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We'll take the good with the bad. Steve Smith over at the Orlando Sentinel wrote an excellent story about this crazy industry and included some "tales from the field" that we relayed to him. "Gotham, one of the largest and oldest companies of its kind in the country, rents exotic autos from offices in New York City and Miami. As you might expect, the Miami fleet is heavy on bling in general, convertibles in particular."
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Gotham, one of the largest and oldest companies of its kind in the country, rents exotic autos from offices in New York City and Miami. As you might expect, the Miami fleet is heavy on bling in general, convertibles in particular.
At Exotic Dream Car Rental, for example, a red Dodge Viper convertible goes for $595 a day, a Hummer H2 for $349. Mia Lambright, vice president, said that her business is split between out-of-towners looking for something fun for a weekend, and local residents who want to celebrate special occasions.
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Solay said he sees a substantial percentage of repeat customers, some of whom come back for a favorite -- "We have one customer who has rented the same Dodge Viper four or five times." Others travel reservation try out different vehicles. He also gets some customers interested in buying an exotic, who want to see how the car fits.
Obviously, renting an exotic means jumping through a certain number of hoops. "We don't turn away that many people," travel reservation said Lambright of Exotic Dream Car Rental, travel reservation "because they can see outside the type of car we rent, and they know that coming in."
"In Florida, we get a lot more travelers, a lot more people from outside the country. They'll call and say, 'I'm coming in for the weekend travel reservation for a big party, and I need a Ferrari at my hotel.' In New York, we get more local customers, people driving to Atlantic City or the Hamptons for a weekend."
"Definitely the top two," Lehmann-Haupt said. "That's why we have four Ferraris and six Lamborghinis. It's what people want to drive, and it's certainly what I wanted to drive when I got into this business."
Also popular at a handful of agencies are vintage cars. Locally, Skyview Exotic Cars rents out a 1951 Jaguar, a 1970 Plymouth Superbird and a 1968 Ford Mustang GT that is a replica of "Eleanor," the sheet-metal centerpiece in the movie Gone in 60 Seconds.