[ausev] Can you rent a Prius Hybrid here ???

[Dan_Lee Vogler]

Well, after the article in last week's Wednesday newspaper rating the
Toyota Prius as the number one car in America for MILAGE, RELIABILITY and
RESALE value,... I then started looking for one.

I don't know about reliability, but the resale value seems to be only about
$1000 a year depeciation for one in good condition.    WOW !

Next week GF1 & I are going to tour San Antonio's Spanish Missions and the
2000 acre Toyota Tundra Plant site, which is the most modern automotive
plant in the world they say.

I want to rent a TOYOTA Prius for the trip to TOYOTA , so to no avail, I
called every car rental place in the book ( ~ 150 listed ) and got a very
cold response from most, saying "oH NO, the banks won't those weird POSs
for us,... call someone else."   I was stunned by more than one negative
response to my request to rent a Toyota Prius from these uninformed people
at the rental lots.

Does anyone know where I can rent a TOYOTA PRIUS in or near Austin ??
There's $50 in it for the right referal by this Saturday the 10th of March.

Dan Lee Vogler
512-462-9171 
phev at WireHead.com