> I guess there could be a business in buying up 2/3 year old ex-lease cars and renting them, but I'm not sure who the customer would be. Short-term renters wan

> I guess there could be a business in buying up 2/3 year old ex-lease cars and renting them, but I'm not sure who the customer would be. Short-term renters want new vehicles. Long-term renters... well, why would you rent a 3 year old VW when you could buy one for less? I do think there's a middleground that's underserved. I've considered booking 1-3 month work / travel trips to areas of the country that require a car, and my options are either 1. spend an absurd amount on a car rental or 2. buy a car and deal with selling it a few months later. The rental price always seems to scale linearly with the duration of the rental, which is fine for something short, but seems absurd for longer rentals given the typical "utilization" of a car.