Thursday, September 20, 2007

Rental Car Consistency

I work for one of those companies that require the use of the same agency at all times, unless cars are not available. The agency they demand we use is National. At first, having been a long time Avis Preferred customer, I resented the change. I quickly signed up for the National Emerald Aisle program, so at least I could go straight to my car.

I have been on this new program for several weeks now, and must admit, I am liking it. Not only do I get to go straight to my car, but I get the added benefit of choosing which car I want to drive, within my car class selection. This has resulted in an added benefit that I had not anticipated.

When arriving in a city late at night, it was always an exercise to figure out where all of the controls were on a given vehicle. Cruising at 65 mph is not time to go hunting for cruise control, interior light control, mirror adjustment or radio band selection buttons. With National Emerald Aisle, I select the same car model every time I rent. It may not be the greatest car, or even the car I would choose to drive at home. The advantage is the fact that I already know where all of the controls are, and do not have to learn a completely new layout two or three times per week.

By the way, my car of choice lately has been the Chrysler PT Cruiser. Easy on gas, plenty of room for a midsize car, and even a little retro looking, for us old school fans!

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