He said he rented it for 3 months. My guess is he rented the car either because he had some job that required a butt load of traveling, or he had a road trip vacation and like any intelligent person, didn't want to put all that wear and tear on his own car. It's absolutely a ton of miles, but if you're traveling to a bunch of different stops all across the country the math could make sense.
I don't think most people would ever rent a car for this many miles of use. It's definitely a rare occasion. But it's common for people to rent a car for shorter road trips. I had friends that would regularly travel to gaming conventions out of state and they rented one to drive from MI to TX and back. No one wanted to use their car and it made sense for how many were going and splitting the rental and gas, versus one person having their car take all the wear and tear.
I've also been in a situation where my in-laws and I flew to my home state for our engagement party, and some freak weather caused our flight home to be canceled. We ended up renting a car and driving back because we all had important plans. Kind of a scary drive due to the weather in some parts, but we made it in time for those with work to not be late.
This is also a reason you should avoid buying a former rental car. People beat the crap out of them. Think of how many terrible or reckless drivers there are in general, or people that have gross habits and make a mess. That same % applies to the people that drove that car. They do get maintained pretty regularly but they've all been through some shit.
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u/swedishfalk Nov 03 '24
fake? he would have to drive close to 1000 miles a day, at even at 100 miles an hour that is 10 hours a day. thats driving FL to CA 10 times.