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Enterprise (Buying a car from them)
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Has anyone had any experience with buying a car from Enterprise?
The prices seem to be a good bit less than dealership across the board for comprable models/warranties/miles. It's nothing super drastic, but generally a couple thousand less than local dealerships.
The prices seem to be a good bit less than dealership across the board for comprable models/warranties/miles. It's nothing super drastic, but generally a couple thousand less than local dealerships.
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I know when I rent a car I thrash the hell out of it because its fun and its not my car. I know I am not the only one who does this. I would imagine those cars even if they only have 10k miles get beat to fuck in those 10k miles. If you are willing to take the risk then by all means. Just be careful you might end up spending well more than that few k you save on the initial price in maintenance down the road.
Why such a callous disregard for property that isn't yours, with that being the only rationale? Personally I try to return cars I rent in better condition than when I rented them.
Rental companies do usually seem to be pretty on top of repairs, so I'd think the car would be okay mechanically, unless there is some specific problem with it that is driving them to sell it.
Biggest cost so far has been the brake pads and the fuel pressure regulator leaked a few weeks ago. Other than that, it's been a solid car.
Also, while I was signing the papers, the car was damaged on the lot. Somebody broke one of the rear-view mirrors. Enterprise was nice enough to send me a check to cover the damage... and a few months later a bill for the exact amount of the check. I called up their sales division and they supposedly cleared it up, but now every single time I try to rent from Enterprise, their computer system shows an outstanding balance. I've tried getting this taken care of multiple times and I just get the corporate run-around, so now I just go to other rental companies.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
CUZ THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE MIDDLE AND IT'S GIVING ME A RASH
Nothing happened to her but she was out of a car.
So far nothing major and I'm at almost 60k miles
Great way to save some money, however, i bought it through dodge after they had looked at it. Getting the car directly from the rental agency seems a little sketch to me
The things she could teach you... :winky:
anyway OP, It's a gamble. They're used much harder than a normal car, but they're also maintained regularly and kept in rent-able shape. Spend the $75 or whatever and have an independent mechanic do a once over on it.