Mobile Car Washing and Doing Business With Hertz Rent-A-Car

If you own a mobile car washing or mobile automany large cities to handle all of their sales in metro
detailing business then may I suggest to you findingareas. Instead of Enterprises or Budget's strategy of
new clientele in the car rental agency business? Whysmaller 60-100 car facilities spread around the town. I
do I recommend this? Well personally having been inhave been to a Superette Facility in Houston. Hertz
the fleet car and truck washing business for almost 3Car Sales offices boast of being able to offer hassle
decades it has served me well cleaning for rental carfree car sales, complete online records of
agencies. Many small auto detailers and mobile carmaintenance, huge inventories (the Superette we
wash operators have not tapped into this nichetoured had over 350 cars), factory warranties from
because they do not really understand it.To getmanufacturers on most cars, limited 12,000 mile/1
started I recommend looking thru the phone bookyear warranty on all others, competitive financing
and seeing which car rental agencies exist in yourthrough FMC. They are serious about selling their cars
area of service or city. You will also need to get afor a high price and delivering high levels of service,
quick education in how car rental agencies work andso a mobile car wash company makes a great fit on
the history behind the industry. Lets take Hertztheir organization.Hertz has an excellent fleet program
Rent-a-Car for instance and talk about doing businessfor companies who wish to buy one year old Ford
with Hertz Rent-A-Car. You see, Hertz is the oldestcars or trucks for their business all backed with Ford
car rental company in the world and each car rentalMotor Credit Loans or Smart leases by Ford. This
corporation has a unique history which you shouldprogram also has a claims service to go with it and a
study before going in to make the sales call.Believe itsmall business insurance package with low rates. You
or not it was started in 1918 by a guy named Walteras a mobile car wash company might be interested in
Jacobs who had 12 Model Ts'. He was only 22 at thethis as a way to expand your fleet if you like using
time. He sold his business to John Hertz also PresidentFord products. This program may change in the
of Yellow Cab and Yellow Truck and Coachfuture if Ford divests itself from such non-core
Manufacturing. In 1967 Hertz became a subsidiary ofbusiness models. Their truck rental business is similar
RCA Corp. Hertz later was sold to UAL and then wasto Penske, Ryder, U-Haul and Budget's truck rental
sold to Ford Motor Company's newly formed Parkservices with packaging materials available or just a
Ridge Corp. Volvo joined in with funds later in 1988.truck to use for a day for business purposes or
Hertz was transferred to Ford Motor Company fromdeliveries. We have seen Hertz, Enterprise, Penske
its subsidiary Park Ridge in 1993. Hertz has also madeand Ryder Trucks at Fed Ex offices during Christmas
friends with AAA Club, is recommended by them andHolidays to help service demand. And we have even
gives cardholders up to 15% off. American Expresswashed them, since Fed Ex refuses to show up in a
Car Holders also get the same satisfaction. If you aredirty vehicle to deliver packages. Fed Ex and other
a small business, your Chamber of Commerce alsosmall package delivery services are a target for such
has incentives. Hertz has come along way sincetruck rental companies, since they often rent the
1918.Today Hertz is a powerhouse with 377 Hertztrucks for as long as a month at a time.For locations
Equipment Rental Offices (largest in the world),of Hertz Equipment go to their web site at:
represented in 140 countries with 7000 worldwidelocations of Hertz Truck Rentals:
rental car offices, 4600 rental offices in the US andHertz Rental Offices and Car Sales Locations to
Canada, 300 used car sales locations and 488 truckmarket to go to:
rental locations. Hertz has been able to put theirwonderful thing about working with Hertz is you can
locations in high-end car repair facilities prototypesdetail their used cars for sale, wash the sales lots,
such as AAA Car Care Center in Sacramento CA andclean their rental cars, wash their heavy equipment,
JoeAuto's prototype facility in West Houston TX.clean the concrete at their shops or wash the trucks
They have put locations in BART train stations in Santhey rent to customers. So when expanding your
Francisco and in many large car dealerships that sellclientele and commercial accounts, I recommend
Ford Products. They have pick up and deliveryrental agencies and of course Hertz is as good a
service in over 600 locations in answer to Enterpriseplace to start as any. So perhaps you will consider all
Rent-A-Car's market share advances.Hertz hasthis in 2006.
opened what they call 'Superette' car sales offices in