If you are thinking about buying a rental car and have begun to do some research online, you have most likely come across a lot of confusing and misleading information. I can’t tell you how many times that I’ve seen people posting in public forums that it is a bad idea to buy a rental car because they get “driven harder and treated less carefully.” While a car rental company may occasionally have a customer that drives a car harder than normal, most car rental customers are respectful of the vehicles that they rent (since they know that they will be paying for any damages they cause). Plus, rental cars generally have less miles than cars owned by a normal individual.
Additionally, because the reputation of a rental car company is influenced significantly by the condition of their vehicles, rental car companies put a significant amount of time and effort into the upkeep and maintenance of their vehicles. When they sell their rental cars after several years, you can be quite confident that the cars they are selling have been taken care of much more thoroughly than a car that you would buy from the average individual owner.