The dirt on rental cars

Have you ever gotten into a rental car only to find it a little less than sanitary.

I remember renting a fairly nice sedan only to find a suspicious large faded stain which spread across the back seat and carpet. All I kept thinking was, "something bad happened in this car."

Well USA TODAY has tackled that issue in this article.

It seems like there's a bit of a standoff. The big rental car companies (you know the ones, they rhyme with Schmirtz and Davis) swear up and down that they clean the cars obsessively while many of the 1,500 people on the USA TODAY Road Warrior panel say they disagree.

Some of the reader comments are also worth a read. Yeesh!