Toad rental?

[outboardfever]

My wife asked me today if they rented equipped tow cars?
I don't know, anyone heard of this?

[Effy]

Jim Norman wrote:
You can rent a pretty basic MH, usually a C. Used to be a rental shop right across the street from my office. VERY basic. I think the question is really, wouldn't it be nice to be able to lease a Class S $400,000.00 MH for say 2 or 3 years and 15,000 miles a year. Then when you are done, you walk away. I can see where some people might like that as they trade up every couple years anyway. Me, I tend to keep thing a long time. Probably wouldn't pay for me. YMMV

You can rent anything from TT's to Prevosts. You just have to know where to look. It is NOT cheap. A basic Class A will run you about $300/day. A luxury coach is about $1k/day and usually caters to celebs and performers.

Now a "lease" like a long term car lease is a really bad business plan. At the end of the lease due to depreciation, wear and tear the MH would be worth nothing. MH's are so unique and unreliable compared to cars that long term leases make no sense at all in terms of value, maintenance and support. I guess if someone wanted to pay $10-20k a month then it might work but how big is the target market for that business plan?

[Bill_Satellite]

jlud wrote:
Wish you could lease Motorhomes....that would be cool

You absolutely CAN lease a motorhome. It's not cheap and it's not really even what I would consider affordable, but it certainly can be done.

[Bill_Satellite]

outboardfever wrote:
My wife asked me today if they rented equipped tow cars?
I don't know, anyone heard of this?

No, they don't.

[Jim_Norman]

You can rent a pretty basic MH, usually a C. Used to be a rental shop right across the street from my office. VERY basic. I think the question is really, wouldn't it be nice to be able to lease a Class S $400,000.00 MH for say 2 or 3 years and 15,000 miles a year. Then when you are done, you walk away. I can see where some people might like that as they trade up every couple years anyway. Me, I tend to keep thing a long time. Probably wouldn't pay for me. YMMV

[Effy]

Canadian Rainbirds wrote:

jlud wrote:
Wish you could lease Motorhomes....that would be cool

I'm sure someone would do it for the right $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ etc etc etc. :B

What do you mean? You can rent MH's all over the place.

[Canadian_Rainbi]

jlud wrote:
Wish you could lease Motorhomes....that would be cool

I'm sure someone would do it for the right $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ etc etc etc. :B

[jlud]

Wish you could lease Motorhomes....that would be cool

[outboardfever]

Thanks for the input, just seems someone can rent about anything.

[crasster]

My opinion is the best kind of toad is a lightweight Japanese car that has insane reliability. Get one for cheap with many years, don't worry about every ding, and it will tow either 4 down (most standard trans will) or easily on a dolly or trailer.

[Heisenberg]

I have never seen an "equipped" rental.

[Lwiddis]

Why not buy a small FWD used car for a toad?

[cyntdon2010]

wouldn't it be easier to rent an inexpensive auto once you get to your location.

15-18 per day ain't bad

[lryrob9301]

NO, the liability risk would be astronomical.

[Bumpyroad]

I think the closest you will come is to rent a front wheel drive car, take all the insurance you can, and tow it on a dolly. don't ask/ don't tell, but read the contract carefully.
bumpy