Connect by Hertz - waste of time!

the_3rd_dynasty

Hi, I just wanted to point out what a complete waste of time the Connect by Hertz car share scheme is!

Instead of going to my local Hertz branch that's open 24 hours where I can hire a car for £25 per day with unlimited mileage, and is guaranteed to be clean, Connect by Hertz offers you a car that isn't guaranteed to be clean, costs £4 per hour to hire, only gives you 30 free miles, and then charges you 25p per mile thereafter.

So let's put this into perspective: I need a car tomorrow to do 120 miles in - I can either hire a car for £25 and fill it up with say £10-15 petrol - total cost £40 max and keep it for 24 hours with unlimited mileage.

Or, I can hire a car for a mere 4 hours, it costs £16, fuel is free, but mileage would cost £22.50. Total cost £38.50.

So the Connect by Hertz scheme isn't much cheaper than hiring a car normally, but you get a strict time restriction, you have to worry about mileage costs (if you took a wrong turning for example), you aren't guaranteed a clean car, plus the fact that if the previous user turns up late there won't be any car there for you at all. And they charge a £50 membership fee.

Can anybody see the point in this scheme? Total waste of time in my opinion for anything other than nipping to the shops in.

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the_3rd_dynasty wrote: »

So let's put this into perspective

I need a car tomorrow to do 20 miles in - I can either hire a car for £25 and fill it up with say £5 petrol - total cost £30.

Or, I can hire a car for an hour, it costs £4, fuel is free, mileage would cost nothing. Total cost £4.

the_3rd_dynasty wrote: »

Can anybody see the point in this scheme?

Yes

the_3rd_dynasty wrote: »

other than nipping to the shops in

Ah, you got there in the end.

Two different products for two different purposes.

harveybobbles

the_3rd_dynasty wrote: »

Hi, I just wanted to point out what a complete waste of time the Connect by Hertz car share scheme is!

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Erm, a bit like your post too...