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Hertz's free ex-rental warranty says 100K miles, but counts the ones already driven. Hertz is stepping up to make buying one of its ex-rental vehicles significantly more appealing, announcing a new 3-year/100,000-mile limited powertrain warranty for eligible vehicles. This warranty, provided free of charge, applies to most vehicles sold by Hertz that are 5 model years old or newer and have been driven fewer than 75,000 miles (120,700 km) at the time of sale. Hertz says it's launched a new free warranty in part because the average age of vehicles on US roads has reached a record 12.8 years, and it also notes that the average cost of owning and operating a vehicle has exceeded $11,500 annually.

Reddit is turning on Turo: what the shift means for renting a luxury car in Vancouver. A quiet thing happened in the car-sharing corners of the internet over the past year: the memes started changing sides. Scroll through Turo's subreddits today and the top threads read like an intervention - one titled "[Turo] now costs as much as major rental companies," another flatly declaring "Turo is no longer worth it for renters," and the customary wisdom now includes a "do not rent on Turo" cautionary tale pinned in people's mental bookkeeping. The platform that built its brand on beating the counter at its own game is, per its own community, losing the pricing argument while keeping the risk argument - and the deposit math is why. If you're shopping for a luxury car rental in Vancouver, this debate matters more than it looks from the outside, because it's really a question about where the risk lives: with a listing, with a counter, or with the operator. Let's walk the three options as the internet currently grades them. What Reddit's Turo threads are actually upset about. Nobody on r/Turo is complaining about the concept - the grievance list is procedural, and it reads like a fee schedule written in pencil: * Deposits moved up-market. Deluxe and Super Deluxe vehicles - the interesting ones, the Porsches and Lambos the platform markets - can carry $750 pre-trip deposits, with the security system able to stack an extra ~$200 based on trip details. Refunds take roughly 80 hours after the trip, pending any damage invoice or reimbursement claim. * The fees converged. Service fees, protection-plan tiers, young-driver fees, delivery fees, cleaning fees - threads keep arriving at the same punchline: the all-in price now resembles the majors it undercut. * Host variance is the coin flip. The platform assembles the car, but a person delivers the experience - and the horror threads are not fiction: cancellations, smoke-smelling cabins, mechanical surprises at pickup. The concept isn't broken. The track record per dollar just stopped being clearly better, and Reddit noticed before the press release did. What the big counters are doing while Turo retools. The establishment isn't sitting still either - it's just optimizing different variables: * Hertz was named a "Most Trusted Rental Car Brand" for 2026, and its loyalty play (skip-the-counter for Gold members) is genuinely good for repeat business. The deposit side is benign on credit ($200 hold plus charges) but escalates on specialty vehicles - up to roughly $1,000 - and debit-card refund timelines stretch toward a full month of your money in limbo. * Enterprise keeps the customer-satisfaction crown and the neighborhood "we'll pick you up" convenience, with deposits around $200-500, and its Exotic Car Collection quietly competes for the same renters Turo courts - with actual counters and brand accountability behind the cars. Both still carry the traditional-rental tax: queues when you least enjoy them, surcharges stacked with lawyerly names, and that special airport-counter feeling of being processed rather than served. The question underneath the feud. Strip the platforms away and the 2026 renter is really asking three questions, in this order of importance: * Who holds my money, and for how long? A hold that clears in 3 days is polite. A hold that clears in 3 weeks (the debit-card end of the range) is a loan you didn't agree to. * Who shows up when something goes sideways?An app is a great interface and a terrible shoulder to cry on. The whole Turo-vs-counter split is a split between "someone specific to call" and "a queue ticket with a state." * Does the all-in price match the advertised price? This is where every platform says transparent and every renter carries a calculator. Which brings Mogestic to the option the threads never consider, because it's not on any marketplace: the boutique operator. The middle path: named-fleet, human-paced, list-priced. Vancouver's luxury rental market has a third shape - small, appointment-based operators - and for travelers who hate both feels (marketplace roulette, counter conveyor), it's the path worth knowing about. Ours is a working example: * A named fleet, not a listing board. You can call and ask about the 911, the G-Class, the XM - not "a vehicle similar to the one pictured." The car you discuss is the car that arrives. * Flat, published day rates - $558/day (911 Carrera), $625-650/day (G-Class), $888/day (XM) - so the quote and the invoice are the same document. No service-fee sleight, no surprise recovery fees at return. * Deposits and licenses discussed up front, in writing, before pickup day - the conversation Reddit keeps discovering should happen at some point. * A person who touched the car. Not an algorithm's probability score; a human who inspected the vehicle before handing you keys and will answer a phone after the deal. This isn't an anti-Turo screed - for a renter who wants one specific weird car nobody else offers, marketplace browsing is still the tool. But for the majority of luxury renters, the value of that tool was the price and variety of an unstocked shelf, and both are converging toward the counters while keeping the coin-flip risk. The thread logic points somewhere Reddit hasn't looked yet: the middle. Platform risk isn't worth a platform price. If you're paying premium money, the premium should be predictability - the car, the rate, the terms, and the human. How to rent right on any shelf: the four checks. Whichever route you take this year, these four checks survive every platform-shakeout: * Get the deposit number, trigger conditions, and refund timeline in writing before paying - $200 cool, $950 with an 80-hour lag, plan for the lag either way. * Decode the protection tiers - what's excluded at each level, what the deductible is, and whether your credit card secretly capped the vehicle class (the insurance and deposit deep-dive has the full detective work). * Photograph everything at handoff, both platforms and counters - the walk-around habit pays rent in dispute months. * Price the all-in figure, not the headline: fees, delivery, refuel terms, and any young-driver surcharges included before you commit. Its hidden-fees explainer is the version of that audit with the Vancouver local knowledge attached. FAQ: the platform-feud edition. Is Turo actually more expensive now? On many bookings, yes - the all-in comparison (service fees plus protection tiers plus delivery) has largely closed the gap with the majors, especially after you add a young-driver fee or a delivery charge. Check the final checkout screen, not the headline. Which has the smallest deposit hold? Enterprise's standard tiers around $200-300 are the gentler default. But watch the class: deluxe anything on any platform gets big fast - and ask when the hold releases, because release speed is the hidden half of the answer. Is a debit card a bad idea for any of them? Mostly, yes - debit means bigger holds and slower releases everywhere (Hertz's debit refunds can trail toward 30 days). Renting on credit and paying off is the cleaner mechanic. What does a boutique rental cost versus the platforms? Comparable to the Exotic/counter collections and often less than Turo's all-in on premium categories - with the deposit and fee structure stated in one paragraph instead of six screens. Its rates: 911 Carrera from $558/day, G-Class from $625-650/day, XM from $888/day. What's the actual edge of a boutique operator? Known fleet, known person, known terms - the three things every marketplace thread ends up wishing for after the fact. Any reason to still use a marketplace in 2026? Sure - one-off novelty vehicles, or a city where the premium infrastructure is thin. But in a developed market like Vancouver, the calendar and the phone are both faster than the filter. Make your own conclusion. The threads are right to push back on the marketplaces - they were right to build them, too. The part the threads miss is that there's a third option in most big cities now. It looks like a phone number and behaves like a promise. Call (604) 841-0366 for the version with no listings roulette: named cars, list prices, terms in writing - and an actual human on the other end.

HTZ deadline: HTZ investors have opportunity to lead Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. securities fraud lawsuit. * By THE ROSEN LAW FIRM, P. A. * 5 hrs ago NEW YORK, Aug. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of common stock of Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: HTZ) between May 7, 2026 and June 23, 2026, inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important September 22, 2026 lead plaintiff deadline. So What: If you purchased Hertz common stock during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement. What to do next: To join the Hertz class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/cases/hertz-global-holdings-inc/join or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email [email protected] for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than September 22, 2026. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation. Why Rosen Law: The Daily Times encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources, or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered billions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers. Details of the case: According to the lawsuit, throughout the Class Period, defendants made materially false and misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Hertz's liquidity was deteriorating far more rapidly than represented, and Hertz's available liquidity was not sufficient to fund its operations and obligations for the next twelve months without resorting to a distressed, dilutive financing; (2) the softness in the used-car market that defendants had characterized as "isolated to the quarter" and "transitory" had in fact recurred and was materially depressing Hertz's net depreciation per unit ("DPU") and Adjusted Corporate EBITDA; (3) as a result of the foregoing, Hertz was likely to undertake a dilutive, distressed capital raise that would materially harm existing shareholders; and (4) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about Hertz's business, operations, and liquidity position were materially false and misleading and lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages. To join the Hertz class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/cases/hertz-global-holdings-inc/join or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email [email protected] for information on the class action. No Class Has Been Certified. Until a class is certified, you are not represented by counsel unless you retain one. You may select counsel of your choice. You may also remain an absent class member and do nothing at this point. An investor's ability to share in any potential future recovery is not dependent upon serving as lead plaintiff. Attorney Advertising. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Contact Information: Laurence Rosen, Esq. Phillip Kim, Esq. The Rosen Law Firm, P.A. 275 Madison Avenue, 40th Floor New York, NY 10016 Tel: (212) 686-1060 Toll Free: (866) 767-3653 Fax: (212) 202-3827