People are not generally inclined to plan on regularly needing a rental. I'm not saying that's how it should be, but for car buyers the phrase of "I'll rent every time I have a special task" isn't a winner. It should be, if folks realistically assess how often those special tasks happen (probably rare), but that's not how buyers work. They want to be able to say "my car meets all my needs".

Again, I'm agreeing that rentals are the perfect choice, because "special tasks" are actually pretty fucking rare. It's just an uphill battle of purchasing comfortability