American & Proud

Check the CARFAX and try to Avoid a "Rental Unit".

Remote start is GREAT in our area. and the rentals have that Disabled. Not on manual Transes either.

There is a workaround for the remote start on the rental cars but if you can, avoid one altogether. Plenty have bought them here with good luck, but I know I have beat the crap out of a rental car before. Mainly just Pushing it to it's limits checking it out, but if 60-80% of all the other people do the same, it's Tired by the time the rental companies sell them off.


PANEL PANEL PANEL!!! Like TOGA TOGA TOGA! LOL

Good luck on your search. Post pics of them all when you get a chance.

fredz43

Thanks for the advice. It seems that the vast majority that I see at dealers were rentals at one time, per the Carfax's I have checked. They are pickingthem at the auctions. The 09 LT we found for my older son was a rental for the first 9k miles and then personal vehicle for the next 10k. It still was like new and has remote start. Just lucky on that, I guess.

Yesterday, I thought I found what I was looking for, a 2010 with leather and sunroof, 23k miles and Carfax showed that it was 1 owner personal car. Further checking showed that it was manual tranny and I want an auto.

fredz43

Here is a pic of the first HHR we got, for my younger son. It is a 2010 LS.

fredz43

This is the 09 1LT that we found for my other son.