Tips for Getting a Rental Car
With all of the traveling that I do I end up getting rental cars a LOT. I’ve probably driven over three dozen different cars in the past year – easy. Every time it’s an adventure – new buttons to learn (there are SO many buttons), new sound systems, new special features (the air conditioned seats were really a trip), and all different sized vehicles (which make learning how to parallel park such a joy).
I’m on vacation this week and so of course, I ended up with a rental car. Here is my rental car. Somebody asked what kind of car I got. I told them I got a blue car. I’m sure that’s what he meant.
After a while, you start to develop a habit of the steps to follow when you get into a rental car. Today I wanted to share those steps with you. These are all of the things that need to happen before you even start to drive.
Figure out how to adjust the seat’s distance from the wheel. It could be a button on the door, a lever on the side, a pull bar in the front, or there could be pre-set positions that you can adjust. Crazy. Once you figure out that you can then figure out seat height, lower back support, seat angle, arch, headrest, and more.
Figure out how to adjust the mirrors. This is usually significantly easier than figuring out how to adjust the seat.
Turn on the radio and make sure the sound system is set up how you like it. It’s significantly more difficult to try to figure out if the treble or bass is too high, or if the sound is all the way in the back or the front of the car once you’re on the highway. Just figure it out before you leave.
Figure out if the lights have an automatic option.
Find the windshield wipers. It’s better to find them now than later.
Check to see if your car still has satellite radio, that can definitely make the trip more enjoyable.
Figure out exactly how many minutes fast or slow the clock is in the car, because you don’t want to be relying on it when it could be absolutely horribly wrong. Especially if there was just a time change.
If there are seat warmers make sure that they are not on if you don’t want them to be. Otherwise you will start to feel like you wet your pants a few minutes into the drive.
Does anybody else have any tips to add to the mix?
