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Old 07-30-2005, 11:41 AM
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Why you should never buy a used rental
can you guess what car this is?


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Old 07-30-2005, 11:44 AM
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no idea. Did the car catch on fire?
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Old 07-30-2005, 11:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Fossil_TL
no idea. Did the car catch on fire?

no, just roasting the tires.
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Old 07-30-2005, 12:09 PM
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is it a volvo s40?
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Old 07-30-2005, 12:13 PM
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is it a volvo s40?
I think you're right about that.
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Old 07-30-2005, 12:25 PM
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is it a volvo s40?
no,
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Volvo S60
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Old 07-30-2005, 12:45 PM
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So what? It's just a burn-out. I've done many burn-outs in my own cars.
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Old 07-30-2005, 12:51 PM
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yea i dont know where this thread is going??
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Old 07-30-2005, 01:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Pure Adrenaline
So what? It's just a burn-out. I've done many burn-outs in my own cars.
just thought i would share this.pic. with yall. and to you mr. pure adrenaline.

yes a s60.
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Old 07-30-2005, 01:44 PM
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reminds me when we put a nitrous kit on an intrepid my buddy rented
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Old 07-30-2005, 02:17 PM
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just did that last night with my rental Malibu!
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my buddy use to own a speed/detail shop. his car was getting work done and not driveable so he would go the the local enterprise rent-a-car and make a deal with the guy, give me a car for a weekend free and i'll detail your car.

every weekend for about 3 months we beat on a different rental. he had a plymouth breeze hopping the back wheels(cause the e-brake was on) for about a 1/4 mile, smoking everywhere.
off roading in a lumina, hitting bushes with an explorer...

i had a mazda 6 station wagon for a month last year and beat the piss out of it(not a bad car, kinda quick)

i would never buy a used rental
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Originally Posted by scotty
just thought i would share this.pic. with yall. and to you mr. pure adrenaline.

yes a s60.
No need for the hostility. I wasn't trying to be a dick or anything.
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reminds me when we put a nitrous kit on an intrepid my buddy rented

reminds me of an rented impala i saw at the road course.
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Who would rent a volvo S60? I've never seen those in car rental places.
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Originally Posted by fuzzy02CLS
Who would rent a volvo S60? I've never seen those in car rental places.
I have actually rented one (S 40) on a business trip. Hertz has them. I don't know about the S 60 though.
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Old 07-31-2005, 05:05 PM
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ya i was gonna guess volvo, and u took those pics w/ a sony camera rite?
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I drive pretty aggressively in rental cars, but I never really beat the hell out of it to the point of putting it on fire. I believe in car karma.
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Old 07-31-2005, 08:41 PM
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I think it was a Volvo, too.

How can someone do a burn-out like that on a FWD car?
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