GoCar Tours

I got my livingsocial deal for a one-​hour gocar tour. Great I got there at the time I made the reservation and 20 minutes later I was on my way. There was paperwork to do and an extra taxes to be paid as well as insurance if wanted or not. Overall I payed an extra 20 dollars for insurance since that was my first time riding a motorcycle. The guy that was helping us was nice but the gocar sucked. It does not go very fast, the car we got was way too noisy, I could hear the engine over the voice that was supposed to be talking to us. When I went over 30 mph, the engine sounded like it was going to explode. I didn’t enjoy the sights as much as the passenger did because I was too busy making sure I didnt hit anybody or any other car. I would not have done it had I known this was going to be my experience.

Got a coupon deal and decided why the hell not? We have these tours here in SF and I’ve always wanted to try it. The guy working here was really nice and personable, explained everything thoroughly, and sent us on our way. We did learn a few things on our tour and got lots of waves and cheers as we drove down Ocean.

Our last day in Miami, we decided to get a GO-​Car. We had a blast. I wouldn’t want to do this in the summer. WOW it would be way to hot. Our ride was warm but being in this little GPS, narrated tour car was a great way to see some sights we would have never seen in a car or a bus. We stopped at South Pointe Park, got lunch at Joe’s Stone Crab, take-​away. Joseph was very cool and hooked us up for a great 3 hour + tour. Get a GO-​Car, we loved it.

This was definitely a fun and informative tour, but I have a few complaints:
1) My car would only max out at 28 mph. Do you know how frustrating it is to drive that thing down a busy road where the speed limit is 45 mph? I don’t know my way around Miami, for cryin out loud… I don’t know the cuts or side streets. I bet I pissed a bunch of people off. SORRY, locals. Just another damn tourist, I know.
2) My friend’s car broke down early on, so they had to contact the business. True, GoCar got another car out where my friends were stranded, but that still took a good 20 – 30 minutes. We didn’t see my friends in that car for the entire tour.
3) I wish they told us that we were gonna be passing through a TOLL BOOTH. We had to pull over to get change from our bags in the trunk. Not that it’s a big deal, but what if we had no cash? Luckily, we’re ballers. Haha =P
4) When we finally returned our cars, we had to call the company to give us directions for the following 2 reasons:
a. A couple of the GPSs stopped working, and
b. Because we lagged due to technical difficulties and our GAS stop, I don’t think the tour was even done.
We also had to call back 2x because we were given wrong directions. This caused us to backtrack quite a ways… and I had to go back on that damn 45 mph stretch. (Again, SORRY, locals.)
When we got back to the store, the guy at the counter said, «You’re lucky your friends already came back (the car that broke down early on) to check you guys out. They just saved you a lot of money since you were gone for 3 ½ hours.» We were only supposed to be out for 3 hours.
Did they take into account the 20 minutes we lagged in the beginning when we had to come back cuz one of the GPS’s weren’t working? Did they take into account the car that got stuck? MY car that was SUPER slow? The gas stop? The bad directions back to the shop? NOPE. The dude at the counter just said, «Sorry. I just go by what the computer says.»
Thanks for the assistance, man.
All in all, if none of this happened, the tour would have been really cool. Don’t get me wrong, 90% of it was great. I like that it was GPS guided, and it DID take us everywhere. Just make sure that all your equipment works when you leave, and that you take the shop’s number down JUST IN CASE.