Originally Posted By: 19jacobob93
Why do people rent for long trips instead of putting xxxx miles on their car? Personally I really look forward to long trips in my car as they seem to blow out the cobwebs and burn off the nasties! It always seems to run much better after a long trip
I agree with you completely.
As long as you own something that's been cared for well enough that you have no reason to think it won't make the trip, it makes sense to drive the car you own.
Cars are made to use.
Miles alone won't hurt any decent car and the only way anyone can hope to get huge miles out of any car is to use it as intended.
The more miles you accumulate during the useful life of a vehicle, the lower your cost per mile of use.
I had a recent need for a rental car. Merchandising project required me to visit 100 stores in a four state area, 3/4 of these stores were 90 to 150 miles away. I routed them for the shortest possible mileage and determined I didn't want to put 1900 miles on my Suburban. Renting a Corolla from Hertz (standard size) saved us 80 gallons of fuel. The rental for the week cost $140. Savings totaled about $100 overall and it left a vehicle at home for my wife to use.
Sometimes renting makes sense. Run the numbers and find out for yourself.