Quality Used Vehicle Purchase

[HiloJulie]

"Do not buy a former rental car."

"Rental cars are abused in so many ways here on the island, you would not believe it"

I'm 50/50 on this.

First, as I said earlier, I know several friends who found great cars buying thru Hertz and Avis. Plus, Obie's luck.

I will say a bit of common sense is required with respect to which rental cars one can buy that possibly were subject to abuse, such as:

• Musting GT
  
• Camaro
  
• Any vehicle, make, model or type that has the name "Hell" in it
  
• 4x4 vehicles allowed to be rented to go to the top of Mauna Kea and/or off-road use in any way
  
• Trucks rented for commercial use
  

I'd say most used cars for sale that were driven/maintained by the average Puna car owner will have way more abuse than any 1 and 1/2 to 2-year-old rental car outside of the ones listed above.