Have you ever thought about where rental cars end up in the market? While car rental giants like Enterprise, Budget or Avis may provide travelers or people on business trips with the convenience of just using a car for a day or two they are also handing the used (and often abused) vehicles down to used car dealers to sell to you.
We all like to think of ourselves as good drivers but spend 10 minutes on any California freeway with just the hint of rain on the way and you'll see that many of us are extremely misguided. Presumably most people on the freeway are driving cars that they own or are leasing. If they drive that poorly in vehicles that they have chosen to purchase, just think of the damage they might do is someone else's car. And we're just talking about one bad driver in one car. Think of what the car must go through when it has many bad drivers throughout its life cycle.le.
Typically, despite what the rental car companies will tell you, most people don't treat a rental car the way they would treat their own. I've rented cars before and have found anything from gum stuck in the cup holder to gas caps having gone missing. Hundreds of drivers unfamiliar to the way the car handles will get behind the wheel, slamming on brakes, stripping gears and paying no attention to hitting a curb or two.
These cars reenter the marketplace through used car dealers and ultimately back to the public. Consumer protection laws in California require these dealerships to inform the public that these are Prior Daily Rentals. Unfortunately, many times the title is sent to the bank as a lien holder if you don't buy it out right and you may never know. If this happens to you and problems arise from the purchased car, you may be protected by the somekeyword.
Just as a dealer is required to disclose all prior repairs and/or accidents on a used vehicle they must tell you if the car is a prior rental.
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