Oh no! An RX-8 rental car
03-28-2005, 04:26 PM
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Oh no! An RX-8 rental car
I was driving down to the auto store to pick up some wheel cleaner when I saw a gray RX-8 just ahead, so I prepare to wave. First thing I notice is that the exhaust tips are filthy. Second thing I notice is the yellow bumper sticker -- Triangle Rental Car.
One of the few I've seen on the road -- and it's a rental.
I didn't wave.
One of the few I've seen on the road -- and it's a rental.
I didn't wave.
03-28-2005, 05:09 PM
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I think it's retarded for any rental company to have rotary-engined cars in stock. The average person would have no idea how to care for it and would likely flood it, go on a long road trip without knowing the check the oil, etc.
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03-28-2005, 07:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Air Force RX8
Economy Rent a Car in town here had a Nordic Green and Winning Blue...both were totalled.
03-28-2005, 08:10 PM
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Man that hertz ... :D
That solves a lot of anguish of missing my RX-8 overseas... plus being with another RX-8 is like having an affair with another woman :p
03-28-2005, 08:10 PM
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Maybe they will become collectors like the 1966 Shelby GT350H Mustangs??? 
http://www.sportscarmarket.com/profi...uary/American/
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03-29-2005, 10:18 AM
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Originally Posted by khtm
I think it's retarded for any rental company to have rotary-engined cars in stock. The average person would have no idea how to care for it and would likely flood it, go on a long road trip without knowing the check the oil, etc.
03-29-2005, 11:27 AM
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Hertz Rental
Mazda sold a number of RX8 to Hertz rental-they are throughout the US, with exception of most New England states. They actually cost no more to rent than any other mid size car. See if you can rent a Honda S200, or 350Z
03-29-2005, 12:03 PM
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There are premium divisions to most large rental car places (Enterprise, Hertz) and many carry Corvettes, Land Rovers, Jaguars, H2s etc. Prices are ridiculous though.
05-03-2005, 11:23 PM
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heehee, i would so rent a rx8 if i saw it in the lot of a regular run of the mill enterprise or whatever and have so much fun with it. now that i think about it they're probably all automatics so they're all slow and boring...nevermind.
05-04-2005, 08:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Mikelikes2drive
plus all the rentals are automatic no?
05-04-2005, 02:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Microdot
Cool, now I can drive an 8 like it's a rental
Come on, you know you thrash on rentals. I have done things in rental cars I would never dream of doing in my own car.
Come on, you know you thrash on rentals. I have done things in rental cars I would never dream of doing in my own car.
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Los Angeles. And over in City of Industry is like tuner capital...and here I am in a Sunfire, my RX-8 carefully tucked away 3000 miles away in Michigan...