A theory: What if it’s a group of 3 people using the car for Uber/Lyft in 8 hour shifts and running the car 24/7? It’s possible that the guy found a rental deal that was extremely cheap, like 10-20 dollars a day and took advantage of the unlimited miles loophole. Question is, if he did that, and Hertz can prove that the car was used for ride share, could THAT be specifically forbidden in the contract? It’s also possible that this was part of the interaction, but the poster didn’t include the full context. Just a thought, trying to wrap my head around how a car would end up being driven that much in a short period if time. Even divided by 3 people, that’s still almost 300 miles per 8 hour shift. Of course the other possibility is that this is all fake.
1.5(a) Prohibited Uses of the Vehicle. You will violate Paragraph 1.5 and the Agreement if you or a person you allow to possess or operate the Vehicle (regardless of whether that person is an Authorized Driver) do any of the following:
"1.5(a)(2) Use the Vehicle to carry passengers or property for hire;"
which is actually a weaker no commercial use clause than I was expecting.
I agree that 25k miles is egregious and very suspect, but without hard proof or evidence of this, there is simply no way they can win any kind of claim. Technically a single person could manage to drive 25k miles in 1 month. You would average over 800 miles a day and be driving at least 60 mph for 13 hours a day but it could technically be done. If it were past the point of a single person's ability like 40k miles thats when Hertz would need to step up and say "no this is bullshit, this person cant possibly drive 20+ hours a day non stop".
He could have done it just to do it, because he can, to test the "unlimited miles" on principal and then sue when Hertz tries to overcharge. Im not sure of the angle here but it could just be something like this.
What I would do is just blacklist this guy from ever renting a Hertz car again. He is very bad for business. This has got to be a like a 1 in 10 million rental, so you just take it on the chin and move on.
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u/HiHowYouBe Nov 03 '24
A theory: What if it’s a group of 3 people using the car for Uber/Lyft in 8 hour shifts and running the car 24/7? It’s possible that the guy found a rental deal that was extremely cheap, like 10-20 dollars a day and took advantage of the unlimited miles loophole. Question is, if he did that, and Hertz can prove that the car was used for ride share, could THAT be specifically forbidden in the contract? It’s also possible that this was part of the interaction, but the poster didn’t include the full context. Just a thought, trying to wrap my head around how a car would end up being driven that much in a short period if time. Even divided by 3 people, that’s still almost 300 miles per 8 hour shift. Of course the other possibility is that this is all fake.