Beater Rental Cars

[Volvo_D]

OK, Last time i am asking for homework help...I PROMISE!!!!!
I need some feedback.
still working on my rental car strategy for class...

If you could rent a beater sports/fun car...assuming they are in good mechanical condition with, what would you pay for it?

Here are the cars:

Generation 1 and Gen 2 Miata
1980ish VW Camper
1966 Mustang Coupe
1998 Wrangler softop
1998 Z3 4cyl



What would you pay?

[BostonB6]

Been done.

http://www.rentawreck.com/index.html

[spitfirevr6]

He's not actually doing it, just a little class project fun i believe.

I personally would not pay much

[Omnilith]

I'm in for $25 a day.

Am I allowed to take the Wrangler off road provided it returns clean and free of dings/scratches?

[Volvo_D]

Been done.

http://www.rentawreck.com/index.html

that is actually a different business model. they focus mainly on vehicles that are only 1. a few years old (not like 15 or 20 years) and 2. typically in the camcord segment. i.e. appliances.

rent a wreck is a horrible business name by the way, it gives confused consumers the wrong message.

[Air-over-water]

Am I allowed to take the Wrangler off road provided it returns clean and free of dings/scratches?

[Chmeeee]

I'm in for $25 a day.

Am I allowed to take the Wrangler off road provided it returns clean and free of dings/scratches?

If it comes back without dings/scratches, who's to know?

I rented a Grand Cherokee with 13 miles on it and took it on a few high-clearance, 4WD only trails in Utah.

[zhenya00]

rent a wreck is a horrible business name by the way, it gives confused consumers the wrong message.

I don't know, the one time I rented from them, it was indeed a wreck. The tiny car (I think a Metro? so this was a while ago) was at least 5 years old and beat to hell. It WAS cheap though!

The funny part of that story is that we rented that to loan to a friend to drive so we could borrow his Ford Galaxie which was actually big enough to fit 3 people and their bikes INSIDE the car. Fuel was like .85 at the time which helped make this transaction feasible.

[deagle]

well, you have to factor the rental fees as part of the buy-in for the avg vehicle

it should cover or chip in for : gas, maintenance, insurance

for a beater, you're paying for liability really

the pricing will have to be REALLY competitive (damn near free, just put in gas), considering zipcar charges per day/hour or something

or you can do it on an experimental basis, like pay what you can or think its worth

i think panera bread did that for one of its stores