Interesting rental....
07-11-2011, 08:17 PM
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Interesting rental.... The wife and I decided to head to the keys for the rest of the week, and we rented a convertible. The lady gave me the keys to an Eclipse but gave me the spaces where I could do an upgrade for a couple bucks a day... Uh, that was a hard decision.... The first was a 6 cylinder. Then I saw those 2 letters...SS. Uh, yes please! So far...still not in love with the looks a pillar back, dash is blah, and sticker price is ouch...but the car rides great and stock power is great....
Off to Ft Lauderdale and then the Keys....
Off to Ft Lauderdale and then the Keys....
07-13-2011, 07:19 AM
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Lol @ Whistler. Everyone has said the same thing! I don't have time or I would at least run it. So far I can assure you only that the heads up display reads 3 digits :-). I got it from either Budget or Avis - they are the same. About $500 for the week including taxes.
Erik - thanks for the hospitality and the tour! Awesome shop!! Good luck and I am sure I will see you again!
Erik - thanks for the hospitality and the tour! Awesome shop!! Good luck and I am sure I will see you again!
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Lol @ Whistler. Everyone has said the same thing! I don't have time or I would at least run it. So far I can assure you only that the heads up display reads 3 digits :-). I got it from either Budget or Avis - they are the same. About $500 for the week including taxes.
Erik - thanks for the hospitality and the tour! Awesome shop!! Good luck and I am sure I will see you again!
Erik - thanks for the hospitality and the tour! Awesome shop!! Good luck and I am sure I will see you again!
Anytime!
Erik
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Nice im wanting to rent one for my wedding had one booked with hertz but would like to get a vert plus i can only get the hertz one the day off. Called Avis and they said to just call a week before hand and they will make sure they have one so we shall see. thanks for the info have fun
07-13-2011, 07:49 PM
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Nice! Thats the way to go!!
I've yet to drive the 5th gen when I was going to rent one last year with hertz I made the Res but something happened and it wasn't ready yet. So they had these 5 c6 verts and I said how about you give me the vette for the price of the Camaro and she said sure. So for 2 weeks I had the vette, best part is, it was for work so I paid NOTHING. At the time I was working the BP project and I put like 1400 miles on it. On I-10 I hit 140 and didn't hit the limiter. I will say at the time I had a new 5.0 keeping up stride for stride. Kind of pissed me off.
I've yet to drive the 5th gen when I was going to rent one last year with hertz I made the Res but something happened and it wasn't ready yet. So they had these 5 c6 verts and I said how about you give me the vette for the price of the Camaro and she said sure. So for 2 weeks I had the vette, best part is, it was for work so I paid NOTHING. At the time I was working the BP project and I put like 1400 miles on it. On I-10 I hit 140 and didn't hit the limiter. I will say at the time I had a new 5.0 keeping up stride for stride. Kind of pissed me off.
07-14-2011, 03:26 PM
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I don't want to say that I dislike this car, BUT. It pulls good up top but with this many hp and the traction turned off, it should annihilate the rear tires. It did not even bark them with the convertor loaded a little. Second, paddle shifters are stupid. Give me a clutch pedal and a shifter. What is this 6sp auto for? MPG? My 98 with cam, blower, and quite a bit more weight that stock gets 26 highway. I would be happy with 18 with the top down in the keys (55mph or lower...).
On the other hand, for a touring sedan, this car is ok. Smooth ride, creature comforts, and it does scoot. Am I happy with the rental? Heck yea! Would I buy one? No way.
I warned the wife before I turn it in, I will be abusing it a little more :-)
On the other hand, for a touring sedan, this car is ok. Smooth ride, creature comforts, and it does scoot. Am I happy with the rental? Heck yea! Would I buy one? No way.
I warned the wife before I turn it in, I will be abusing it a little more :-)
07-15-2011, 12:41 PM
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It only like a 4400 lbs Vert so it needs like 600hp to do anything good !!!My 08 Vette w/ the paddle shifters smokes the tires shifting threw the gears like a stick car !!!!Like u said it a cool cruiser but thats about it !!!!!!!
07-15-2011, 01:29 PM
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Nice! Thats the way to go!!
I've yet to drive the 5th gen when I was going to rent one last year with hertz I made the Res but something happened and it wasn't ready yet. So they had these 5 c6 verts and I said how about you give me the vette for the price of the Camaro and she said sure. So for 2 weeks I had the vette, best part is, it was for work so I paid NOTHING. At the time I was working the BP project and I put like 1400 miles on it. On I-10 I hit 140 and didn't hit the limiter. I will say at the time I had a new 5.0 keeping up stride for stride. Kind of pissed me off.
I've yet to drive the 5th gen when I was going to rent one last year with hertz I made the Res but something happened and it wasn't ready yet. So they had these 5 c6 verts and I said how about you give me the vette for the price of the Camaro and she said sure. So for 2 weeks I had the vette, best part is, it was for work so I paid NOTHING. At the time I was working the BP project and I put like 1400 miles on it. On I-10 I hit 140 and didn't hit the limiter. I will say at the time I had a new 5.0 keeping up stride for stride. Kind of pissed me off.
Sounds like a great 2 weeks...
I don't want to say that I dislike this car, BUT. It pulls good up top but with this many hp and the traction turned off, it should annihilate the rear tires. It did not even bark them with the convertor loaded a little. Second, paddle shifters are stupid. Give me a clutch pedal and a shifter. What is this 6sp auto for? MPG? My 98 with cam, blower, and quite a bit more weight that stock gets 26 highway. I would be happy with 18 with the top down in the keys (55mph or lower...).
On the other hand, for a touring sedan, this car is ok. Smooth ride, creature comforts, and it does scoot. Am I happy with the rental? Heck yea! Would I buy one? No way.
I warned the wife before I turn it in, I will be abusing it a little more :-)
On the other hand, for a touring sedan, this car is ok. Smooth ride, creature comforts, and it does scoot. Am I happy with the rental? Heck yea! Would I buy one? No way.
I warned the wife before I turn it in, I will be abusing it a little more :-)
these cars have a lot of TM and torque limits on the autos to keep them in one piece.