Do rental cars get driven hard?

[Axtremus]

Over in the Hertz bankruptcy thread, the thread veered at one point into discussing whether rental cars are driven hard.

Today, I learn that Porsche has a subscription program that lets subscribers change cars (from a limited menu of all Porsches, of course) as frequently as they like, for one flat monthly subscription fee:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/18/business/porsche-drive-subscription-service.html

And they are continuing plans to expand into more cities even during the pandemic.

I am not a car person, so it surprises that there is a market for that sort of business model, more or less like Rent-A-Runway surprised me when I first learnt about it.

If it were you rotating through a fleet of Porches using a subscription like this, will you drive them hard, maybe even flooring them every chance you get?

[George K]

@Axtremus said in Do rental cars get driven hard?:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/18/business/porsche-drive-subscription-service.html

The two subscription programs offer a limited fleet of models, Launch, or a more diverse fleet, Accelerate. Cars within the $2,100-a-month Launch fleet include Boxster, Boxster S, Cayman, Cayman S sportsters, the Panamera four-door, and Macan, Macan S and Cayenne S.U.V.s. An additional $1,000 a month for the Accelerate fleet gets access to GTS versions of the Boxster and Cayman, Panamera 4S and E-Hybrid, Macan GTS, Cayenne S and various 911 models, including convertibles.

So, for $25K a year, you can rent a Porsche if you're cheap.

[Jolly]

Rental cars get driven like a $2 whore.

[jon-nyc]

I shared my view in the other thread. Nobody pays $$$ to rent a high end sports car without getting their money's worth.

But your average business renter who gets the Camry or the Ford Focus probably drives like does his own car.

[Mik]

@jon-nyc said in Do rental cars get driven hard?:

I shared my view in the other thread. Nobody pays $$$ to rent a high end sports car without getting their money's worth.

But your average business renter who gets the Camry or the Ford Focus probably drives like does his own car.

Yep.