To The Point

... who wants to strap on a helmet and crampons and give ice climbing a try, or watch. When four skiers piled out of a car at the high bridge where I was taking pictures one afternoon, I heard one ask, "Where are we? What is this?" then exclaim, "Oh, my ...more

Roads in Quagmire

... tax package - which is an all-or-nothing deal in terms of receiving funding - would include an increase on hotel and car rental taxes, a new home sales fee and a new commercial real estate tax. There would also be an increase in the drivers' license ...more

Hertz to cut 1,350 jobs, some Australian

Car rental company Hertz Global Holdings says it will cut 1,350 more jobs, including some in Australia, "to eliminate unnecessary layers of management". The announcement came almost two months after Hertz said ...more

To The Point

... with 4,300 set to be axed, plus 3,700 Germany and 1,600 in Britain will be shed. Dollar Thrifty tumbles, still beats The car rental companysaid Q4 earnings plummeted 81% to 4 cents a share ex items, a nickel over views. Revenue rose $392.8 mil, ...more

Where in the World?

... did go up was a half-percent tax every time you go to a restaurant or bar in King County, plus a 2 percent tax on rental cars. Add to that a statewide lottery, an admissions tax and special license plates and the Mariners got their stadium. Seattle ...more

Hertz to cut 1,350 jobs in second wave of reductions

PARK RIDGE, N.J. _ Car rental company Hertz Global Holdings Inc. on Wednesday said it would cut 1,350 more jobs 'to eliminate unnecessary layers of management.' The announcement came almost two months after ...more

Egyptian-Canadian tells Cairo trial torture made him confess to spying

... after he was sentenced to three years in prison for bank fraud - but another report suggested it was for damaging a rental car. The published confessions alleged that el-Attar met the Israelis who gave him money for co-operating with them and ...more

Where in the World?

... to see the disastrous effects caused by environmental abuse and warfare. Personal favorite: Exploring the island in a rental car. www.visit-chile.org I left out many incredible sites, such as the Great Wall of China, Red Square, Angkor Wat, ...more

Rental Car Merger In The Works: Would You Rent a Dollar Thrifty Alamo National Taurus?

Planet Web 2.0: I took a lot of pictures during my trip to Utah last week, and thought that it would be fun to put together a little Week of My Life post. I arrived in Salt Lake City late on the evening of Monday, February 5th. After waiting in vain for my checked luggage, I got my rental car and drove 50 miles south ...more

GM returns to incentives to perk up February sales

Autoblog: Filed under: Car Buying , GM January was a harsh month for the domestics, mainly because reduced sales to fleet and rental companies dragged down the raw number of units sold. Still, General Motors apparently doesn't like the red on the balance sheet and has introduced a new round of incentives ...more

Ford Europe's 2008 Mondeo, Coming to Geneva

Jalopnik: Ford Europe released the latest on its redesigned Mondeo, which premiered in lights of lime during last year's Bond vehicle "Casino Real." It played an airport rental car, which won't necessarily different from the real European Mondeo. But the first manifestation of Ford Europe's "kinetic design" ...more

Rental Car Merger In The Works: Would You Rent a Dollar Thrifty Alamo National Taurus?

Jalopnik: A merger may be in the works between the cleverly named Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group and Vanguard Rental, which operates the Alamo and National brands. The deal could be worth as much as $3 billion and push the combined company into the No. 3 slot in the rental game, behind Hertz and Enterprise. ...more

Blog Hoonage: Mods, Whines, Hatred

Captain's Quarters: Judge Paul Paruk made headlines last October after dismissing a lawsuit brought by a Muslim woman when she refused to remove her niqab during her testimony. The case resumes on Wednesday through the reciprocal lawsuit brought by the car rental...more

Perfect End To Today

Captain's Quarters: Just to recap, this weekend I've had to have my car serviced, which forced me to get a rental until this afternoon. My pipe burst, which forced me to shut off my water. The plumber has to replace all the...more

In Connecticut

Politics in the Zeros: We arrived in Connecticut Friday on the red eye at 6 am , got the rental car, loaded our large pile of luggage and three cats, dropped two cats off at a vet to be boarded, then went to my sister’s house with Peggy Sue where we promptly slept for 4 hours.

Tootle pip!

Memex 1.1: "When passenger of foot heave in sight, tootle the horn. Trumpet him meoldiously at first, but if he still obstacles your passage, then tootle him with vigour". From the English-language version of a Tokyo car-rental firm's brochure. Quoted in the Independent, 12 August 1993 and reprinted in The ...more

Blog Hoonage: Mods, Whines, Hatred

Jalopnik: • Boredom relief: some hilarious and mostly useless hacks for your VW Bug. • Rearview cameras in the rear windshield of your car. Novel concept, but umm -- isn't that just called a rear windshield ? • 20 year-olds. Texting. Whilst driving a rental car. Please, tell us what is wrong ...more