Originally Posted by Bob525D' post='977378' date='Aug 15 2009, 05:57 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 arsenalfc' post='1006536' date='Sep 13 2009, 08:31 PM

Recently I took a long work related trip to Michigan and rented a Cadillac CTS. At first it was very hard to get used to the heavy front end feeling. It felt unresponsive and slugish. Interior controls and buttons were layed out everywhere without rhime or reason. At 70 miles plus the front end vibrated. Besides the edgy look to it this car comes nowhere close to my 545i. I was so happy to get back and drive a real drivers car.