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Old Jul 21, 2009 | 05:16 PM
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This gives me nightmares

http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news.../42661507.html
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Old Jul 21, 2009 | 05:18 PM
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Gotta love a car that can tear through 8 cars and then only finally give up!!!!
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Old Jul 21, 2009 | 05:19 PM
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...and it was a rental!
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Old Jul 21, 2009 | 05:20 PM
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Looks like a Hertz rental car
They are almost always the ones causing trouble.
People rent them and drive them like they stole them.
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Old Jul 21, 2009 | 05:20 PM
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Holy crap.
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Old Jul 21, 2009 | 05:24 PM
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I didn't know the Hertz's rentals had a black stripe down the hood.
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Old Jul 21, 2009 | 05:28 PM
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I was going to try to hit 17 cars but I ran out of gas.
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Old Jul 21, 2009 | 06:04 PM
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Originally Posted by chai1836
...and it was a rental!
That is why they did that. Probably figured it was not their car so who cares.
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Traction control needs service.
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Old Jul 21, 2009 | 06:44 PM
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Traction control needs service.
Driver needs service:
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Old Jul 21, 2009 | 06:49 PM
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I call dibs on the glass roof!
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Old Jul 21, 2009 | 06:50 PM
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Man O Man!
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Old Jul 21, 2009 | 06:53 PM
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Just put some Zaino on it!
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Old Jul 21, 2009 | 07:11 PM
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Now he will go back the the car rental place, with the car on a flatbed and say "I hit a dog"....
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Old Jul 21, 2009 | 08:01 PM
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Can anyone tell if it has the homelink visors? If so grab them for me when they part it out.
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Old Jul 21, 2009 | 09:09 PM
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High preformance car, low preformance driver!
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Old Jul 21, 2009 | 11:44 PM
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This is why Hertz should only rent ZHZs to people who have experience driving cars with a lot of power. Too many ZHZs have been involved in bad accidents.
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Old Jul 22, 2009 | 12:18 AM
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Another ZHZ bites the dust. Those poor cars are dropping like flies.
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Old Jul 22, 2009 | 12:24 AM
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Originally Posted by dragoninxs
I didn't know the Hertz's rentals had a black stripe down the hood.
Here is a picture of one before any accidents.

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Old Jul 22, 2009 | 01:07 AM
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Just put some Zaino on it!
Atleast you won't need to spend as much time doing the job since half the car is missing.
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