• proudblond@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Ooh man, I’ve driven a lot of rentals for work…

    I hated hated hated the Nissan Cube. Thankfully the check engine light came on within two hours of me picking it up so I got to swap it.

    But I think the one that takes the cake is actually a vacation rental car. My husband and I rented a car when we went to Belgium. It was an Opel Corsa. It struggled to even reach the speed limit on highways and definitely couldn’t go above it. The funniest thing was that all the Audis and BMWs in Belgium didn’t even bother to tailgate us; they saw us ahead of them and moved over to pass well before they got to us. They knew. That thing was hilariously bad at being a car. I was also a new stick shift driver and it was very difficult. We then went to Switzerland where we got a VW Polo and suddenly I got a whole lot better at driving stick, lol.

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      9 months ago

      Thankfully the check engine light came on within two hours of me picking it up so I got to swap it.

      And wouldn’t you know it, the check engine light was because of a loose gas cap. How could that have happened?

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      9 months ago

      Hahaha. A rented Opel was what came to mind for me as well. Followed by Plymouth Crossfire and Chevy HHR.

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        9 months ago

        Some people just like being a dick instead of getting on with their lives. My answer to those people is to slow down until they pass, and it’s fairly common that I get under 10mph and think I’m actually going to have to stop before they get the hint.

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        9 months ago

        I guess what I meant was, they were so aware that we were lamely going as fast as we could (not very) in the slow lane that they managed to move over in plenty of time even when they were going way (way) faster than us and had to merge into other traffic. No one ever seemed to get stuck behind us unable to pass. I chalked it up to their very high awareness of our very shitty car, lol.