Re: Car rental (in Boston)

["Rob Winchell" <rbw@avs.com>]

>Boston Coach. I use a competitor, Airport Express, and queried the driver
>last time I took a ride. Turns out that BC wanted FWD cars, rather than the
>big RWD Lincolns, and had some weird situation with their previous
>supplier, who stopped making large FWD cars...or they didn't like the new
>model...
>
>The driver commented that BC is getting its butt kicked as a result. The
>FWD Volvos aren't quite as big as the big Lincolns, and the ride is
>traditional European stiff rather than American Living Room soft. Customers
>are running away in droves. Oops.



Boston Coach is owned by Fidelity Investments (which you may have already
known). Rumor has it that Fidelity is having Volvo custom-make them some
bigger cars. Apparently the drivers, not usually the picture of fitness,
aren't too much into the "tiny" Volvo driver's seat either.

Rob Winchell
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