05-21-2024, 04:34 PM
"Do not buy a former rental car. The title is essentially "branded" as fleet/rental and when you try to get rid of it later, dealerships will view it similar to having been in an accident. Rental cars are abused in so many ways here on the island, you would not believe it. Also, the rental car companies do their own body work/paint and the ones that have been in accidents, since they don't run through any insurance companies, will not reflect the accident history."
This isn't accurate at least concerning Hertz. The Ford Escape I bought had the complete accident history and maintenance history. It had only minor parking lot damage and was shown to me before I bought it and then all of the damage was repaired .
Everything was recorded in Carfax too.
When I traded it in on a new Mazda, I got bluebook wholesale price which is all any dealer is going to give you unless it has really low miles.
This isn't accurate at least concerning Hertz. The Ford Escape I bought had the complete accident history and maintenance history. It had only minor parking lot damage and was shown to me before I bought it and then all of the damage was repaired .
Everything was recorded in Carfax too.
When I traded it in on a new Mazda, I got bluebook wholesale price which is all any dealer is going to give you unless it has really low miles.