| If you own a mobile car washing or mobile auto | | | | many large cities to handle all of their sales in metro |
| detailing business then may I suggest to you finding | | | | areas. Instead of Enterprises or Budget's strategy of |
| new clientele in the car rental agency business? Why | | | | smaller 60-100 car facilities spread around the town. I |
| do I recommend this? Well personally having been in | | | | have been to a Superette Facility in Houston. Hertz |
| the fleet car and truck washing business for almost 3 | | | | Car Sales offices boast of being able to offer hassle |
| decades it has served me well cleaning for rental car | | | | free car sales, complete online records of |
| agencies. Many small auto detailers and mobile car | | | | maintenance, huge inventories (the Superette we |
| wash operators have not tapped into this niche | | | | toured had over 350 cars), factory warranties from |
| because they do not really understand it.To get | | | | manufacturers on most cars, limited 12,000 mile/1 |
| started I recommend looking thru the phone book | | | | year warranty on all others, competitive financing |
| and seeing which car rental agencies exist in your | | | | through FMC. They are serious about selling their cars |
| area of service or city. You will also need to get a | | | | for a high price and delivering high levels of service, |
| quick education in how car rental agencies work and | | | | so a mobile car wash company makes a great fit on |
| the history behind the industry. Lets take Hertz | | | | their organization.Hertz has an excellent fleet program |
| Rent-a-Car for instance and talk about doing business | | | | for companies who wish to buy one year old Ford |
| with Hertz Rent-A-Car. You see, Hertz is the oldest | | | | cars or trucks for their business all backed with Ford |
| car rental company in the world and each car rental | | | | Motor Credit Loans or Smart leases by Ford. This |
| corporation has a unique history which you should | | | | program also has a claims service to go with it and a |
| study before going in to make the sales call.Believe it | | | | small business insurance package with low rates. You |
| or not it was started in 1918 by a guy named Walter | | | | as a mobile car wash company might be interested in |
| Jacobs who had 12 Model Ts'. He was only 22 at the | | | | this as a way to expand your fleet if you like using |
| time. He sold his business to John Hertz also President | | | | Ford products. This program may change in the |
| of Yellow Cab and Yellow Truck and Coach | | | | future if Ford divests itself from such non-core |
| Manufacturing. In 1967 Hertz became a subsidiary of | | | | business models. Their truck rental business is similar |
| RCA Corp. Hertz later was sold to UAL and then was | | | | to Penske, Ryder, U-Haul and Budget's truck rental |
| sold to Ford Motor Company's newly formed Park | | | | services 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 from | | | | deliveries. We have seen Hertz, Enterprise, Penske |
| its subsidiary Park Ridge in 1993. Hertz has also made | | | | and Ryder Trucks at Fed Ex offices during Christmas |
| friends with AAA Club, is recommended by them and | | | | Holidays to help service demand. And we have even |
| gives cardholders up to 15% off. American Express | | | | washed them, since Fed Ex refuses to show up in a |
| Car Holders also get the same satisfaction. If you are | | | | dirty vehicle to deliver packages. Fed Ex and other |
| a small business, your Chamber of Commerce also | | | | small package delivery services are a target for such |
| has incentives. Hertz has come along way since | | | | truck rental companies, since they often rent the |
| 1918.Today Hertz is a powerhouse with 377 Hertz | | | | trucks 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 worldwide | | | | locations of Hertz Truck Rentals: |
| rental car offices, 4600 rental offices in the US and | | | | Hertz Rental Offices and Car Sales Locations to |
| Canada, 300 used car sales locations and 488 truck | | | | market to go to: |
| rental locations. Hertz has been able to put their | | | | wonderful thing about working with Hertz is you can |
| locations in high-end car repair facilities prototypes | | | | detail their used cars for sale, wash the sales lots, |
| such as AAA Car Care Center in Sacramento CA and | | | | clean 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 San | | | | they rent to customers. So when expanding your |
| Francisco and in many large car dealerships that sell | | | | clientele and commercial accounts, I recommend |
| Ford Products. They have pick up and delivery | | | | rental agencies and of course Hertz is as good a |
| service in over 600 locations in answer to Enterprise | | | | place to start as any. So perhaps you will consider all |
| Rent-A-Car's market share advances.Hertz has | | | | this in 2006. |
| opened what they call 'Superette' car sales offices in | | | | |