Originally Posted by rodneyremington' post='977459' date='Aug 15 2009, 10:38 AM

First of all who pays for food at Mcdonalds with a travelers check? no wonder they couldn't figure out what you were asking. I haven't seen a travelers check since about 1980. Also when traveling abroad you may want to keep in mind that not everyone will understand your particular dialect of English.

Originally Posted by rodneyremington' post='977459' date='Aug 15 2009, 10:38 AM

I've been to Scotland and don't recall getting annoyed that not everyone had studied up on American accents just to ease my passage.

Originally Posted by Bob525D' post='977378' date='Aug 15 2009, 04:57 AM

I have been in Florida the last couple of weeks on holiday, I decide to upgrade my hire car to a convertible. All I have to say is OMG what a piece of crap, I got the car from Dollar and I ended up changing it 4 times due to stuff being faulty in the list below:

1st car - Shaky steering at 60 + very noticeable vibration through brake pedal when braking + steering pulls to the right + hand prints all over paint work (the car looked like a clunker).
2nd car - Didnt even leave the hire place due noticing the front bumper being loose at the front + missing seat adjuster button.
3rd car - I was happy with this car until it ate my brand new cd + knocking noises at low speeds. Wasnt looking to have it changed but they swapped it out anyway.
4th car - Smelt terrible + shaky steering + more dents on the bodywork than a destruction derby car.

I am still deciding whether to write a complaint letter or not, the attitude of the customer service people was the worst i have even seen. The girl at the Jetport branch was very nice and helpful, I did waste 2 days of my holiday driving to different dollar depots though. I heard that they are keeping their cars longer than normal due to the recession, i really shows.

When I got home I took may car out for a drive to my local Maplin, I came back on the motorway. I love the smoothness of the ride in my car, maybe thats why I was so miffed with the hire cars they couldnt even look at my E60 .

Originally Posted by Rislar' post='977565' date='Aug 15 2009, 01:08 PM

Hi Bob, i had the same with the accent thing but i put it down to i either i sound like a scot or irish, it was fun explaining and i wasn't offended to much apart from when id not had a cig, upps!!! we hired from Avis and they where great except the price, but we did have a brand new Mustang for the week though and i forgot my sat nav so that was more expence!!

Originally Posted by South Pasadena' post='977506' date='Aug 15 2009, 11:51 AM

If you have Hertz's Prestige division, rent from them next time. Here in the US the have BMW, Mercedes, Audi, etc. I had an Audi A6 for 10 days, it was interesting but still couldn't wait to come home to my E60.

Originally Posted by Get One' post='1005914' date='Sep 12 2009, 09:38 PM

Bob,
Rental cars are rental cars for a reason. They pass through many different hands so if it has a few scratches, or hand prints, dirt on it, what do you really expect. You are renting the car for couple days to get around town, its not like you're purchasing the car. Deal with it. Although some rental cars maybe beat up cosmetic wise most are mechanically sound due to being fleet maintained. Yeah Im sure none of the cars are gonna be as nice as your e60 but youre RENTING a car. Not all rentals can be brand new vehicles. And most rental companies purchase the most basic models of the cars in order to have the the cheapest most affordable rates. A hertz, dollar, enterprise, avis, more the likely your gonna get something less the desireable.