Sometimes you just don't whether to laugh or cry. After an early morning at SYD and a long day at my customer I return to my rental car to find the hot sun acted like an oven to warm up the remaining vomit that the previous renter left in the car for me.
I am normally pretty tolerant of small issues but this was more than I could handle. Apologies if this puts anyone off their lunch but you could actually see some of the offending material stuck in the air vent. Looking back, there was a strong smell of deodoriser in the car on my morning drive but I didn't take much notice of it. It really made me wonder how well the cars are cleaned, especially when there is an obvious problem with it.
So off I go for a drive to the closest Hertz office. 1.5 hours in SYD traffic with the windows down all the way and gagging all the way.
Hertz were kind enough to exchange the car so off I go throug the motions of carting my suitcase over to the carpark, check the car for scratches, load the car up. I'm just about to hop into the drivers seat when I notice the front tyre looks a little low. A few kicks and pushes quickly indicated that it was flat. Yes, a freshly washed and checked in car wiht a flat tyre.
Back I go again for yet another car. So far so good with this one. You know what they say.... 3rd time lucky.... I hope.
After many years renting from Hertz this is only the second issue I've had so please don't take this as an indication of their usual quality. (The first issue was a large huntsman spider in the car in Newcastle, but that's another story).
I am normally pretty tolerant of small issues but this was more than I could handle. Apologies if this puts anyone off their lunch but you could actually see some of the offending material stuck in the air vent. Looking back, there was a strong smell of deodoriser in the car on my morning drive but I didn't take much notice of it. It really made me wonder how well the cars are cleaned, especially when there is an obvious problem with it.
So off I go for a drive to the closest Hertz office. 1.5 hours in SYD traffic with the windows down all the way and gagging all the way.
Hertz were kind enough to exchange the car so off I go throug the motions of carting my suitcase over to the carpark, check the car for scratches, load the car up. I'm just about to hop into the drivers seat when I notice the front tyre looks a little low. A few kicks and pushes quickly indicated that it was flat. Yes, a freshly washed and checked in car wiht a flat tyre.
Back I go again for yet another car. So far so good with this one. You know what they say.... 3rd time lucky.... I hope.
After many years renting from Hertz this is only the second issue I've had so please don't take this as an indication of their usual quality. (The first issue was a large huntsman spider in the car in Newcastle, but that's another story).
