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Offending Party: Thrifty Car Rental...
When she returned her vehicle to Thrifty Car Rental at Honolulu International Airport, Carter says she was told by a counter clerk that vehicular larceny "happens quite often" on the island. Carter also filed a report with the Honolulu police and says an officer confided that there are four or five models of cars that every thief on Hawaii knows are rentals, and that those are most often targeted...
...what's the deal? Are rental-car break-ins as rampant in the Aloha State as mock luaus? And if so, are rental agencies knowingly renting theft-prone cars...
...Outcome: The Avenger checked with Thrifty, and company spokesperson Chris Payne says the company is unaware of a "disproportionate number of car thefts in the Honolulu area." The "happens quite often" remark by the Thrifty employee was made out of sympathy alone, Payne says. He also pointed out that Thrifty - like many rental companies - does not use company bumper stickers on rentals, so as to make them more difficult for thieves to identify. (Thrifty cars do, however, have bar-coded stickers on the windshield, which makes the omission of a bumper sticker moot...
Unfortunately, there's nothing the Avenger can do at this point for Carter. Catching criminals is, alas, not among our powers. But if the thief who broke into her car is reading, won't you at least return her favorite bathing suit...