03-14-2016, 04:39 PM
Are you saving that much money that it is worth it? Generally speaking, if the car you are looking at is one of the super popular fleet vehicles it will have crap resale value so make sure you are getting a really really good deal on it. Hertz paid far less than the MSRP or even the dealer invoice to begin with. Also, make sure to double check that it has all the same options and features that a car on the lot would have at that trim level. Many times the fleet/rental vehicles will be missing features that are standard on a trim level. Sometimes it is programming differences in the ECM, sometimes there are physical things different. Examples might be that on a normal LX model sold from a dealer the heating/air conditioning controls are electronic with dual zones, but on the fleet version of the LX it is manual with no zoning. A lot of times the passenger seat will be manual on rental cars instead of power. Other things to look for is what you can access/is available on the control screens. Rentals sometimes have very basic information instead of the full featured list.