среда, 6 февраля 2013 г.

One ad, urging customers to get some sand in your toes, features a Hertz vehicle parked on the sand


Rental car company Hertz has recently begun a massive car rental comparisons ad push in cities where its rent-by-the-hour Hertz Connect service is available. The ads I ve seen here in New York tout the service as a way for us car-less city folk to do things like go shopping in the burbs or drive to a beach where dead bodies are less likely to wash ashore.
One ad, urging customers to get some sand in your toes, features a Hertz vehicle parked on the sand right by the ocean. Aside from that not being the best thing for either the car or the beach, as Consumerist reader Ben points out, it s also a violation of Hertz s own rules.
Hertz even recognizes that their ad isn t in line with their own policies. It s hard to read on the photo, but there is a line at the bottom left that says that driving off paved roads is prohibited.
WikiPEDIA is not the only wiki, FYI. What you just said is the equivalent of saying from book instead from [insert name of book]. From a wiki would have been grammatically correct but not terribly informative.
Depends on the beach. Dayton is well noted for beach driving areas. NC s Outer Banks has a number of areas open to vehicles. Surprisingly, 2WD can do it in many areas with care and paying attention car rental comparisons to the surface (loose, dry sand is a no-no without 4WD and lowered tire pressure.).
I saw an obviously-well-used fishing vehicle several miles into one of NC s Outer Banks driving beaches. It was vintage FWD Olds 98. The only visible special equipment was snow tires. He appeared to be getting around just fine
There are beaches on Washington s coast where the beach is considered a state highway. And it is maintained at least they plow the sand down to a smooth surface between the end of the pavement car rental comparisons and the hardest packed sand area that is recommended for driving.
Happens all the time in Hawaii. Tourists (or just idiots) rent cars and decide they want to park on the sand, and then get stuck. As a kid, we used to go off-roading a lot and not a weekend went by where we were pulling some rented convertible from softsand.
My buddy and I rented car rental comparisons a car in Honolulu about 15 years ago. Reserved a convertible from Hertz. They delivered a jeep. Try going anywhere in a jeep where you need to lock your stuff up inside the car.
The map that Hertz provided also showed 2 areas where there were No paved roads, rental cars prohibited . We felt that between the map to the sand dunes and Hertz providing us with a Jeep instead of a Mustang Convertible, we were being sent a message to experience off road driving in Hawaii. At one point we wound up on the golf course at Turtle Bay. Later in the day we were on the trails where the road ends on the west side of Oahu. Driving back to Waikiki on the interstate the Jeep vibrated so bad the top hinge on the drivers side door (half door?) broke. Luckily we only had to return it to the parking structure at the Hilton Hawaiian Village. Left it in the lot and never heard another word about it.
Oceano Dunes near Pismo Beach in California allows car rental comparisons this. You drive out to the shore, hang a left, and drive a couple miles down the shoreline. car rental comparisons Then hang a left and drive until your vehicle sinks in the sand, and that s where you camp.
NC has them, too. The outer beaches has one town where they built the houses right in the sand. Street signs are stuck in the sand. The roads are following the tracks of the last truck that went that direction. To get there, you have to go over the cattle-crossing (wild horse area) at the end of the road, onto the beach, and drive quite a ways down the beach to get to the town. That is the only way in out. If the tide is especially high, you might not get there until a few hours later. Most houses are rentals, and the local car agencies rent 4X4 s for visitors to that town. They don t care if you drive on the beach!
Ok, apparently the OP needs a lesson in common sense. An advertisement is NOT an Stadard Operating Procedure (SOP), it s only an ad. The rules will be listed elsewhere probably on the back of the rental contract. Do not confuse them by reading into one and the other.
It s not SOP, but it is trying to entice a person into the purchase (or in this case, rental) of a product. Doing so by showing said product being used for activities that void the warranty/contract is at best misleading and deceptive.
OP here I don t own a car and use a combination of Zipcar (around car rental comparisons town) and Hertz (weekend excursions) when I need a car. Last summer I was going into the Poconos with a Hertz 4 4 and delved deep into the rental contract to know what types of roads were and were not okay to drive on.
Read the full agreement though. It basically says that if you drive off a paved road, you are responsible for damages. The full wording is can of vague though since it does not address damages on private property such as in a driveway or parking lot. The picture looks like the typical beach parking area (in my state at least).
But the ad itself car rental comparisons even says you re not supposed to do it: Hertz even recognizes that their ad isn t in line with their own policies. It s hard to read on the photo, but there is a line at the bottom left that says that driving off paved roads is prohibited.
On Mustang Island, Texas beaches, they are vehicle accessible and very driveable. Hertz is being careful as to say if you bury your ride up to your axles, you are on your own on getting a tow and paying for it.
Then paying car rental comparisons for any damages incurred if the tow operator screws up. Snapping his cable, causing car rental comparisons a whiplash, breaking both windshield and rear glass, or ripping your bumper loose due to a poor hook placement.
Yeah, when I first saw these ads on the way I also found it rather odd to have a car on the beach like that. I don t think the Parks department would take kindly to you parking your 40k Volvo on the sands of Orchard or Rockaway beach.
On a lighter note, does anyone else unconsciously associate that font and green color with the BP logo ? Not to mention the beach and water and sludge balls that have been reported making their way ashore ? Baffled indeed car rental comparisons !
The local large rental place has a small branch car rental comparisons downtown with a fancy F350. I ve rented this a couple times the past year for camping trips, driving it down dirt bumpy roads to campsites my Saturn would never make it on.
The reason for the car on the sand should be obvious see the post directly above, where it is explained that Toyota had defective steering rods, and failed to notify the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Steering rod failures mean cars don t go where you steer them.
I m usually more amused when I see a car commercial that doesn t show anything strange or extreme. Just someone driving down a city street (a person, not a hamster) and there s a disclaimer at the bottom of the screen that says Professional driver. Closed course. Do not attempt.
I have been a member of Connect by Hertz for over a year and can attest to the fact their website is aggressively user hostile. car rental comparisons They have been promising, again for over a year, that they are working to improve it and for over a year, it has been the same crappy website.
It is a PICTURE!!! OOOO, Consumerist, you really got Hertz by the short and curlies. Thanks for looking out for us because I might have just driven my rental car right in the ocean if I saw a picture of someone else doing it!
One day my hunting truck broke down and since it was opening day I couldn t sit it out. I rented a Highlander and left pieces of plastic car rental comparisons molding car rental comparisons all over the dirt road. Let me tell you, the Highlander is NOT an off-road car rental comparisons vehicle
Is this kind of like the commercials car rental comparisons where they are showing car rental comparisons a minivan with mom driving the kids to school, or to the mall, and in fine print at the bottom is says something like closed course, driven by professional car rental comparisons driver, do not attempt. In the commercials I am referring to, there isn t anything other than the above, no stunts, or minivan racing going on either.

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