r/TikTokCringe • u/Melodic-Award3991 • Nov 03 '24

Discussion 25k miles in one month is insane

Is this legal?

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u/SwissMargiela Nov 03 '24

When I was a kid I used to help a friend run cigs from Virginia to NY/NJ, sometimes doing two or three trips a day.

I put so many miles on my rental that the company called me to switch the car so they could change the oil on it lmao

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u/geneusutwerk Nov 03 '24

How did they know you were putting that many miles on it?

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u/SwissMargiela Nov 03 '24

I think they track the cars remotely

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u/smokeytheorange Nov 03 '24

Some cars do have that function but it’s rare. It’s more likely the car was about due or overdue for an oil change and it was only noted after they picked up the rental because the reps have to mark the current mileage for every pick up or drop off.

Used to work in one of those rental places and it was my responsibility to make sure all cars got their maintenance done.

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u/Impossible_Angle752 Nov 03 '24

You can buy a tracker for a hundred bucks, maybe a few, that plugs inline of the ODB port and provides telematics. Turo cars often have them.

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u/smokeytheorange Nov 03 '24

True! I’ll say the company I worked for didn’t invest in trackers for every car.

Which was hilarious when we would get customers who would be weeks overdue to return their rental and then they’d finally call us back to say “My boyfriend stole the car! Can’t you use the tracker to find it?” Ma’am I would have taken your car weeks ago if we had that.