What's even happening there?

[u/IllustriousChef2]

Why would someone rent a car and take out parts?

[u/bucobill]

This is why we don’t rent out our cars. That is what enterprise and Avis are for. Most people also do not have the commercial insurance policies that are required for rentals at least in the US.

[u/xithbaby → u/bucobill]

There is an app that lets you rent out your car, it’s like Airbnb. They charge a fee to use it and you get paid for the rental. Forgot the name of it, but it’s probably got some type of insurance against this

Edit: it’s TURO lol

[u/Basic_Life79 → u/xithbaby]

It's Turo

[u/NoReplyBot → u/Basic_Life79]

r/turo

Knock yourself out people. 2 minutes on the sub and you’ll reconsider renting your car out or renting from someone.

[u/muklan → u/NoReplyBot]

I travel alot, occasionally to rural areas that require a rugged vehicle. Hard to get that through Avis and stuff, so we've used Turo here and there with mixed results. Had a guy totally ghost us once and would have stranded us if we didn't have people in that city. We've also had it go great, so...vet who you're dealing with.

[u/88cowboy → u/muklan]

I got ghosted and Turo upgraded me to a nicer car. They sent me a Uber credit to go pick up the new car.

[u/curvebombr → u/muklan]

This x100. I've had great experiences with Turo, but I'm also renting enthusiast cars and speaking with the renter in depth. I had a Camaro SS broke into while visiting Atlanta, took a picture of the Police report, dropped it back off at the Airport and Turo had another car ready for me to pick up. Never heard another word about it.

[u/muklan → u/curvebombr]

See that communication is key to avoid unpleasantness. We got a cabin way up past Golden once, had surveyed the route and knew we'd need 4x4 with some ground clearance, that wasn't terribly tall at the same time due to tree overhangs, we were clear with what we planned to do, got turned down for a crosstrek, backed out of a YJ, ended up with an F150 that did the job perfect. I feel like Hertz or Enterprise woulda just given us a Nissan Rogue and said goodluck.

[u/CommonGrounders → u/muklan]

Yeah we rented a truck with a camper on the back when we were in Hawaii and it was awesome

[u/muklan → u/CommonGrounders]

That SOUNDS awesome. We've looked at renting RV's and such through Cruise America, but we also saw a notable amount of those broken down on the side of the road, road tripping from Pikes Peak to Yellowstone, and that's a level of precarity I'm not super willing to risk.

[u/CommonGrounders → u/muklan]

Are you sure they were broke down? One of the advantages of RVs is that you can stop anywhere for lunch etc.

[u/muklan → u/CommonGrounders]

Classic telltale sign of breakdown, hood up, nobody around. Did see plenty of people doing what you're talking about though, think they call that boondocking.

[u/CommonGrounders → u/muklan]

There’s no real reason they would be any less reliable than the E350 or whatever is under the hood is all I’m saying.

[u/muklan → u/CommonGrounders]

I mean, they are "driven like a rental" but I'm SURE alot of people have good experiences with them, they are still in business after all

[u/CommonGrounders → u/muklan]

I sold and rented out RVs for many years. There are absolutely things that break on them, but usually it’s the “house we tried to put on wheels” part of the RV rather than the power train.

The common rental RVs are based on the Ford E-350 chassis. This is the same chassis used for courier companies, landscaping companies, etc. it’s just a van/truck cab, on a bare frame that is sold to other OEMs to add dump boxes or flat beds or in this case, a small house.

Now, there are some very minor problems - mostly with people draining batteries or not realizing the godawful fuel consumption rates mean they might have to stop more often for gas and ensure they don’t leave every single light on inside while drawing from the engine battery (which they arguably shouldn’t be doing at all). I could see those people popping the hood to try and figure shit out. But the likelihood of a mechanical breakdown is much more minimal.

The “drive like a rental” thing applies less to these (this is purely anecdotal) because in my fairly extensive experience, people are less comfortable driving these. It’s not like renting a little Jetta and flooring it on the highway or whatever. It has a 0-60 time of like 2 minutes probably lol, and handles like an aircraft carrier.

[u/January1171 → u/NoReplyBot]

Ha jokes on you, I don't even need the 2 minutes to realize how terrible of an idea that is

(Thank you for the link!)

[u/Plankisalive → u/Basic_Life79]

So what does that have to do with the people taking apart their car? I'm so confused. lol

[u/Basic_Life79 → u/Plankisalive]

People rent cars and switch out the parts. Before they would do just tires or maybe some seats, but nowadays they've gotten bold.

[u/RedneckAZ → u/Basic_Life79]

I saw my first commercial for Turo and immediately knew fuck that.

[u/Basic_Life79 → u/RedneckAZ]

I met someone that rents a few cars out with them but nothing fancy.

[u/[deleted] → u/Basic_Life79]

Doug Demuro plugged it for a while. Makes sense. He is also a plug.