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brush

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3. I understand Uber and Lyft drivers who stopped renting cars to work also had...

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri May 21, 2021, 11:44 PM

May 2021

an effect on the market. Their work dried up during the pandemic so Hertz lost all that business. Hertz even had to file Chap. 11 bankruptcy.

I just found that out when I took an uber earlier this week. All along I thought the ride share drivers owned their cars. Many do but many rent cars to work.

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The Great Hawaii Rental Car Crisis: Is It Ever Going To End? [View all] TexasTowelie May 2021 OP

You know how to make the reservation... ret5hd May 2021 #1

ppl are renting uhaul trucks to cruise around, causing serious issues for ppl who need to move msongs May 2021 #2

I understand Uber and Lyft drivers who stopped renting cars to work also had... brush May 2021 #3

one would think insurance cos would not insure personal vehicles doing uber nt msongs May 2021 #4

Who knows how that works. I doubt the drivers are volunteering that info. brush May 2021 #6

It's easy enough to get around on Oahu per bus. The other islands not so much PortTack May 2021 #5