The Idea of buying a rental car is hard to fathom. I guess mentally it is a bit like the idea of marrying an ex-prostitute (sorry about the sexism).
There was an article in the National Lampoon Magazine in the mid 1970's titled "How to drive fast on drugs while getting your @#$%^%$# squeezed with out spilling your drink." It was a very typical product of the National Lampoon at the time. One of the references in it was a discussion on whether rear or front engine cars handled best. The answer was that rented cars handled best "rental cars will go around corners faster that any other car. They also will go into reverse at higher rates of speed ."oh yeah some thing about stellar off road capability. When ever I here of the idea of purchasing a used rental car I always remember that article. These days when I rent a car I treat it well however, 20 + years ago I was a field engineer in the computer industry. Traveled a lot and rented a lot of cars. All I can say about that is I would want to discuss the statue of limitation with a lawyer before divulging how they were driven. George Larribeau Dallas Texas 1985 300SD 207K 1987 HD FLHTC 90K, Bent &2 I 1984 Motoguzzi Cal -2 80K 1972 Motoguzzi Ambassador LOTS 1965 Chevy C-10 pick up truck lots of miles 3rd small block ..(Extra Ugly,but runs) 1993 BMW 323i 125K (Wife's Car) 1967 BMW R50/2 (Wife's MC, currently in a Basket, Getting Better) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sunil Hari" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 7:10 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: would you buy a rental car? >I would never buy a rental, just based on how i've driven my rentals the > past two months. And I normally drive quite conservatively, but city > driving just brings out the worst habits in me. > > On 10/16/07, John M McIntosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=rental+car >> +abuse&search=Search >> >> Still they would be newer, they likely had regular approved service, >> how would you know the treatment >> was *any* different than a car from some used car lot which has no >> history... >> >> Is there some large difference in pricing driving this decsion? >> >> On Oct 16, 2007, at 8:58 AM, Allan Streib wrote: >> >> > Couple of people I know have been happy with cars they bought from >> > Enterprise. I've also heard horror stories about the things people do >> > to rental cars. Any opinions? >> > >> > Allan >> > -- >> > 1983 300D >> > 1966 230 >> > >> > _______________________________________ >> > http://www.okiebenz.com >> > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ >> > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >> > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> John >> 1983 300TDt 384k Kilometers (mobil 1 Delvac) >> 1990's 300TDt 208k Kilometers (mobil 1 Delvac) >> 1993 500SEL 198k Kilometers (mobil 1 Delvac) >> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ >> For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > > > -- > Sunil Hari > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 513-205-7474 > 614-441-8164 > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
