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This reminds me of an old story about Hertz and Ford Mustangs. Goes something like this: - Ford makes the original Mustang (which everyone loves) - Ford make
by alexpotato 1y ago
This reminds me of an old story about Hertz and Ford Mustangs.
Goes something like this:
- Ford makes the original Mustang (which everyone loves)
- Ford makes different versions of the Mustang (some more powerful than others e.g. the Shelby)
- Hertz had a special custom Shelby model made for them
- You could rent that special model from Hertz
- So, people would buy a lower end Mustang, rent the higher end Mustang from Hertz, swap out the engines and return the Hertz Mustang
There is actually a lot of extra detail in this article if people are interested: https://www.motorcities.org/story-of-the-week/2024/remembering-the-1966-shelby-mustang-gt350h-rent-a-racer https://www.motorcities.org/story-of-the-week/2024/rememberi...
- tedunangst 1y ago"People" could really use a number attached to it.
- stonogo 1y agohttps://www.hagerty.com/media/automotive-history/legends-of-the-gt350h-fact-fiction-and-hertzs-rent-a-racer/ https://www.hagerty.com/media/automotive-history/legends-of-...
- tedunangst 1y agoSo... 0.5? Thanks. :)
- stonogo 1y agoDidn't want to party-poop, but yeah, it's mostly mythical.
- bluedino 1y agoThe current urban legend is swapping a junkyard 5.3 for the Chevrolet 6.0 in a U-Haul truck, rent one and switch them and return it.
- SoftTalker 1y agoI guess the joke is on you if you rent one and it already has a swapped engine.
- aspenmayer 1y agoSometimes the early bird gets the worm, sometimes the second mouse gets the cheese.
- m463 1y agoThis is actually what HP is doing. They are taking a sku without telemetry, and quietly swapping in a machine with extensive telemetry and hardware locks that they can drive after you have taken possession.
- IgorPartola 1y agoI have also heard of people swapping parts with rental cars, including tires. And apparently some rental agencies will mark their tires to make sure you didn’t swap them.
- potato3732842 1y agothe min-wage guy at uhaul isn't checking the inner dual all that carefully. 6x 22.5 tires cost a lot more than 3x of their biggest truck rental.
- haiku2077 1y agoRental companies are starting to run their vehicles through booths that scan the vehicle from every angle for automated inspections https://www.uveye.com/rentals/ https://www.uveye.com/rentals/
- bigfatkitten 1y agoHappens a lot. Hardware store near me has a tandem axle rental trailer where no two rims or tyres are the same.