| Many mobile car washing and auto detailing | | | | factory carry through. They sell Gap Insurance in |
| customers have considered used car lots as potential | | | | case of totally loss. They have window-etching |
| customers and some of these can be in fact great | | | | identification to the lower cost of insurance. |
| customers. But the best used car lot customers are | | | | They accept trade-ins and have wide ranges of |
| Rental Car Agencies, which own their own sales lots. | | | | incentives including financing options and guarantees |
| Why is that you ask? | | | | against lemons. They will give you another car if you |
| Well you see, used cars sold at the rental agencies | | | | get one that is too badly abused. They even give |
| sales lots have many attractive ways to entice | | | | the customer a 40 pt. evaluation checklist and safety |
| consumers to buy them. For instance Hertz carries | | | | guarantee (many states require this by law, but |
| forward the manufacturers warranty. They make a | | | | Thrifty does it in all states regardless). |
| special deal with Ford and Toyota for 100,000-mile | | | | A customer can buy add-on guarantees also such as |
| warranties, which are transferable to the new owner, | | | | Powertrain Plus or Full + Powertrain, which includes |
| in trade for ordering thousands of cars. Enterprise | | | | everything from the odometer to the engine and |
| and Hertz bought nearly 1.5 million cars last year. | | | | bumper to bumper. What does all this mean to the |
| These cars will eventually be sold under their special | | | | mobile car wash and detailing company? It means |
| programs over the next two and a half years. | | | | they are into first class service and need quality |
| Thrifty Car Sales has a "Thrifty Care Program" which | | | | vendors to perform the work and this makes them |
| includes a 6-year or 100,000-mile warranty, which is a | | | | great customers indeed. Consider all this in 2006. |