Worst Rental Car in the Whole World

[Mike Arman]

>NAC - a Toyota Corolla question
>To: "'Igor Kessel'" <kbattpo at verizon.net>
>Cc: 'Audi Q-list' <quattro at audifans.com>, 'Audi S-list'
><s-car-list at audifans.com>
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>Igor-
>I'm very surprised that you thought the Focus was superior
>ergonomically and dynamically. My last time in a Focus (about
>a 4-day rental) was pretty horrible-


>Although it had a much cheaper and tinnier feel, the Hyundai Elantra
>I drove a couple months ago had better ergonomics and better
>steering feel than the Focus.
>Taka


Since things seem to be pretty quiet on the busted Audi front right now, 
howzabout we compare stories of the "Worst Rental Car in the Whole World"? 
We can spare the bandwidth for the laughs . . .

My nomination is a one year old Daewoo Racer (yeah, right) I rented on 
Anguilla a few years ago - a maroon 4 door econobox, automatic, had 30,000 
KMs (!) on it and it was absolutely ready for the scrapyard. Tranny 
wouldn't shift, it smoked, brakes sucked, multiple rattles and bangs, doors 
wouldn't close. To be fair, the roads on Anguilla are not the best, but 
still, after only 30,000 kms, to be junk?

Runner up is a Laverda-built Mini-Moke I rented on St. Barts. Basically a 
cement trough with a stolen shopping cart wheel on each corner, plus a BMC 
750 cc 4 cylinder engine - and absolutely NO dashboard or steering wheel 
padding at all, and the seatbelt retractors corroded stuck. I guess if 
disaster looms, you should evidently just bail out and take your chances 
that way . . . take your Superman cape, the one from Wal-Mart with the 
label on it that says "Caution, garment does not enable user to fly."


Best Regards,
Mike Arman