i should invite my wife back on the site for this... her company only pays for like economy cars, so even with hertz status she still regularly gets crappy cars... the ones i've driven (and suck) are:

Ford Escape
Ford Focus
Toyota Rav4
Ford Mustang Conv.

Jeep Wrangler was fun though

Too funny. I actually signed in to a create a thread RE: my "adventures in rentals" and saw you beat me to it.

I have a car rented for a week starting last saturday, I was booked through hertz for a class "I" (Lincoln Towncar or Cadillac DTS); when I spoke to them/got there they said they had neither (what is the point of a reservation.......?); so I had a choice of:

nissan altima 2.5L
chevrolet impala
ford mustang
saturn vue

The vue was the least "dirty" of the vehicles, but a nightmare as a whole as I soon learned. The XM was installed but disabled, the transmission was questionable at best, and any turn of the steering wheel resulted in a perplexing thunk. It had the "bigger" V6 with the 6-AT. The torque steer on it was ridiculous (FWD). It also has the worst turning radius I have ever experienced on anything. The seats were AMAZINGLY uncomfortable as well. The car only had 10K miles on it but raddled like it had 100,000.

On day 3(?) I realized that the ()*!@$'ing tag EXPIRES on 07-01-09. I called the local hertz, which of course had no cars. I called the airport hertz, which had some cars but no luxury (which is what they owed me)... but they ended up getting one in and "reserving" it for me.

I drove 45 minutes from work to the airport to pickup the car in the pouring rain. I stood in the rain while i moved my stuff from the vue to the

town car. After a few minutes of sitting in the town car i realize NONE of the interior lights work, at all (it had a mere 6500 miles). I bickered with them about that and they just said "it's all we have" (which was a blatant lie); at that point I had some personal issues going on so just cut my losses and left.

I get a few minutes down the road only to realize the RADIO doesn't work at all. I figured the fuse that killed the interior lights also went to something else - apparently it was the power antenna! I turned around and went back and proceeded to stand at the window while the manager ignored me and the dispatch manager answered an arsenal of idiotic questions from someone on the phone. After he got off the phone i explained the situation and he said he'd find me another car........

Nissan Xterra. Definitely not my 1st choice; but whatever.
The vehicle has 10K miles on it and feels much more solid than the saturn. It is definitely much less equipped, though.
Oddly enough this Xterra is equipped with 4WD, and nothing else (except power windows). I'm surprised it has a cd player, really. The vehicle drives decently (better than the saturn's ridiculously soft/squishy/rolly ride). I have to say, being a car snob, and paying luxury car rates - I am pretty annoyed to be driving around in a nissan xterra (which doesn't even have a compass!); no power anything except windows/locks.

I hear you. The FX isn't meant to be the "pinnacle of luxury" per-se, but is a VERY well executed vehicle (i LOVED my FX; and have considered buying a used one )... I think some of us ge so used to all the creature comforts of our cars (and the specific reasons WE chose to bought them) that we become even more analytical when we drive something else (although the saturn really was a turd-on-wheels).

Well, I called a DIFFERENT hertz again yesterday and got a much more pleasant person. It goes to show how the people behind the desk at the rental places can really do whatever they want... I traded the Xterra 4x4 in for this:





Yay!

I actually didnt either; it's the hertz (something) edition. They have volvo convertibles, G37's, M35's(!), and a handfull of Corvettes. they wouldnt give me a vette, though.

True.. they weren't "supposed" to give me the G37 but they did (the secondary location, that is). From my understanding it's a "local car only" and supposed to be billed per mile, but the rate code I have it under has unlimited miles. Yay!

Not bad Oz.  So, how much would the G normally be to rent?

Oh, and don't forget to give us a little review.  I am curious to see what kind of condition a G rental is kept in.  Most rental cars get beat on and age prematurely.