Corpus Christi Car Hire

Brand New Car, but very basic

Pros: The pickup/ drop-off process met my expectations. It went smoothly, quickly, and finding the car in the lot was easy. Our car, a Hyundai Accent, was brand new, with 8 miles on the odometer upon pickup. The car itself got great mileage (over 40 MPG combined), so after 300+ miles of combined city and highway driving, it was less than $20 to fill up before drop-off.

Cons: Finding the "Alamo" desk in CRP was a bit weird, as all of the other rental companies have large, prominent signs, and the Alamo sign is very small, at the end of the rental car desks, with National rental car. The car was very basic. No hands-free bluetooth connectivity, no cruise control, and did not even have floor mats (which seems like an oversight in a town by the beach). While it sipped fuel, you could definitely tell it was doing so, as accelerating to get onto the highways in Corpus Christi was a bit nerve racking from a stop. It was a compact class, and a rental, so I did not expect a luxury car with all of the options, but hands-free should be standard on all rentals, even if only for safety's sake. Ultimately, the design of the base model Hyundai Accent itself, not Alamo, is to blame for any "faults" with the rental. It feels boring, dated, and poorly laid out for a brand new car.

Nice care, poor cleaning

Pros: Good friendly service at the counter, esp. when I returned to get a different car since the first was so dirty. That didn't seem to surprise the staff at all.

Cons: The first car offered was dirty, inside and out. The outside had obviously been run through a poor automatic wash, since there were streaks of dirt showing the scrub lines and lots of hardened bug splats on the windows. But at least an attempt had been made. The inside was in need of a good vacuuming. There was dirt on the carpets, long hairs lying everywhere and the roof liner looked like someone had thrown a cup of coffee up there. It was not acceptable. The second car was better, at least cleaner on the inside, but that might simply be because it was anew car and hadn't accumulated as much dirt. It still needed a thorough vacuuming. I've never had a dirtier cars rented to me, even at the long-term rent a wreck kind of places one might expect that.

Dropoff

Cons: At pickup, there was no way to document scratches on the vehicle and at dropoff (early AM) no one was there to discuss