Car Hire in America - something special.

-westy- · 27 Jul 2008 at 20:09

Hi,

In October i'm hoping to go over to America (Chicago to be exact) to visit a friend. I want to hire a car while i'm out there - however I'm after something a bit special, hopefully a Mustang, or similar.

I know a few people who've done this - how did you go about this, did you use a specialist company? How much did it roughly cost? Are there any restrictions? I'm 22 with 4 year's driving experience.

Thanks

Capt Doufos · 27 Jul 2008 at 20:43

a lot of the ordinary companies do Mustangs. Hertz, Budget and Doller definately do.

I had a mustang from Doller in Phoenix it cost about $500 with taxes for a week.

Killa_ken · 27 Jul 2008 at 20:52

A mustang isn't anything special here, they're just a normal car.

If you want something special get a corvetter or a camero.

mjt · 27 Jul 2008 at 21:09

as above, a mustang is their standard convertible..

FluffySheep · 27 Jul 2008 at 21:19

One trick I was told by a mate (never tried this myself) is to hire the cheapest ford focus in the list. It is never in stock, the salesman will try to get you to upgrade (claiming safety, etc), but as it is not in stock if you stick to your guns you get a free upgrade.

OK, nothing special as you asked, but it is a cheaper way of doing the hiring

Fluffy

[TW]Fox · 27 Jul 2008 at 21:31

Do you think Americans coming over here go 'I wanna rent me something special, you know, something like a Ford Fiesta' in the same way we all seem to crave Mustangs?

jamoor · 27 Jul 2008 at 21:40

FluffySheep said:
One trick I was told by a mate (never tried this myself) is to hire the cheapest ford focus in the list. It is never in stock, the salesman will try to get you to upgrade (claiming safety, etc), but as it is not in stock if you stick to your guns you get a free upgrade.

OK, nothing special as you asked, but it is a cheaper way of doing the hiring

Fluffy

It is right until you get stuck with a 1.6 auto focus for a week

Kappa · 27 Jul 2008 at 21:57

[TW]Fox;12169042 said:
Do you think Americans coming over here go 'I wanna rent me something special, you know, something like a Ford Fiesta' in the same way we all seem to crave Mustangs?

Pssshh... they want a Mondeo!

Sonea Fifer · 27 Jul 2008 at 21:57

[TW]Fox;12169042 said:
Do you think Americans coming over here go 'I wanna rent me something special, you know, something like a Ford Fiesta' in the same way we all seem to crave Mustangs?

Off Topic - I remember my uncle had visitors over from Newark NJ - he took them for a drive in his classic 4.2L Daimler Sovereign and they thought that was small :eek:

InvaderGIR · 27 Jul 2008 at 21:59

I was looking into this for November/December time, but I was looking at Minneapolis, the best car I could have rented was a Camero...my friend that would be going with me pointed out that they are normally quite deep in snow, so that could be 'interesting' to drive in it.

InvG

mjt · 27 Jul 2008 at 23:32

FluffySheep said:
One trick I was told by a mate (never tried this myself) is to hire the cheapest ford focus in the list. It is never in stock, the salesman will try to get you to upgrade (claiming safety, etc), but as it is not in stock if you stick to your guns you get a free upgrade.

OK, nothing special as you asked, but it is a cheaper way of doing the hiring

Fluffy

you can usually blag a free upgrade anyway, but if that fails the price difference isn't that much more for an upgrade in North America, unlike over here.

my parents were in canada last month and got upgraded from some rubbish american saloon to a brand new S40 2.4i for only £20 more for the week..