Would you buy an ex rental Yaris?

[hobojon]

I see that Enterprise and Hertz sells their old rental cars. They both have 2007 and 2008 Yais rental cars for sale. Would you consider buying an ex-rental car?

[KCALB SIRAY]

what's the milage on both? What's the price?

[at3GG]

NO! As immature as it sounds, I know full well what I have treated rentals like. Its not worth it. Its not like buying a normal pre-owned car, where people had some reason to treat it decently. I would really look elsewhere, it would be very worth the extra 1-2k IMO.

[PreciousPups4U]

My dad used to buy former rentals and never had any problems. He felt from a rental company he could be sure the car had been properly maintained. I would stay aways from any with very high miles though just to protect your value.

[hobojon]

There are many Yaris cars to choose from, especially through Enterprise. Most have under 20K miles. You can look at them on their website. I'm looking for a 5 dr lb. All I've seen for sale as far as rentals go are the 3 dr LB.

[PreciousPups4U]

The 5 doors did not exist here until 2009, which means they have not been out for very long. I doubt they have rotated any out of the fleet yet.

[hobojon]

I just watched some youtube vids of people trying to thrash rented yaris's. I can see your point. It seems Enterprise still wants top dollar for their cars anyway. I imagine being branded as a rental if not on the title then in the carfax report may kill the resale value some down the road as well.

[Thirty-Nine]

Beaverton Toyota (here in the Portland area) does a lot of rentals. They have several Yaris S sedans for around $14,000 list. Since they're rentals they're all automatics, and they all have the power package.

However, people are typically pretty hard on rentals, but if the mileage isn't too high, I probably wouldn't have a problem.

[UTVitz]

Despite how some people my drive a rental car, they are usually not in the car for more than a few days. And more people than not drive a rental with caution due to being in an unfamiliar car and maybe not knowing for sure where they are headed to. Most important is that the car was cleaned regularly and the maintenance and any repairs were taken care of. If you like the car and way it looks and drives it can be the best value on the market-and they almost always have a lot of the manufacturers warranty left.

[MadMax]

Actually, the first Yaris I drove was a rental sedan in Tampa. It is what convinced me to buy one myself (but a HB!). Whereas some people will abuse any rental car they get, I think the majority treat them alright; and the ones more likely to be abused are the more performance cars than the subcompacts.

Also, if I am not mistaken, the rental sales do come with a warranty; so you have some protection. But from my experience the rental sales I have seen haven't been that great of deals, and you can probably find something better if you scan the personal sales sections of the auto classifieds or Craigslist...

Cheers! M2

[supmet]

Most important is that the car was cleaned regularly and the maintenance and any repairs were taken care of.

It's 36 dollars a day to get an economy car. After paying for the car and labor and all that jazz, that leaves about 2 dollars a day for maintenance.

Do you REALLY think, you can fix 24 hours of donuts and burnouts with 2 dollars? or even the full 36 dollars?

My girlfriends less than smart brother bought a rental truck. Transmission blew in less than 5k miles.

[IllusionX]

I've always seen very bad maintenance on rental cars. And i believe they do check their things, and sell the car before they need any major maintenance. I've dealt (and still do) with Discounts for the company's rental vans. They hardly care at all on the oil change.
Chevrolet Uplanders have automatic detection for when oil change is required. I often have to reset it (so it stops annoying me about oil change) and continue driving it until they judge it needs some maintenance.

I tend to drive normally (i have light foot) with rental cars, but i know it's a rental, so i do not always take care of it. But the majority (~60%) of the people i see on the road (with rental cars or not) have very heavy foot, and i'm never able to keep up unless i rev my yaris past 3krpm. :(

[hobojon]

My buddies rented a car in FL after we finished bootcamp. After a night of drinking, one of them threw up all over the dash and it ran down the defroster ducts and through the speaker grilles. The driver hit the highway taking it back to the airport and I remember they left the car in low (it was an automatic) and just kept it floored until it started to overheat. I still remember what the engine sounded like as it was redlined bouncing off the rev limiter going down the highway for about 15 minutes. That was 20 years ago. I don't remember what kind of car it was, I just remember it was a compact car.

[nemelek]

My wife has gotten pissed at me for hitting speed bumps at 30-40 mph while in a rental.

[LtNoogie]

I've never abused a rental because I need it to take me from points A to B while I don't have my own car. I'm sure that some people do abuse them but I do not.

For that matter, how do you whether any used Yaris has been abused? Would you buy a used Yaris from anyone on YW that has modded it? We keep reading about driving WOT, people to drive theirs at the track, etc. etc. A little Fabreeze and ArmorAll can divert attention from what happened with the accelerator and brake pedals.

[firemachine69]

Unless it was for a really steep discount, I wouldn't.

[dg4rez]

I valet park cars for a living here in vegas, at a major casino, so I drive plenty of rental cars (over 100 a day easy) and unless they are selling them for like 5k or less, noooo..ooooo way! trust me, the people that drive them beat them up, and us valets do to. You are getting the most abused cars ever.

[BLAZINBLUEVITZ]

You are getting the most abused cars ever.

:thumbsup:

[Yar Is Word]

You would not have to worry if the car was Certified rental. However, you need to go to a Toyota dealer. I bought a used Certified ECHO that had 19,000 miles. I saved about 2K from list. The car had been a Hertz rental. It came with the remainder of the original factory warranty plus and additional 5 year warranty on major and some minor mechanical. The dealer honored the warranty when it applied.

[Bob_VT]

They have factory warranties....... If you do not buy one then they go off to be sold at auctions or direct to car dealers. They are really no worse than any other used car.

[darkmoon87]

If you are trying to buy the ex rental cars, I recomment you to not do so. Most of them aren't maintained properly because branches want to save money.
How does oil change every 10~15k km sounds like to you?

Need a proof? I am working for Enterprise if it matters to you in any way.

[06silveryaris]

If you are trying to buy the ex rental cars, I recomment you to not do so. Most of them aren't maintained properly because branches want to save money.
How does oil change every 10~15k km sounds like to you?

Need a proof? I am working for Enterprise if it matters to you in any way.

That is right on the money, I worked for Hertz and the maintance is stretched a bit all to save $$$. The cars usually sound rough and have had a hard life. Also if it a car from the the northern areas where it snows they do not get any under body cleaning. Plus the paint is usually scratched up since they only see mechanical washers that wash filthy cars all day and don't really get rinsed off. I wouldn't do it.

rentals=:evil::burnrubber:

[tomato]

I see that Enterprise and Hertz sells their old rental cars. They both have 2007 and 2008 Yais rental cars for sale. Would you consider buying an ex-rental car?

I considered it, too, but decided against it. First, I was looking for a manual transmission and those are very hard to find, and even if they were selling them, I don't know if I would trust a car driven by a lot of people. You never know how they handled the car. :iono: My 2 cents.

[Ace]

Have friends that work at rental car place, they all say they would never buy an ex-rental cars. That's good enough for me.

[otterhere]

I would -- and did, if the price was right. True, you don't know how they were driven by the renters, but you DO know they were properly maintained by the company; oil changes all done on time, etc. My Suzuki Swift was a year old and, while it had quite a few miles on it already, I got a really good price at Thrifty and never a day's trouble.

[tomato]

I would -- and did, if the price was right.

That's a good point. I forgot to say, another reason why I didn't go with the ex-rental is because the price of the car was not all that competitive.

[Yawesh]

I see that Enterprise and Hertz sells their old rental cars. They both have 2007 and 2008 Yais rental cars for sale. Would you consider buying an ex-rental car?

1)did you hear the story in ny that some guy was not allowed into his own car without passing a breathlyzer(locked to steering wheel)

so he went out and rented a car to get drunk while driving and later he crashed it into a pole

2)my friend once rented a car at age of 16(yes, he paid extra just to drive, i believe it was like 100 dollars for that one day)

well, he purposely went over huge potholes, redlined it, did wheelies in parking lots. I also remember he did a HUGE Neutral drop, that the tranny snapped with a thok sound, but later it still worked. awww such immature days

3)I personally beat on the rental cars i get.

Moral is: NO to REntal Cars

[marcus]

hell no!!! ill tell you why... 7 out of 10 will push that car and not care about anything such as bumps and other stuff..being automatic its safe to say that it was never redlined..

[daf62757]

I see that Enterprise and Hertz sells their old rental cars. They both have 2007 and 2008 Yais rental cars for sale. Would you consider buying an ex-rental car?

That all depends. Some of the places offer extended warranties and a very good price. Some do a great job of maintenance. Some don't!

[twowheels]

Nope, no manual transmissions. :-)

[Dave]

You would not have to worry if the car was Certified rental. However, you you need to go to a Toyota dealer. I bought a used Certified ECHO that had 19,000 miles. I saved about 2K from list. The car had been a Hertz rental. It came with the remainder of the original factory warranty plus and additional 5 year warranty on major and some minor mechanical. The dealer honored the warranty when it applied.

That's my thinking too. My Yaris is an ex-rental, returned to the Toyota dealer after the lease was up. Interior and exterior was/is in great shape, I got to test drive it twice (once with dealer, once without), and it still has plenty of warranty left. I also saved about 3K from list price.

I did see many other ex-rental Yarii in my shopping travels, and not all were in as great condition. Definitely do your homework on the car's history and give it a thorough check over.

[cfiimei]

10,400 for an '08 auto sedan with 7k miles back in December. The car is flawless and has lots of warranty left. It was an Enterprise rental.

[deancgibbons]

I would buy one and get a warranty.

[Arkhangel]

Depending on where you live, Here in Puerto Rico I woulnt
I used to work in a Rental Car and the cars when they were selling them werent in real good condition, alot of the body work and mechanical work was done on the side a lot of times not even reported so even you did a check of the car with the dealer (where they were supposed to do the maintenance) they never knew. and the collision info was never known either since they never reported when a bumper was changed or any of that.. ultimately i left that company because of there shaddy dealings. just to clarify it was a small local company. Im NOT saying this is the way other companies work!
Just my experience with that company, which i wont mention
COUGHH Quality Car Rental Cough
Sorry throat hurt

[yaris-me]

You take your chances with any used car. Why would a private owner sell a perfectly good car with low mileage?????? There is mystery with whatever you buy. :laugh: