We rented a Ford Taurus on the weekend. It was a half price weekend rental which basically worked out at $64 for two days rental and the same again for the insurance ...
Acquired a GPS navigator before we left Oz and bought the US / Canada maps for it. This took all the headaches out of getting around, leaving me to concentrate on keeping the 'passenger in the gutter'. Think because I've had four weeks of walking around, it wasn't that hard driving on the wrong side of the road. Even managed roundabouts (locally known as turning circles) ok.
Can see why American car manufacturers are in trouble if this (admittedly base level) Ford was typical. Worst car I've driven for years - it had features like massive big round hinges on the trunk lid that cut right down into the luggage space. Couldn't believe three speed auto, no ABS, no remote locking and no CD player in a fairly new car - only done 16000 miles, although feels more like 116000. Latter could be because of all the potholes and rough roads around here - shocking. The base level Falcon (from the same company!) would put this thing to shame.
Though thinking back, did had some problems working out where the right side of the car was. The road lanes here are fairly narrow and car felt awfully wide at times!!
Malcolm
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