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Old March 26th, 2010, 02:02 PM posted to rec.travel.air
Sancho Panza[_1_]
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On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 06:55:00 -0700, SMS
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On 24/03/10 8:52 PM, AE Todd wrote:
A few months ago, I rented a car through Dollar. The level was mid-
size, and the car was the Mazda 6, "or similar." What they gave me
was a Toyota Corolla. It seems that in the rental car world, car size
is a very malleable issue. But when I go to Wikipedia, the Toyota is
a compact/sub compact, while the Mazda 6 is a mid-size. Why do the
agencies get away with not giving you what you reserve? How do they
get away with making a person reserve at a higher price, then giving a
smaller vehicle, then claiming that a reservation is only a request?


In the rental car world, the Corolla _is_ a mid-size. Not just at
Dollar, with all agencies. Bump up the size it actually is by one level
and you have the size that agencies use.

It's like a 12 cup coffee maker that makes 60 ounces. The coffee maker
industry has defined a cup as 5 ounces.


I believe the definition is 5 1/3 ounces and always has been.
That's six cups per quart (American).


In food preparation, a cup is still a cup: "a unit of capacity, equal to 8
fluid ounces (237 milliliters) or 16 tablespoons; half-pint."

 




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