Stories of excess before the Great Recession
I used to rent luxury and performance vehicles while on business trips.
I mentioned it in earlier blog items HERE and HERE.
From my lament of the loss of the good old days:
A far cry from the cash-rich days of renting directly from the Hertz Prestige Collection: Audi S4 and A6; Jaguar S type and X type; Cadillac XLR, Volvo S80, Lincoln LS, and Land Rover LR3.
The high point was renting a 2006 Shelby GT-H with just 20 miles on the odometer in San Francisco.
I also sampled more exotic cars. Most were interesting, some were awful. Few lived up to the hype … except one.
I rented a Porsche 911 Carrera while working a trade show in Vegas. This 2008 German commercial sums up my experience:
Got the commercial from the guys at Jalopnik. This is from their article that provides a list of the "Ten Most Sexually Suggestive Car Commercials" (HERE).
Mike "FossilMedic" Ward.
Posted December 17. 2009, updated January 21, 2012
Also on FireGeezer…
- Not fair: Creating Expensive Desire – January 21, 2012
- “Race on Sunday …” – July 10, 2011
- Hello, Rent-a-Rocket? – September 7, 2010
- Friends Without Benefits – April 29, 2011
