Renting a car for long trip to save wear & tear on your own vehicle?

[blownz]

I haven't done this since I was in school and didn't have a nice/reliable car. But I have a Suburban booked for next month for 10 days just because I don't have a vehicle anymore that has enough room for my family of 4 plus all the stuff we need to spend 7 nights on a houseboat. Rental seemed like the more comfortable way of doing things. And saving the 2000km or so from my vehicle can't hurt either.

[Aleks]

We take our minivan. The rental would have to be free to make any difference in fuel savings as it can do about 7-8L/100kms on the highway.

[94boosted]

I just did a trip to Tofino & back (6 days) in the Sierra and sort of wish I did the rental thing, even though I got decent mileage (12.1km/h over ~2600km). Especially considering I have a few free rental days with National due to corporate rentals. But most rentals don't allow pets so...

[shakalaka]

I always find myself renting whenever I am driving any substantial distance ever since I got a tire blowout from hitting a pothole on a shitty route. My road trips are usually obscure court locations that aren't always the nicest roads and are sometimes remote. Plus I am always worried about putting mileage and ruining my actual vehicle but then you're always in shitty rental vehicles. That's actually part of the reason I am getting rid of my M3 and going to lease the next vehicle so I don't have to worry about anything and drive the damn thing whenever it needs to be driven without worrying about the mileage.

[Thaco]

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I always find myself renting whenever I am driving any substantial distance ever since I got a tire blowout from hitting a pothole on a shitty route. My road trips are usually obscure court locations that aren't always the nicest roads and are sometimes remote. Plus I am always worried about putting mileage and ruining my actual vehicle but then you're always in shitty rental vehicles. That's actually part of the reason I am getting rid of my M3 and going to lease the next vehicle so I don't have to worry about anything and drive the damn thing whenever it needs to be driven without worrying about the mileage.

wouldn't you be more conscious with a lease as they often have mileage limitations?

[shakalaka]

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wouldn't you be more conscious with a lease as they often have mileage limitations?

I am getting enough allowance to begin with, plus the arrangement I've made with the guy is such that if in a year or two I want something else I can go switch my car without caring about how much mileage is on it for a different vehicle without any penalties for breaking the lease early.

[HiTempguy1]

Renting a car definitely makes sense in the right circumstances. I do it all the time, especially since I DD the duramax right now.

Whip up a quick spreadsheet and crunch the numbers. I usually go with Enterprise as they have shuttle service (don't know about the others) and they have always treated me extremely well. To go from 15L/100km to 5L/100km starts to add up pretty quick, plus wear and tear on the truck is a lot more (those bigass tires are expensive!)