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... that is the question.
Doing a bucket list trip to North Dakota in late-July with the family to check off my 50th state and wondering if I should drive one of our two SAABs or rent a car.
Looking at about 3600 miles in a circular r/t from the LA area. Going through Yellowstone; back through Colorado or vice versa.
SAABs = 2010 9-3 SS with 66K miles; 2006 9-3 SC with 92K miles.
Rental car = Generic full-size Avis POS.
The upside to the SAABs are manual trannys, know the cars, rear AC vents, great mileage. The downside is being stuck with no part availability in the middle of nowhere and packing on a bunch of miles on essentially irreplaceable cars.
The upside for the rental is it's cheap with my corporate discount -- under $300 for 10 days with unlimited miles. The downside is having to drive something hideous like a Dodge Avenger or -- God Forbid -- a Nissan Altima with the Aaron Hernandez GPS Package.
Trying to remove the emotion out of this. I'd love to drive one of the SAABs -- most likely the wagon -- but I'm looking at this from a low-hassle potential standpoint. What would you do?
->Posting last edited on Thu, 27 Jun 2013 15:35:25.
Posts in this Thread:
- To rent or not to rent..., EGD , Thu, 27 Jun 2013 15:22:33 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: To rent or not to rent..., Craig, Fri, 28 Jun 2013 15:55:57
- Good question, dcjayhawk, Fri, 28 Jun 2013 11:59:30
- having been in the back seat from VT to TX...., AdamD, Fri, 28 Jun 2013 07:06:16
- A lot to be said for both options., Noel, Fri, 28 Jun 2013 05:42:29
- Re: To rent or not to rent..., Scott Paterson , Thu, 27 Jun 2013 20:56:55
- Re: To rent or not to rent..., andym, Thu, 27 Jun 2013 18:10:20
- RENT, No Snaab, Thu, 27 Jun 2013 17:21:39
- meh..., Snowmobile , Thu, 27 Jun 2013 20:18:07
- Re: To rent or not to rent..., vvack0matic , Thu, 27 Jun 2013 16:00:05
- Re: To rent or not to rent..., DE , Thu, 27 Jun 2013 15:48:27
- Re: To rent or not to rent..., Justin VanAbrahams , Thu, 27 Jun 2013 15:41:49
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