ramius665

Seriously, I read this and laughed for about 30 minutes straight. Oh, and coming from a guy who rents cars ALL the time (me), it's totally true:

"There's a lot of debate about what kind of car handles best. Some say a front-engined car; some say a rear-engined car. I say a rented car. nothing handles better than a rented car. You can go faster, turn corners sharper, and put the transmission into reverse while going forward at a higher rate of speed in a rented car than in any other kind. You can also park without looking, and you can use the trunk as an ice chest. Another thing about a rented car is that it's an all-terrain vehicle. Mud, snow, water, woods -- you can take a rented car anywhere. True, you can't always get it back -- but that's not your problem, is it?"

This is care of P.J O'Rourke's "Driving Like Crazy." I highly recommend you pick it up for other similarly insane stories about cars... =D

dillon410021

lol, totally true!

Kevin Baker

Can you say Damage waiver insurance....the most fun you can possibly have with $13.00

RED87944S

i was just beating the crap out of one yesterday

FRporscheman

I always treat the rental car as I would my own car and return it in the same condition as when I got it. Maybe I've been missing out...

whalebird

Rented cars are a great source of parts/tires/transmissions/seats etc.

V2Rocket

this reminds me of the late 60's hertz shelby GT-H cars. they were hopped up mustangs that you could rent from hertz (commonly used to go racing) and it was not uncommon for guys to rent the GTH, pull its engine and put it in their regular mustang and put the regular 289 or whatever back into the rental and hertz would be none the wiser

fortysixandtwo

hahaha [R] is for race....
Some cars have interlocks, other don't, and man do they shutter when you put them in race mode at 35mph

89magic98

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dillon410021

the first video is hilarious

944Fest (aka Dan P)

While I'm not really proud of this, I know you can drive a Pontiac Grand Am, in the rain, for extended periods with the rear wheels locked up. The face on the guy who runs up to your window, in a downpour, to tell you that 'your rear wheels are not turning' is priceless -when you reply, "I know".

loxner

Rental cars get sooooo much better when there's snow/ice on the road

ksucat90

I'll take a loaner over a rental any day!!

Darwantae951

I'm with you on this one. I even tell people to not slam the doors...are we missing something?

944Ross

I fail to see how tearing up other people's property is "fun".