Absolutely disappointed. I've used GoCar Tours in San Diego two previous times and had a wonderful time. My experience this last weekend was a nightmare. Please read on.
We paid over $300 (including the mandatory insurance) to rent the Vanderhall for 2 hours on the Coronado tour. As the employee was giving us the overview of the car, the built in tablet was overheating and would not work. Due to the tablet not working, he gave me a cell phone which he said to leave in the glove box which would provide the gps directions/narration via the cars Bluetooth.
When I tell you the Bluetooth/gps was garbage, it was absolute crap. The first part of the talking would be cut off (I.e, "on Orange St.") so we had no idea if we were supposed to turn right or left. We constantly had to pull over, take out the phone, and attempt to use their garbage proprietary map software to try to figure out how to get back on the route. If you go off their route, there is no narration on how to get back on route. The narration would constantly be cutoff during the narration of the sights/views as well. When we did get the full directions (I.e. "turn left on Orange St."), it would be far too late. We would get the directions literally 20 ft before needing to make the turn which led to last second lane changes which were often difficult/dangerous.
The tour of Coronado island was a nightmare. I felt like I rented a Ferrari just to get stuck in bumper to bumper traffic on the 405 freeway. We were literally on one street for 30 minutes during gridlock traffic. Now I realize traffic isn't the fault of GoCar, but I feel this tour shouldn't have been available during rush hour. We should have been advised to take a different tour. The 2 hour tour ended up taking approximately 2 hours 40 minutes due to traffic and wasted time trying to get back on the route.
When we got back, I expressed my dissatisfaction with the employee. He said "a thousand other customers have complained about the GPS issues too." He said he'd submit my feedback to the owner. I said if a thousand other customers have complained, obviously the owner doesn't isn't listening. I asked to have the owner (Chris) call me which he never did.
I'm writing this review on Saturday morning at 4am as I woke up in the middle of the night still so frustrated about my experience.
Do yourself a favor, do one of the other thousands of fun things to do in San Diego. Don't waste your time here.