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Old 07-25-2013, 06:27 PM   #10
siviog1
 
Drives: Camaro
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Chicago
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Originally Posted by DFWHD View Post
Please make sure you check the car fax - I'd stay far away from anything that was a rental. I worked in the rental business for over 10 years between 3 of the big 4 agencies and can tell you that rent cars are dogged hard and not taken care of. They allow cars to go 6 to 8K hard miles in between oil changes as it's more important to get the car out on a rental than sitting in a line for the maintenance bay not making money. They just top off the oil when it gets returned, clean it up and send it back out for rent. Then when the car approaches 12 to 14K miles, it goes to auction. I've seen cars go to auction that had the first oil change in preparation for the auto auction. Popular cars, especially ones like the Camaro, Mustang and challenger have short, but hellacious rental lives. Looks like the gray one was a rental. I'm sure I'll get hammered for saying this, but I saw it every day for years.
Thanks for the heads up!
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