Building off Trad's thread, I wanted to add my own recent rental car review.
This is for the Hyundai Kona.
I picked this car up from the DFW Airport National Emerald Aisle two weeks ago. I had to drive from home to Galveston, to Round Rock, back home, and didn't want to put the miles on my own car. I had a free day, so the all-in cost for 5 days was only ~$250.
The Emerald Aisle choices were pretty unremarkable on the Friday night. There were cars, and there were other SUVs (Nissan Rogues, Ford Escapes, etc). The Kona wasn't the largest, but looked different and I wasn't familiar, so I went for it. It wasn't great.
The seats were really uncomfortable, which sucks since I was in the car for a total of 11 hours of driving.
The engine is apparently a 2.0-liter four-cylinder with 147 horsepower and 132 pound-feet of torque. Man, that's not very impressive. You can really feel the lack of horsepower when you try to get it up over 90mph. It looks like they have hybrid and electric versions, but this wasn't those. Despite the small engine, I only got about 26mpg over the trip. Might've been impacted by my driving style.
The biggest problem I had was with the Android Auto. It took forever for it to finish connecting and there didn't seem to be anything I could do to shorten the lag. Sometimes it was ~10 minutes for it to finish. While I'm driving around places I hadn't been before, it's not great to not have the map/route up on the infotainment screen. Same with not having my music playing while I'm driving around.
Beyond that, the whole thing just felt really cheap. It had a driver's side power seat, but that was about it. No power tilt wheel, no automatic liftgate.
Overall: It looks like they run from ~$27k up to ~$35k. I think I could find way better choices. I wouldn't rent it again.
/csb
This is for the Hyundai Kona.
I picked this car up from the DFW Airport National Emerald Aisle two weeks ago. I had to drive from home to Galveston, to Round Rock, back home, and didn't want to put the miles on my own car. I had a free day, so the all-in cost for 5 days was only ~$250.
The Emerald Aisle choices were pretty unremarkable on the Friday night. There were cars, and there were other SUVs (Nissan Rogues, Ford Escapes, etc). The Kona wasn't the largest, but looked different and I wasn't familiar, so I went for it. It wasn't great.
The seats were really uncomfortable, which sucks since I was in the car for a total of 11 hours of driving.
The engine is apparently a 2.0-liter four-cylinder with 147 horsepower and 132 pound-feet of torque. Man, that's not very impressive. You can really feel the lack of horsepower when you try to get it up over 90mph. It looks like they have hybrid and electric versions, but this wasn't those. Despite the small engine, I only got about 26mpg over the trip. Might've been impacted by my driving style.
The biggest problem I had was with the Android Auto. It took forever for it to finish connecting and there didn't seem to be anything I could do to shorten the lag. Sometimes it was ~10 minutes for it to finish. While I'm driving around places I hadn't been before, it's not great to not have the map/route up on the infotainment screen. Same with not having my music playing while I'm driving around.
Beyond that, the whole thing just felt really cheap. It had a driver's side power seat, but that was about it. No power tilt wheel, no automatic liftgate.
Overall: It looks like they run from ~$27k up to ~$35k. I think I could find way better choices. I wouldn't rent it again.
/csb
