> In the history of the world, no one has ever washed a rented car.

It's funny, my brother did that just last week. It was extremely muddy from when he got it stuck in the middle of a pasture.

> And recall the quote attributed to Lawrence Summers: In the history of the world, no one has ever washed a rented car. [1]

Man, I'm sure glad Lawrence Summers doesn't go to Burning Man. But if he did, it sounds like his entire worldview would be destroyed.

I have washed a rented car, but then again I was 25, my dad gave me the skymiles, I was off in the foreign land of Kaua'i Hawaii and I didn't want to have to pay the cleaning fee, so i deemed the $4 potentially worth it.

Then again I am a bit older, arguably a bit wiser, and I haven't even considered cleaning a rental car since then.

I admittedly don't know anything about squatters -- but if you were going to squat in order to own a house, why would you treat it like a rental? You're trying to take ownership, you would treat it like it was yours.

There must be some aspect to this that you all know about but I'm missing.

My family owned a renthouse, and yes, it's awful. But the renters aren't planning on becoming owners of the house - this guy is.