they're more abused since the person renting it doesn't have to care about the maintenance on it. Hell, I always smash in a rental car every now and then just to see what it's made of.
Let me guess, you never drive your personal vehicle aggressively. Wouldn't do that, would you?
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