Thanks to my workplace, I had been driving rental cars for almost 2.5 years between July’06 and December’08. Sometimes, a rental would stay with me for several months before I felt a need f0r change. Sometimes, I’d hate the car within the first day and switch it out for something better.
Recently, I was going through all invoices I’ve filed for expenses since the time I started renting and took the opportunity to compile this list of cars I’ve driven / rented / borrowed or just simply taken for a spin in these 2 and a half years.
I went ahead and plugged the list into an image search and here’s what the results look like (hover your mouse over the image to get the car’s name). Again, this is not a list of what I would like to drive, just what I’ve had an opportunity to drive here.
There were the ones that I hate:
There were a big bunch of no-names, cars I don’t particularly remember anything to write home about!
Then there were a bunch I liked because of their size (!) :
And the one’s I loved because of their drivability, comfort or speed (from good to better, in order):
But the best ones were the ones I fell in love with, and that’s what this post is really about!
The Chrysler 300: I absolutely love the grille! I think this car looks great! Yes, it’s got its flaws while driving, but it looks & feels great..
The Dodge Charger: Love the shape, and it truely lives up to it’s muscle-car image!
And ofcourse, the C-class!
In the end, I think I’ve driven over 30 different types of cars , for a distance of well over a 100k miles (wow.. calculate the carbon footprint of that!) -a small feat, given that public transport is pathetic in Atlanta & its suburbs.
In any case, driving has always been fun and I only have the company I work for to thank for this great experience! I finally chose the BMW 328i earlier this year – the best I can possibly afford right now (don’t know for how long though! :p )
(All pictures are copyrighted with their original owners- none of these are mine!)
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