I rented with Dollar a couple of weeks ago -- arrived mid-day on a Tuesday so no lines, but I got a really crappy car. It was a compact (but as long as my Subaru Forester, with a tiny rear window and huge blind spots backing up). And believe it or not... crank windows! And we needed to use a key to unlock the door and trunk AND relock it afterwards.
Let's just say that cranking down the window every time we needed to hit a toll or the resort gates was a pain. Smelled like cigarette smoke, and you literally couldn't see the spedometer through the steering wheel -- had to either peer over the top of the wheel or act like a turtle and duck to peer underneath the top of the wheel. Open back like a station wagon, so no way to "hide" luggage in the trunk on the final day. Astoundingly bad design -- they must have gotten a fleet discount for such sucky cars.
And it wasn't super discount, either -- > $200.
Could have sworn I rented a Caliber from National a couple of years ago for less money that had power EVERYTHING as well as "no smoking" signs throughout the car. For what it's worth, I've rented a couple of cars a year for >20 years and NEVER got a car with manual windows or anything I've been particularly disappointed in, let alone horrified. I consider rental cars mere transportation, so my expectations aren't high. Boy, did they not even meet them.