Buying From Hertz

[gofishn]

these replies are falt out, killing me.

Where do you all think those 1 or 2 year old Used cars are coming from? You know, the lease turn ins.
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Well guess ehat, tHertz and others, who retial their used acars are simply not returning the cars in, after the lease is up, other rental outfits still do, the lesswer ones, who donot maintaint their stuff as well as teh big boys.

Today, I;d much rather uby from enterprize or herts than a dealr lease trade in. I know what i am getting from the hertz. oil change every time its returned from a rental, no matter mileage.

all those i drive rentals like ip;m 15 tales?
so what, do it, have fin, you rented. Hertz dont care eitehr, thats what teh warranty is for and if every renter is as reatrded, that motor will be replced long beofre it rolls around to sell it point.

OP

buy what you want and be happy.

though, if you truly are looking at logn term owndership, thats when you buy less options and go new so you knwo how it was cared for, from day one.

 

[GsRAM]

I say you buy the red one, which looked rather nice. Then after you're ready, swap out the transfer case to a mechanical diff one (but electric shift), and you'll have a Super-Ram!! Or a mechanical center diff kit ..if one is avail:

My tk is white. Honestly, after a while White is kind of an annoying color. Or non-color. Avoid white.

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Unless your someone like me who prefers white for it's high visibility on the road, its ability to hide small dents and scratches and its longevity and resistance to paint fade due to its nature and how it reflects light and heat in the summer.....but hey, that's just me. Everyone is different and that's ok.

 

[ranchhopper]

I say you buy the red one, which looked rather nice. Then after you're ready, swap out the transfer case to a mechanical diff one (but electric shift), and you'll have a Super-Ram!! Or a mechanical center diff kit ..if one is avail:

My tk is white. Honestly, after a while White is kind of an annoying color. Or non-color. Avoid white.

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White has only one advantage you cant see the dust on it.

 

[Travelin Ram]

~ oil change every time its returned from a rental, no matter mileage.~

Sorry, Fish, but I’m gonna call BS on that. Unless there’s a citation to back it up. If it is true, I guess it makes it easier to understand their bankruptcy.

If I’m wrong, I’ll apologize and send you a beer. No hard feelings.

 

[indept]

My biggest concern would be what brand oil did they use, some oils don't have much if any Molybdenum which our hemi's need. Also did they use synthetic or did they use regular oil and let it go the full 10k miles our oil monitor recommends?

 

[gofishn]

Sorry, Fish, but I’m gonna call BS on that. Unless there’s a citation to back it up. If it is true, I guess it makes it easier to understand their bankruptcy.

If I’m wrong, I’ll apologize and send you a beer. No hard feelings.

Back in teh stone age, knew a manager for Hertz, they bought barrells of the recycled oil that msot dealerr suse for their 3 oil changes for 9 cents package they sell in teh service depts. Everytime car came in, got an oil change. not if it was out for a week or less but if over a week, got a change, deductible and kept things running. think about it, if cars in teh shop, it aint making money.

no idea why the company went under suspect poor managmenet by highly paid execs.

I do nknow, that those used car auctions, which only Franchisee's can attend and buy oen or 2 year brands are almost all fleet vehciles. Few from supr large companies that lese firect from automanufacturer but almost all were enterprize, hertz and the like. Just liek any other lease, you get to keep it for x number of months or miles then got to be turned in to factory, for re-sale to tehir dealers.

when Chrysler hooke dup with renault, we got a ton of those little convertibles and mande a mint of them. everyoen a trud

 

[Ramtastic1500]

Why do you say they get beat on? Seems to me the worst abuse a truck gets is when it is towing and these rental trucks dont have tow hitches

While I was attending college I worked for one of the major car rental companies. My job was to detail and complete preventative maintenance (oil changes) on the vehicles in the fleet. I will never buy a used rental car because I have personally seen vehicles that slipped through the cracks and missed oil changes. I once saw a vehicle that went about 20,000 miles without an oil change… And at the time (early 2000’s) the company I worked for used conventional oil.

 

[Mb7640]

I have bought a few rental vehicles from the dealer in the past no issues at all. I do change the oil right away. Just for piece of mind on my part. Hope it works out for you

 

[Rado]

My car a 2011 O purchased 2012 from Dealer was a Enterprise Rental and my 2015 RAM purchased 2016 from a dealer was also a Enterprise Both great

 

[huntergreen]

My biggest concern would be what brand oil did they use, some oils don't have much if any Molybdenum which our hemi's need. Also did they use synthetic or did they use regular oil and let it go the full 10k miles our oil monitor recommends?

I’m sure it’s cheap non syn but it’s changed often with enterprise cars.