Car-Hire

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I have been looking at car hire in Florida. This is after I tried to ignore the lure of $101 a day with Eaglerider to have a Harley. 
 
I'd like to have a decent big American car this time. Last time we were on Long Island the hire car was a 2.2L Camry. And whilst it wasn't too bad it wasn't right!  Luckily Claire's cousin lent us his 03 model Crown Victoria sedan.  It was very nice and amazingly economical for a 4.7L V8.
 
So.  What can the Florida car hire companies provide us with?  Mostly mid range cars that seem merely to be US versions of European cars from Ford and GM.  Then on the Thrifty Rentals page I saw the Ford Crown Victoria full-size.  Gotta have it.
 
Or maybe the Mercury Grand Marquis.

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