Rental Car Roulette

Kinja'd!!! "Nick Has an Exocet" (nickallain)
08/24/2016 at 00:11 • Filed to: None

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My parents are coming out to the Bay Area next month and we’re driving from SF to Yellowstone/Montana. We rented an “L-Class” SUV from Hertz. I’m hoping for a Jeep Grand Cherokee. I may see if the location (it’s my local place) will take a special request. It’s kind of the only complete-package SUV in the fleet for that class. Everything else is either gutless, dull, harsh, or just plain old.

The site says “4runner or similar”, which apparently includes:

Chevrolet 0-60 by Next Year’s Equinox
Ford Edgeless
GMC Rarely Sees Terrain
Hyundai Santa Fe
Jeep Grand Rascism
Mitsubishi Endeavor To Be Remembered
Xssan Xterra
Dodge Adjourn-ey
Ferd Explerrer

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DISCUSSION (5)


Kinja'd!!! Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > Nick Has an Exocet
08/24/2016 at 00:18

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A 4Runner is by far the best of all those options, especially if you’d actually like to use it off road at all.


Kinja'd!!! Nick Has an Exocet > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow
08/24/2016 at 00:22

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Not likely to see any offroading on this trip. I think it would be fun, but my mother would probably kill me, hah.


Kinja'd!!! facw > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow
08/24/2016 at 00:54

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Presumably the Xterra would be capable as well, but I’d wouldn’t expect many of those left in rental fleets given that it has been out of production for a year, and they normally cycle quickly.


Kinja'd!!! Spasoje > Nick Has an Exocet
08/24/2016 at 02:48

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Rented an Edge last month. Very decent crossover, best driven in S instead of D. It’s most interesting if you get a Titanium that can park itself!


Kinja'd!!! Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > Nick Has an Exocet
08/24/2016 at 07:49

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Haha well it’s still probably one of the nicest of the group to boost. Hyundais have actually gotten pretty good too, for a mall cruiser.