its entirely a matter of your peace of mind.
If you are happy with an ex hire car - keep it
If you are not, you have the offer to get it changed, then use it..
For what it matters, I can tell you are not happy at the moment, and therefore it follows you may never be for the entire time you have the car.
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Who is likely to rent an Avensis? Possibly not the type who will thrash it. Presumably your car is still under Toyota warranty? Were you happy when you bought it? Change it for peace of mind but no car comes with a permanent 100% guarantee: not even a Toyota.
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I frequently hire car for business use. Usually from Hertz or Enterprise. I have had Avensis, although I usually request auto versions.
They are always in good condition and IMHO a car of this type will be rented by people like myself (i.e. mature people travelling on business and doing a 50+ mile each way journey). I never 'thrash' the cars, nor have I ever had one that feels thrashed.
Would you rather have a car that has covered the same mileage and been used for local shopping journys and taking the kids to/from school etc etc? I would have no hesitation at all in buying an ex-rental car myself and can imagine they would often be in better nick that an eqivalent privately owned example.
The only caveat to this is that the same may not apply in 'holiday' areas where foreign tourists might use them.
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I can't really say one way or the other as i see both sides of the fence - one of my many roles is renting out Toyota's, we have most of the range available and at the end of their time (usually 6 months) they are sold through our dealership.
I'm not too sure about Hertz but most of our customers generally are of the "more Mature" variety! We have a minimum age of 25 to hire and the cars are fully valeted after each hire.
One possible consideration is that when PX'ing your car in a few years you will be asked "has the car been used for self drive hire?" obviously you will have to answer yes to this and it may have some detrimental effect on the value.
With regards to the bumper the only thing i can think of is that it has at some point been caught on a high kerb - the sort of thing you would remember not to do if it was your car but when a succession of different drivers they would not realise it had a low front bumper and so it got caught quite a bit.
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Perhaps you should look at the other cars they might exchange it with, its always worth looking because they might offer you one with less miles or a better spec ?
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The only consolation may be is that in Britain with our congestion it would be more difficult to really thrash it badly.
Congestion? What congestion? I crossed the Lincolnshire Wolds on Sunday evening 8 to 9 pm, as I do most weekends, and in 30 miles I didn't see a single vehicle travelling in the same direction as me and only about a dozen going in the opposite direction.
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>>I didn't see a single vehicle travelling in the same direction as me
There were 1,000 in your rear view mirror.
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>>I didn't see a single vehicle travelling in the same direction as me There were 1,000 in your rear view mirror. :-)
Sticks and stones, Mr W, sticks and stones.....!
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Congestion? What congestion? I crossed the Lincolnshire Wolds on Sunday evening 8 to 9 pm, as I do most weekends, and in 30 miles I didn't see a single vehicle travelling in the same direction as me and only about a dozen going in the opposite direction. -- L\'escargot by name, but not by nature.
Ssshhhh! Don't let everyone know about Lincolnshire! I don't want everyone else moving here and ruining it
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Ssshhhh! Don't let everyone know about Lincolnshire! I don't want everyone else moving here and ruining it
Nick, have you got a "Proud to be a Yellowbelly" car sticker yet?
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