[curun1r]

Meanwhile, I rented a Model S from Turo (essentially Airbnb for cars) and had a great experience.

The car was clean, well maintained, fully charged and already parked in my hotel’s parking lot. Charging was free at any Tesla charger over the three days I had the car…I just had to plug it in and tell the car how much charge I wanted. When I was done with the car, I just had to snap a few photos and leave it in the same lot. And because the pickup/drop off point was at my hotel, I avoided paying for the car for the day I flew in and out since the hotel provided a shuttle to/from the airport.

It’s amazing that some guy named Marco who bought 6 used Teslas can do a more competent job of renting EVs than a multibillion dollar rental agency with huge economies of scale.

[_ea1k]

Yeah, tbh, I always thought rentals would do ok because of how well Teslas have rented on Turo.

But then again, Turo is a small fragment of the market, and the hosts care about renting them out. They are also selected by the renter intentionally.

The rental companies went too far on purchases and way short on support, and often gave them out to people that didn't even want them.

[api]

Car rental is awful in general. I just use ride share and don’t rent unless I need to do a lot of driving.

These companies seem horribly managed dumpster fires. I’ve never had a good experience. Acceptable most of the time but often bad.