How is that fun?

Work is sending me to lovely Pittsburgh next month for a conference, and the only thing I am looking forward to is getting the free miles from Continental, strutting throught the airport terminal to whatever "runway" music is playing on my iPod, and people watching while I am waiting for my flights. I have never been to Pittsburgh, and I do not know anyone that has been to Pittsburgh. The only thing I know is that it is was the setting of Queer as Folk, and that ain't saying much. Why can't it be in LA again like it was last year? Anyway, last year I rented a car to drive around LA, so that I could visit friends and do shopping instead of going to the conference like a good boy should. It also sucked because I was like 8 miles from the convention center, but I digress. So, I went with Hertz last year for my car and they gave me a lovely Toyota Solara to drive around. Not a bad car to drive. This year Hertz has introduced a line of cars they call the "Fun Collection". I saw the commercial and they showed cars like the new Pontiac Solstice among other sporty little numbers that I would drive if I had the money to purchase them. Upon further inspection, the "fun collection" is not really that fun at all. What kind of cars do they have listed? Well, I am glad you asked. I will tell you, and maybe I am being a snob about this, and to a person that lives in NYC and doesn't have a car these could be considered fun, but to a seasoned driver...NO. Here is the list of "fun": Mazda Miata (slightly fun, but too gay), Ford Escape XLT (not fun, SUV's are a dime a dozen in Texas, and I guess they think that by showing it in Yellow Dog Yellow it will look more appealing...no ma'am, talk to and then fire marketing immediately), Nissan 350Z (totally fun, would rent if my budget allowed it), PT Cruiser (lame, I have driven one of these when my car has been in the shop and it loses its novelty after about 10 minutes), Toyota Solara (I drove this last year, and it is not what I consider fun), Ford Mustang (I am not sure that this would be fun, but I will say that it could be), Chevy HHR (this is Chevy's Johnny come lately version of the PT Cruiser and is just as lame), the Nissan Murano (I would drive this, but I don't think it would be all that fun to drive around in), and the Hummer H3 (um, no...too much for gas makes this the least appealing of all the choices). Overall, that is not a fun collection. Most of those are the opposite of fun, and they don't even look fun. I actually think they added the tag "fun" on the cars to jack up their prices. One other thing, Hertz was the cheapest last year, and now they are the most expensive...what is that about? Guess I will be going with Enterprise this year, but I better not get a Focus (or a Neon)!