A Day With A Hertz 'Vette

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Exige S said:

Fox- said:

I also did the Death Valley Hertz thing last year! Sadly I declined the Corvette - I had enough trouble getting all her stuff in the Mustang

Nice choice...


It looked great but was so bloody slow!

That looks like a 2010 model V6, and yes they are. The 2011 models have a new 3.7 litre V6 with 305bhp which is quite nippy.

[big dub]

I went on the recent American Dream Tour run by Petrolhead Nirvana http://www.petrolheadnirvana.com/driving-tours/the..., and we hired 12 Vette convertables and a Mustang (the 2 drivers were under 25).
Awesome trip and thoroughly enjoyed the car, never tired of the exhaust noise (with the fuse removed )


DSC04138 (1) by Rob Joyce, on Flickr

Lined up at Laguna Seca


DSC04154 (1) by Rob Joyce, on Flickr


DSC04158 (1) by Rob Joyce, on Flickr

The silver one was the one I was driving


DSC04201 by Rob Joyce, on Flickr

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big dub said:

I went on the recent American Dream Tour run by Petrolhead Nirvana http://www.petrolheadnirvana.com/driving-tours/the..., and we hired 12 Vette convertables and a Mustang (the 2 drivers were under 25).
Awesome trip and thoroughly enjoyed the car, never tired of the exhaust noise (with the fuse removed )


DSC04138 (1) by Rob Joyce, on Flickr

Lined up at Laguna Seca


DSC04154 (1) by Rob Joyce, on Flickr


DSC04158 (1) by Rob Joyce, on Flickr

The silver one was the one I was driving


DSC04201 by Rob Joyce, on Flickr

You must have been one of the lucky ones to get a ZHZ. The regular Corvettes sound muted in comparison.

[big dub]

The silver one I had was a 2011 C6, not one of the older Hertz ones, and granted it did sound muted until you removed the fuse for the exhaust valves.

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big dub said:

The silver one I had was a 2011 C6, not one of the older Hertz ones, and granted it did sound muted until you removed the fuse for the exhaust valves.

Interesting, on mine it was just the standard exhaust with no valves. You must have gotten a higher specced one!

And yes, this is a shameless excuse to bring my thread back again.

[K50 DEL]

I hired a 350Z roadster for my big trip around the Southwest a couple of years ago.

Now run a C6 Vette as a daily driver in Dubai, I love the car and mine's a manual which makes it even better, but I'd love even more to be driving it on those roads.

A nice report OP.

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K50 DEL said:

I hired a 350Z roadster for my big trip around the Southwest a couple of years ago.

Now run a C6 Vette as a daily driver in Dubai, I love the car and mine's a manual which makes it even better, but I'd love even more to be driving it on those roads.

A nice report OP.

I remember somewhere you saying about that.

I've just had a look at your thread and the car looks very nice. Is petrol still 19p a litre over there? It sounds like the ideal place for me. Would love to get some sort of a job over there but don't think I've got the necessary experience! Need to get out of England thats for sure.


Thanks for that.

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Polarbert said:

K50 DEL said:

I hired a 350Z roadster for my big trip around the Southwest a couple of years ago.

Now run a C6 Vette as a daily driver in Dubai, I love the car and mine's a manual which makes it even better, but I'd love even more to be driving it on those roads.

A nice report OP.

I remember somewhere you saying about that.

I've just had a look at your thread and the car looks very nice. Is petrol still 19p a litre over there? It sounds like the ideal place for me. Would love to get some sort of a job over there but don't think I've got the necessary experience! Need to get out of England thats for sure.


Thanks for that.

I run the Vette on Super which is 31 ppl at my local station, the Jeep is on standard which is 29 ppl

It's a great place to live, a lot of petrolheads and nice cars here, just a shame there's not much in the way of rallying.... playing in the sand dunes is fun though.

[forzaminardi]

Great post. I am hoping to talk my beloved into a road trip in a Vette as part of our honeymoon...

[bennyboysvuk]

That looks like an excellent way to spend the day.

When I went to Vegas some years ago now I hired a Vette too, but I chose the manual and found it hard work initially. Trying to teach my right hand and arm to move the lever around the notchy 6 speed gearbox was quite tricky. Still lots of fun though.

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bennyboysvuk said:

That looks like an excellent way to spend the day.

When I went to Vegas some years ago now I hired a Vette too, but I chose the manual and found it hard work initially. Trying to teach my right hand and arm to move the lever around the notchy 6 speed gearbox was quite tricky. Still lots of fun though.

Thats amazing that Hertz used to do manuals. I'd give you fifty quid if you could find a manual in their entire fleet nowadays!

[Rammy76]

Damn you lot and your great pictures!!

I have always wanted to do the American road trip in a big V8, I just need to find some money to do it with

Excellent write up OP.

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Heres a picture of the second one I had in the Autumn:


It was just nowhere near as fun as the yellow one with the exhaust. The lack of sound killed it somewhat for me. I did go faster in this one though.

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Oh, and I'd just like to state that the roof was only up because it was 95 degrees and we were stopped having lunch!