doubleU211

If you ever EVER think to rent from HERTZ, think again...You will be sorry I went to drop my car of for service at Mercedes this morning and the representative for Hertz (mind you this is INSIDE of Mercedes) is chewing tobacco and spitting it into a coke can. I wanted to puke. He offered me a Kia or a Ford Focus...so I threw a fit..screw if I was going to drive a Kia.... Long story short...he ends up giving me a C230 as the loaner...... I get to work..open the truck..and low and behold..a brown bag! hm..what could be in there..well none other than EMPTY BEER CANS! I was in so much shock..but that's not the worst part.... I opened the ashtray compartment because (I know this is going to sound so stupid) I put my house keys in there so I know exactly where they are..guess what was in there...to my surpise..E...yes good ol' E. I was outraged! Shocked! Pissed! A whole lot of emotions all at once. I immediately called my lawyer and he advised me to call the cops... I called the cops of course. They validated that yes it was E. Can you imagine if I got pulled over for something..I would have been thrown in jail..and the cops would NEVER have believed that I rented the car that way...So what did Hertz do for me? Brace yourself...This is a good one..They said..."We are very sorry for the misunderstanding today Ms. Kim. We are giving you a $100 gift certificate towards another Hertz rental for the future" What the hell....Did they think I'd actually rent from them again? Are they kidding themselves. They got something else coming..a lawsuit! The Lesson Learned: NEVER EVER EVER RENT FROM HERTZ!

psk145

hey...how do you know what E looks like??......

thats a terrible story though, but at least you didnt get rear ended today

I always rent with Hertz though and I've had great service with them

Vader13

you found free drugs and called the cops?

psk145

I would have thought they were complimentary breath mints.

doubleU211

white..unmarked..i could only assume..haha..

i've always been an enterprise renter...and now i realize why..unfortunately hertz is the loaner comp that MBZ of portland has in-house..

rear ended? who? you? are you ok?

psk145

bleh, I was sitting at a light, and I hear screeching tires, I look up and see this POS black accord surrounded by white smoke speeding towards me.

Im fine, bumper took very little damage surprisingly. It just got pushed in some. My car must be a target... I got rear ended 2 months ago from a teenager who was driving in a leg cast, and a truck ran over a ladder last week and caused a piece of it to fly into my front bumper.

doubleU211

with all the crazy crack heads here in the wonderful NW..i wouldn't trust that stuff if my life depended on it..now if i was back in cali..it would be a whole new story..haha just kidding

doubleU211

aren't you the lucky one..wow..a ladder...a kid in a cast..crappy as accord (no offense honda owners)

i almost got side swipped by a damn logger yesterday...i drove from portland, OR to san fran, CA...and some nasty trucker was beeping his horn at me and almost swipped me at the same time!

SolidGranite

LOL!!

doubleU211

hey now..lay off!

cliverman

no hooker in the backseat?

SiLvaC32

wow! pink! i've never seen anyone used pink on the forums. cute though... =)

o yea... i woulda sold the E! not like ur gonna rent from them anyway~ heh

SolidGranite

Come on now, I'm entitled to laugh at someone else's funny.

But I do feel bad for your situation. I would have been just as pissed off. Goodluck with your suit...

doubleU211

i'd make my c32 pink if i could the whole situation scared the crap out of me because one of my friends got thrown in jail for posession of drugs...he had no idea it was in his luggage cause one of his idiot friends "hid" it there...i think he spent 8 months?!? the crappy thing...it was all over the news..cause the airport to be shut down since authorities thought it was anthrax..haha...poor kid

Tall Giraffe

LOL!, my thoughts exactly :p

You should have offered them as breath mints to the dip spitter who gave you the car

zoink

What is E? Ecstassy or Egg or Empty Beer Cans? (seriously, I don't know what it is....)

Over here, Hertz has the best cars but the worst customer service. In DE/PA (where my company is), I usually rent one from Dollar.... good car (the last time I got Chrysler 300 Touring), cheap and good customer service also....

But... my local MB dealer doesn't contract a car rental company.... they have their own. I always get a C240 / ML350 / E320.

StapleGun

Just goes to show ya..you need to pre-flight anything YOU are going to drive off of THEIR lot...does not matter whether its Hertz, Enterprise, Avis whatever....Much like you should verify that the vehicle they gave you is absent any damage BEFORE you leave their lot. Those are the type of lessons we all learn in due time, it's usually the poignant examples, like the one you mention, that makes us remember them in the future.

doubleU211

you would think mercedes would have their own loaners...so much for "higher standards"

deuce zer0

What are you going to sue them for? The cost of your free rental and all the trauma you have suffered? What’s the price tag going for on that now days???

x-tian-230k

Never seen pink font before..... Sucks that you had to go thru all that stuff... Nice E55 by the way...!

doubleU211

ya it's been nothing but a headache...grr...youre baby isn't so bad either..i wish i could handle a black car..after 6 months...i guarantee it would look gray..haha

FrankW

claim insurance for the first one...get the check, don't fix it. now claim the insurance for the second one...get the check and now you'll have twice the $$ to buy perhaps different bumper or stuff for your wifey

m3_eater

'shoulda just eaten the pill, filled the changer with house and techno, and headed for the park with a frisbee.

Oh, wait. I don't live in SF. I guess you did the right thing.

psk145

Im really thinking about claiming for the first one. My mom is an insurance agent, and she says flying objects usually wont increase my premium since it was unavoidable. Still debating on claiming the first cause I dont want it to bite me in the ***!!

doubleU211

I as just going to say..how is a flying object YOUR fault? they can't raise your insurance because of that! just be thankful you're not a 23 year old female who has insurance under her name only for the first time ever...it's a *****!