Anyone with Rental/Fleet used vehicle experiences?

[Elrey7698]

In late 08 i bought my yukon sle for $24k and it only had 29k miles on it...it hasnt given me a single problem...best part is that any problems it had when i bought it were fixed by the bumper to bumper...

 

[TowGMC]

My past two Audis were service loaners, but Audi paid the dealers a lot of back-end money to put cars in their loaner fleet so the pricing was extremely attractive. Just got my ex a 2011 Acura MDX service loaner, same thing. All were maintained by the dealers to the book and other than some carpet stains all were in great shape.

On the other hand I spend at least 2 or 3 days a week in rental cars when traveling for work. Most of the time with National Rental I'm in a Yukon or Denali. The way these things had been treated I'd never buy one. Sure, when they're sold at auction and cleaned up they look pretty good. But I see them in action and they're not it great condition. At 15,000 or 18,000 miles they look in far worse condition than my Denali does at 45,000. And probably half of them are at 0% oil live remaining which means the rental company isn't doing the service per the book. So would I buy a rental? Not most of the ones I've rented.

But if the car the original poster refers to is at 20 or 30,000 miles I bet those aren't rentals but lease returns. In most states a lease car is considered a fleet vehicle too.

 

[Blazed]

Yea mine was a rental and only had 9,000 on it. No problems thus far.

 

[mrmill]

my old colorado was a rental and i had one problem (fixed under warranty) in 6 years of ownership.

 

[Blazed]

It probably just depends. It's probably the luck of the draw.

 

[04ctd]

On the other hand I spend at least 2 or 3 days a week in rental cars when traveling for work.

i think most people who rent, don't have time to tear them up.
and most people don't know to really destroy a car, like how to do reverse cookies, or J strips.

PS: dont buy anything i rented

 

[Goodinblack]

There are a lot of idiots driving rentals out there though. He may be one of them. ^^^^ LOL. JK.

 

[Sinister1]

I picked up a 2012 Yukon SLT on Monday. It was an Enterprise rental with 19K miles. While the word rental may scare an individual, I'm of the opinion that most of these SUV rentals are probably taken better care of than non-rentals because logically renters have to go out an inspect the vehicle each time it's rented (per the protocol) and make note of any slight concern for fear of being charged on the slightest nick. Same would go for driveability as well. In short (and in reality), the vehicle is scrutinized ten times more than your private seller. How many private sellers scrutinize their vehicles every time they get in it?

If you find yourself looking to trade for used rental, and the vehicle is still under warranty, I would not be too concerned. It appears that others on this thread have already taken the leap without any real concern and have, thusfar, provided positive feedback. All this, of course, is just my .02 cents. Either way, good luck on whatever you decide.

 

[Blazed]

I also think if they are willing to spend the money to rent a tahoe they are of some sort of class and wouldn't just throw into park or drift it around. And probably have a family with them or else they wouldn't need such a rental

 

[Juniorss]

After working at a body shop that fixed enterprise rental cars, I would be hard pressed to buy one. First off if the car is in an accident, enterprise wants you to fix it the cheapest way (aftermarket body panels). Secondly they find the cheapest oil change place to get the oil changed (I had to drop them off their sometimes after they were fixed). Lastly, the way most people drive them is probably the biggest turn off.