Enterprise got back to me: $350 for a day, 150 mile limit

"Jayhawk Jake" (jayhawkjake) 10/03/2014 at 15:57 • Filed to: RENT-A-VETTE

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Compared to the exotic car rental firms that's actually a pretty good deal. I'm very strongly considering it...

Saracen > Jayhawk Jake 10/03/2014 at 16:00

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"$350 a day"

"150 mile limit"

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > Jayhawk Jake 10/03/2014 at 16:00

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That's pretty cool, pity about the 150 mile limit. I could knock that off in 2 hours on the highway.

Pretend to be very interested in buying one and ask for a two hour test drive, haha.

Manuél Ferrari > Saracen 10/03/2014 at 16:09

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I guess it all depends on what kind of miles you put on the car. 150 track miles for $350 would be a smoking deal :)

Saracen > Manuél Ferrari 10/03/2014 at 16:12

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Certainly. But if someone give me a C7 Vette I'm going want to spend all day hitting every rural backcountry road in San Diego county ;)

CRider > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 10/03/2014 at 16:12

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The Corvette could knock off 150 miles in under one hour on the right highway.

Manuél Ferrari > Saracen 10/03/2014 at 16:15

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Are those roads awesome? Never tried them

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > CRider 10/03/2014 at 16:15

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true, I was speaking in somewhat legally attainable terms.

Which is an interesting question though, how comfortable is a corvette maintaining a speed near its top speed (which I imagine is higher), so lets say we maintain a speed of 170. Disregarding running out of fuel. That's gotta strain the car pretty good, haha.

treesmakewater > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 10/03/2014 at 16:19

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if he looks respectable and drives a nicer car he can get it for an entire day!

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > treesmakewater 10/03/2014 at 16:22

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Haha it was amazing how much more seriously I got taken at a dealership when I rolled up in an '06 Ford Fivehundred (not the greatest, but not a piece of junk). As opposed to rolling up in my falling-apart-airbags-missing-muffler-broken-taped-up-windows-1997-jetta.

I imagine if I pull up in my '10 Taurus SHO, I could test drive some sweet cars :D

treesmakewater > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 10/03/2014 at 16:24

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you should have seen the look on the salesmen when I drove up in my (now deceased ) 95 maxima that had dents all over, paint missing, and smoked like a freight train (368K on it when traded). I was driving it to get parts for my A6 (go figure)

Saracen > Manuél Ferrari 10/03/2014 at 16:29

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Oh yeah, there are a lot of great roads! East County is amazing. Julian, Ramona, Anza-Borrego, Campo, Potrero, etc...lots of great roads and beautiful scenery. I'm planning to take a huge loop as the first thing I do when I get my next car (which will be a proper sports car)

CRider > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 10/03/2014 at 16:32

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That's why I said "On the right highway". I hope the Corvette, fuel and tires notwithstanding, could do 170 all day.

Manuél Ferrari > Saracen 10/03/2014 at 16:32

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Sweet!

Let me know when you get that next car and I'll come down to do the drive!

Saracen > Manuél Ferrari 10/03/2014 at 16:35

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Awesome! Will do. I need to deal with my real estate situation first. Hopefully someone will buy my place when I re-list it.

Manuél Ferrari > Saracen 10/03/2014 at 16:48

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Good luck!

Real estate is so tough. I hope prices don't crash again. I decided to rent out my last place instead of selling it cause I couldn't get the price I wanted.

Saracen > Manuél Ferrari 10/03/2014 at 16:51

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Yeah, it's been a frustrating experience. I so want to move on. If I can't sell I might just rent it out.

Jayhawk Jake > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 10/03/2014 at 17:01

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An extended test drive would be great.

150 mile is tight, but it's more than any other place I looked.

Manuél Ferrari > Saracen 10/03/2014 at 17:08

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I totally feel ya!

Jayhawk Jake > Saracen 10/03/2014 at 17:11

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It is, but as I pointed out that's actually a pretty good deal for these sort of things. There was a place blunion showed me that was $300 and only 60 miles.

What I really don't get is the discrepancy between a Corvette and a Camaro SS. Camaro SS from Hertz is like $150 a day and I'm pretty sure that's unlimited miles. Makes no sense

Jayhawk Jake > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 10/03/2014 at 17:15

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I don't know if it works if the car is too new though.

I pull up in a 2013 and it's like 'really? that thing is still new'

boobytrapsandtreasure > Jayhawk Jake 10/06/2014 at 11:45

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Do it. How much $ per mile past 150?