Gscott
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Driving off Pavement in a Rental Car
I just got back from Loreto and am planning a return trip. I am wanting to explore a little more this time, travel on the gravel road from north of
Loreto west through La Purisima towards San Juanico and south to Ciudad Insurgentes.
Are rental car companies gonna have heart ache over this? I see a few that rent jeeps, Suzuki Jimni or Toyota pickups.
I'd really like to do a little more aggressive exploration, like from San Javier to the Comondus.
Are there any places that rent a 4x4 vehicle with this style driving in mind?
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Quote: Originally posted by lencho  | | Quote: Originally posted by Gscott | I'd really like to do a little more aggressive exploration, like from San Javier to the Comondus.
Are there any places that rent a 4x4 vehicle with this style driving in mind? |
Rent a VW Bug, don't bang it up on the rocks, and have a carwash do a thorough cleanup before you take it back.  |
Where do I rent used cars in Loreto? That would be excellent!
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All big rental companies have a presence at the airport. I've rented a car from Alamo - they have an office in the middle of town. Also, experience
strongly recommends that you get all the insurance.
Others can chime in, but I've heard it's more expensive if you don't reserve online (vs just arriving at the airport).
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Reserving a specific make and model has never worked for me (and that is from Alamo). They will gladly take the reservation to lock in your business,
but you will pick from what is on the lot the day you show up.
If you are lucky, they might have the ride you want, but the best I have ever gotten was an offer to upgrade to a bigger box than I wanted to drive!
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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In the past, rental car insurance did not offer coverage off the pavement. Don't know about now. I recall off road incidents where damaged vehicles
were towed to the pavement before being reporting.
Read the fine print.
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AMAZING the places you can put a Tsuru  insurance is your friend
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We rented a Jeep Wrangler from the Alamo at the Airport. Reserved a compact and let them talk me into the Jeep for not much more. Took it over the
pass after San Javier. Lots of rock and dirt, river bed crossings. Then all around San Juanico. Was a blast. Didn't do the North Road into San Juanico
though.
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Gscott
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| Quote: Originally posted by Beagle | | We rented a Jeep Wrangler from the Alamo at the Airport. Reserved a compact and let them talk me into the Jeep for not much more. Took it over the
pass after San Javier. Lots of rock and dirt, river bed crossings. Then all around San Juanico. Was a blast. Didn't do the North Road into San Juanico
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Thanks for trying to answer my question. Since you rented a jeep, did they ever mention anything about not taking it off pavement?
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| Quote: Originally posted by AKgringo | Reserving a specific make and model has never worked for me (and that is from Alamo). They will gladly take the reservation to lock in your business,
but you will pick from what is on the lot the day you show up.
If you are lucky, they might have the ride you want, but the best I have ever gotten was an offer to upgrade to a bigger box than I wanted to drive!
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I hear that. They did have Jeeps on the lot in town when I was there.
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| Quote: Originally posted by Gscott | | Quote: Originally posted by Beagle | | We rented a Jeep Wrangler from the Alamo at the Airport. Reserved a compact and let them talk me into the Jeep for not much more. Took it over the
pass after San Javier. Lots of rock and dirt, river bed crossings. Then all around San Juanico. Was a blast. Didn't do the North Road into San Juanico
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Thanks for trying to answer my question. Since you rented a jeep, did they ever mention anything about not taking it off pavement?
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As a matter of fact, the girl at the counter asked where I was headed. I told her San Juanico. She said there was lots of dirt and bad roads and maybe
I would be interested in the Jeep. She talked me into it. That was my own experience and can't say that it will happen for everyone but that's how it
all went down.
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A Jeep is made for dirt roads!
Asking if you can drive a Jeep on dirt roads is akin to asking if a plane can fly in the sky.
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I've always assumed they knew the car was going off road when I rented in Loreto. I've never gotten complaints when I've returned the car dirty.
Good trick about renting a cheap car and getting an inexpensive upgrade. The Jeep Wrangler is expensive to rent otherwise.
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I don't remember who posted it, but about a year and a half ago someone reported that they were going to rent a Wrangler. The front drive shaft had
been removed to keep people from driving it too far off road!
Anyone know about that happening, or is it just a story?
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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| Quote: Originally posted by David K | A Jeep is made for dirt roads!
Asking if you can drive a Jeep on dirt roads is akin to asking if a plane can fly in the sky. |
Maybe it seems a silly question, there are less rules in Mexico it seems. I'm used to living in over-regulated Washington. I know when I rented cars
in Hawaii the agreement specifically says no off pavement driving, and even some paved roads are prohibited. Breaking the agreement nulls the
insurance. That's why I asked..
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Enterprise in Kona had no dirt road restriction message that I saw. I knew other companies did.
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