{"id":9871,"date":"2018-03-21T11:39:42","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T18:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turo.com\/blog\/?p=9871"},"modified":"2025-04-01T00:41:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T07:41:43","slug":"a-maryland-host-and-his-beloved-audis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turo.com\/blog\/community\/a-maryland-host-and-his-beloved-audis\/","title":{"rendered":"A Maryland host and his beloved Audis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sharing idle luxury cars<\/h3>\n

From growing up working on his father\u2019s prized 1964 MG Roadster to his newest purchase of a BMW M4, Jon N.<\/a> has been a car guy his whole life. And on Turo, he prides himself on being the Audi guy. <\/span><\/p>\n

Living in Bethesda, Maryland, Norris started renting his Audi S5<\/a> on Turo in November 2017 after learning about the opportunity on Facebook and realizing that with two Audis gathering dust most of the time while he worked from home, it might make sense to get more use out of them. <\/span><\/p>\n

He spent about 10 minutes putting together his profile, and then let it slip his mind. \u201cAbout a week went by, and the app notified me of a rental<\/a>, and I looked at it and was like \u2018oh yeah, totally forgot I did this!\u2019\u201d Norris says. But it was a happy surprise: with his first weekly rental, he had a few hundred extra bucks in his pocket, and hit it off with his first guest.<\/span><\/p>\n

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After a busy first month of rentals with the S5, he made a decision that surprised his family: he decided to take his Audi Q7 out from under the cover where it lived in the garage and shared it, too. The 2015 sports edition had been his baby (his two kids aren\u2019t allowed to eat or drink in it), but after a series of smooth rentals with the S5, he decided to share both luxury vehicles on Turo.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIf you talk to any of my family members or my kids, they would say I\u2019m kind of crazy about [the Q7],\u201d Jon says with a laugh. But with the car paid off, he thought, \u201cit was just sitting there, and I was like \u2018man, I could actually be making money?\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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A car enthusiast himself, Norris makes it a point to deliver impeccably clean vehicles to his guests. After realizing that taking the cars to get washed was time consuming and not up to his standards, he purchased a power washer and gradually started building an arsenal of cleaning products and watching YouTube tutorials on <\/span>professional detailing<\/span><\/a>. He now has a full detailing outfit at home and a process in place \u2014\u00a0which wins points when his wife wants her Infiniti SUV washed. \u201cIt\u2019s awesome because my wife loves it, and I love doing it! And it looks like it just came from a car show,\u201d Norris says.<\/span><\/p>\n

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His guests appreciate it, too \u2014\u00a0he\u2019s had several repeat customers over the roughly five months he\u2019s been listing his Audis, including a semi professional basketball player from Europe who travels for tournaments, and a Louisiana resident who visits his fianc\u00e9e in DC every few weeks. Locals book both the Q7 and S5 when they\u2019re interested in purchasing the same model and want to make sure it\u2019s a good fit. Once, a family booked the Q7 before relocating to the area and Norris introduced them to a good friend who\u2019s a realtor and helped them find a house in Northern Virginia.<\/span><\/p>\n

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With both Audis consistently booked, Norris has now invested in a BMW M4 to drive \u2014 though that one\u2019s not going on Turo just yet. But he does plan to use Turo to continue fueling his love of luxury cars: he\u2019s looking forward to joyriding soon in a Tesla shared on Turo.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you’re in the Baltimore area, be sure to join us for tonight’s community party\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0at Max’s Taphouse, or tomorrow night at our DC community party<\/a> at the National Union Building. See you there!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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