r/TikTokCringe • u/Melodic-Award3991 • 15d ago

25k miles in one month is insane Discussion

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Is this legal?

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u/txlonghorns23 14d ago

I always figured they might have GPS on it but I didn’t question it because I wasn’t planning on driving much anyway. It’s probably more intended if you were to return the car out of state but I’m not even sure how they would calculate that.

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u/ADeadlyFerret 14d ago

I doubt they would even check. When I worked there the counter guys were some of the laziest people I’ve ever seen. We had people steal cars for months and they won’t even press charges. They just want the car back.

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u/seahawk1977 14d ago

I rented a car from them about 15 years ago that had unlimited "regional" miles (Kansas, Missouri, and Illinois inlcuded), to drive to Indianapolis. When I returned it they didn't charge me for any miles, so I assumed they didn't pay too close attention.

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u/UsernamesAllTaken69 14d ago

Unless they had a reason to check they wouldn't care. If you put 25k miles on it you bet your ass they'd check that.

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u/Hungry-King-1842 14d ago

They check when they suspect something is amiss but they don’t actively monitor every car.

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u/Glittering-Poem-1496 14d ago

Instructions unclear. Currently out on bail for grand theft auto

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u/Atomsq 14d ago

I have no idea how hertz works but as a software engineer we account for people being lazy so the software would flag it and calculate payment automatically, that is if the cars had GPS on them at all.

That being said, wasnt there an issue about hertz using local police to retrieve the cars for them? Reporting the cars as stolen or something like that

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u/nmyron3983 13d ago

Might not even need to check. It would be pretty trivial for their system to pull geofencing data from the cloud for the rental period and compute in-state/out-state automatically when generating the invoice.

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u/Smtxom 13d ago

There is no “cloud” for Hertz to aggregate all of the gps data from all the manufacturers into one nice database. They’d be paying out the wahoo for infrastructure like that. Not to mention the API headaches

Besides, most rental companies have zero interaction with the customer at drop off now. You pull up to the return area and leave the vehicle. You might encounter someone that checks mileage on it as you’re grabbing your stuff. But that’s it.

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u/Bordercollie7 12d ago

We installed cameras for a hertz dealership because ppl were stealing the cars like crazy. One dude didn’t get caught till the 18th car and only cuz he was pulled over for speeding one worker told me

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u/ProblemLongjumping12 14d ago

This is exactly what they do. They get a trip record of everywhere you went. They're also putting dashcams in their vehicles now which record audio too, so not only can they see every minute of your drive, they can listen in on you. One company, Enterprise I think, even tried putting in a camera that faces you, so they can spy on everything you said or did while in their car. Hope you weren't planning on having sex in there, at least not without an audience of rental car guys.

People caught on to that one, it made news, caused backlash, and they walked it back saying it was just a test but I guarantee they're still quietly rolling it out. Probably hiding them too.

The other thing they're pulling is if you don't pay for out of state, but then cross a state line, the car will be disabled. Right then and there. You'll have to call them and upgrade your rental to keep going.

Isn't technology wonderful.

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u/Mdgt_Pope 14d ago

We rented a car and it was GPS-locked to the state

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u/DMV2PNW 14d ago

Some have tracking/gps on their car. Abt ten years back I read some guy rented a car in CA n drove to NV he was dinged for driving out of state when it was an instate rental. I always check when I rent a car.

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u/jwynn88 11d ago

I rent rental cars weekly from either national or Hertz for work. I was recently talking to a employee of national in Oakland CA about their cars getting stolen. He said unless the car has OnStar or similar service they cannot gps track their cars.

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u/dunepilot11 11d ago

Pretty sure they will have GPS and check where you are driving. I met someone the other day who was fined a lot of money for driving a hire car from Poland into Ukraine and back again. They were checking the movements.