I need to rent a car for a trip. But I don't want to rent a cheap piece or a big american sedan. Anyone know of a place to rent a convertible or sports car like a 350z, a hertz that actually has one of those specialty mustangs, or I guess a Sebring convertible would work. Any ideas?
8/1/2009 4:34:02 PM
Most of the rental places have a "sports car" type of rental. Usually it's a Mustang or something similar.Did you even check the Hertz or Enterprise websites???
8/1/2009 4:34:58 PM
uh, don't most car rental places have options for those?[Edited on August 1, 2009 at 4:35 PM. Reason : d'oh]
8/1/2009 4:35:17 PM
A Chrysler Sebring convertible is an old-person's convertible, just to let you know.
8/1/2009 4:36:02 PM
8/1/2009 4:37:20 PM
http://www.trianglerentacar.com/fleet-guide-cars.php
8/1/2009 4:38:27 PM
https://www.hertz.com/rentacar/byr/index.jsp?targetPage=vehicleGuideTypeView.jsp&vSipp=SSAR&leftNavUserSelection=globNav_5_2
8/1/2009 4:41:36 PM
I'll rent you my bmw m roadster haha
8/1/2009 4:43:34 PM
you can rent mine for 17 grand . chose between a 350z and a s2000.
8/1/2009 4:45:21 PM
8/1/2009 4:47:42 PM
http://www.prestigeluxuryrentals.com/
8/1/2009 4:50:50 PM
I know they upgraded me and my sis to a bright yellow mustang convertable once, it was fun.
8/1/2009 4:52:42 PM
I could have sworn there was a place local that had a 350z convertible. Can't find it on any of the websites...
8/1/2009 7:52:21 PM
I'll sell you a 350z convertible for 5 grand. Comes with the key and screwdriver!
8/1/2009 7:53:32 PM
i got a charger from a hertz oncethat's about as close as they had to a sports car, i think
8/1/2009 8:05:59 PM
Yeah, if you can even get something RWD at all, consider yourself lucky!
8/1/2009 8:22:33 PM
i thought hertz only rented fords
8/1/2009 8:23:37 PM
8/1/2009 8:43:10 PM
bttt
8/14/2009 1:21:29 PM
You cannot rent a sports car, at least not anywhere around here.A friend of my rented a Lamborghini Gallardo once, but he lives in Vegas.It's not really a sports car, but the only thing close to it that you could rent (without living in Vegas or somewhere like that) is one of the Shelby Mustangs from Hertz. From what I hear, it's a huge pain in the ass, too...it's not like just renting a little econobox or minivan.[Edited on August 14, 2009 at 1:28 PM. Reason : and even the Shelby Mustangs are automatics.]
8/14/2009 1:27:40 PM
Hertz also rents Corvettes.
8/14/2009 1:29:06 PM
Whaaaat? Since when?
8/14/2009 1:29:51 PM
^^^ Yep, there are a few places that rent real sports cars but they are only in tourist-type places and the cost is insane, probably due to their insurance costs. A rental company has no reason to give you a vehicle with a manual transmission and they have no reason to offer you something with lots of power or rear wheel drive really. To do any of those things is to invite problems in the US, since you do not actually have to know how to drive in any way, shape or form to get a license here. In europe, having a manual transmission in a rental is completely normal, but you'll never find that shit here because it seriously wouldn't last a single fucking day. ]
8/14/2009 1:32:46 PM
I dunno, but they advertise it like hell in Car and Driver and Road & Track.
8/14/2009 1:34:49 PM
just steal onethere's a black Lamborghini parked on hillsborough right now
8/14/2009 1:34:51 PM
the original rent-a-racerguys used to rent them, take em home and swap the v6 in their coupe with the 289 Hi-Po in the GT350H. the folks at hertz would never realize the difference until they were long gone.
8/14/2009 1:35:45 PM
^^^ If they'll rent you a 6 speed manual, that is fucking hot. That one seems to be an automatic, but I guess they've moved away from the 4 speed (I don't keep up with automatics, hah ). The new Tremec gearbox in the 2008's and up is supposed to be a huge improvement in feel over the T-56. Not only that, but the fucking LS3 son!!! God dammit I need an 08 C6. ]
8/14/2009 1:36:24 PM
no its just 6sp automatics.
8/14/2009 1:36:58 PM
Looks like they don't have them in NC...and it's still an automatic.I was thinking about renting one to do a track day, but I don't play well with torque converters.
8/14/2009 1:37:02 PM
but Duke, it has "paddle shifters"
8/14/2009 1:38:08 PM
8/14/2009 1:39:00 PM
that miata engine probably wouldn't even turn the A/C compressor on that LS3 son
8/14/2009 1:40:02 PM
8/14/2009 1:41:06 PM
Isn't it amazing to go somewhere and actually see like 10 cars in a row properly navigate a roundabout?
8/14/2009 1:42:59 PM
8/14/2009 1:43:12 PM
Yep, I love driving there. People actually maintain speed through turns and stuff, that's why the roundabout comes up in my mind so often. When you put one of those around here it causes fucking mayhem though. Particularly with the fucking grey hairs son, whenever I see that fucking grey perm sticking out around the headrest in front of me I know I'm fucked. ]
8/14/2009 2:10:50 PM
Old people are all but guaranteed to be terrible. The odds are merely overwhelmingly bad for everyone else.and yeah, good call about not slowing down every time the road turns.
8/14/2009 2:16:15 PM