Can you drive 36,000 kilometers in three days?

hanno · Post by **hanno** » Sat Aug 27, 2022 5:21 pm

Car rental company Avis thinks you can, charging Canadian woman $8,000:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/ ... nce-canada

Post by **Freightdog** » Sat Aug 27, 2022 6:57 pm

If my maths is right, in effect they are claiming that she has maintained an average speed of 500km/h for each of 72hrs. 310mph.

Every single person involved in that decision process should be considered unfit for the job. It would be interesting to know what car she was renting.

Bongmab69 · Post by **Bongmab69** » Sat Aug 27, 2022 7:05 pm

I have been truckdriving all my life, and pretty used to do 1000 km a day, even its illegal now because some stupid laws, and have done once in my life with my car 1700 kms between my spanish appartement and my belgian home. And you are really focked after 1700 kms. But ofcourse it also depends on what roads, and what car you driving in !! ??

hanno · Post by **hanno** » Sat Aug 27, 2022 7:31 pm

Freightdog wrote: ↑Sat Aug 27, 2022 6:57 pm If my maths is right, in effect they are claiming that she has maintained an average speed of 500km/h for each of 72hrs. 310mph.

Every single person involved in that decision process should be considered unfit for the job. It would be interesting to know what car she was renting.

GMC Yukon Denali. But even in a super sports car driving almost the circumference of the earth in that time should have raised some eyebrows at Avis.

phuketrichard · Post by **phuketrichard** » Sat Aug 27, 2022 7:54 pm

Bongmab69 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 27, 2022 7:05 pm I have been truckdriving all my life, and pretty used to do 1000 km a day, even its illegal now because some stupid laws, and have done once in my life with my car 1700 kms between my spanish appartement and my belgian home. And you are really focked after 1700 kms. But ofcourse it also depends on what roads, and what car you driving in !! ??

1,000 kms./day is fuck all: we once had a race ( 2 drivers/car ) from Washington Dc to SF back in the 60's
2,800 +miles: ( 4,500 + kms)
fastest time was a little under 48 hours

newkidontheblock · Post by **newkidontheblock** » Sat Aug 27, 2022 8:07 pm

At a big company, everything is compartmentalized, everyone does their part in their compartment. With an emphasis on generating revenue, of course. One compartment does not fact check with the other compartments.

In fact, is no one checking the big picture.

The mileage tracker might be off by a few zeros. But that distance can be covered in a multi year truck rental. Other compartments don’t know it’s a 3 day rental.

The billing departments job is to issue bills. Collections is to get money. Customer service is to stonewall any attempts for money to leave the company, etc.

Only the media spotlight will get a big company’s attention when things go awry.

Doc67 · Post by **Doc67** » Sun Aug 28, 2022 1:08 pm

She did the right thing and broadcast it to any media outlet that will pick up the story. Twitter is useful in these cases. These big companies monitor the media and so when they are getting trashed they will usually act when obviously in the wrong.

The comment about Visa is interesting. I'm pretty sure something in the rental contract will authorise Avis to debit whatever they want and once you sign those spiteful one sided contracts Visa will back them up and not reverse the transaction.

This is why I like ABA and your control over card transaction limits. If you set your transaction limit to a small amount and no more than twice a day these rogue debits will never get authorised.

Post by **Freightdog** » Sun Aug 28, 2022 1:42 pm

Getting the media involved-
Such a shame that public image is more important than integrity. Are they taking a leaf out of o’Leary’s book.

atst · Post by **atst** » Sun Aug 28, 2022 1:57 pm

phuketrichard wrote: ↑Sat Aug 27, 2022 7:54 pm
Bongmab69 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 27, 2022 7:05 pm I have been truckdriving all my life, and pretty used to do 1000 km a day, even its illegal now because some stupid laws, and have done once in my life with my car 1700 kms between my spanish appartement and my belgian home. And you are really focked after 1700 kms. But ofcourse it also depends on what roads, and what car you driving in !! ??
1,000 kms./day is fuck all: we once had a race ( 2 drivers/car ) from Washington Dc to SF back in the 60's
2,800 +miles: ( 4,500 + kms)
fastest time was a little under 48 hours

Whippy Doo 1000klm a day she's accused of doing 12000 a day.

truffledog · Post by **truffledog** » Sun Aug 28, 2022 4:37 pm

Doc67 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 28, 2022 1:08 pm She did the right thing and broadcast it to any media outlet that will pick up the story. Twitter is useful in these cases. These big companies monitor the media and so when they are getting trashed they will usually act when obviously in the wrong.

The comment about Visa is interesting. I'm pretty sure something in the rental contract will authorise Avis to debit whatever they want and once you sign those spiteful one sided contracts Visa will back them up and not reverse the transaction.

This is why I like ABA and your control over card transaction limits. If you set your transaction limit to a small amount and no more than twice a day these rogue debits will never get authorised.

you probably wont be able to get a rental car with your ABA card though. Last time I rented a car FOR A SINGLE DAY the rental company blocked around 800 US on my card for deposit reasons (and this is on top of the agreed rental fee). The deposit was unblocked a week after ending the rental only.

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