2.4.0.811030 - Disclosure - Cash and Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalentstruefalsefalse1false falsefalseD2013Q1http://www.sec.gov/CIK0000047129duration2013-01-01T00:00:002013-03-31T00:00:001true 1us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAbstractus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00falsefalsefalsexbrli:stringItemTypestringfalse02false 2us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsDisclosureTextBlockus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalseterseLabel1falsefalsefalse00<div style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:10px;padding-top:10px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Cash and Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:10px;padding-top:10px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">We consider all highly liquid debt instruments purchased with an original maturity of </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">three</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"> months or less to be cash equivalents.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:10px;padding-top:10px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">In our Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, we net cash flows from revolving borrowings in the line item "Proceeds (payments) under the revolving lines of credit, net."</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:10px;padding-top:10px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Restricted cash and cash equivalents includes cash and cash equivalents that are not readily available for our normal disbursements. Restricted cash and cash equivalents are restricted for the purchase of revenue earning vehicles and other specified uses under our Fleet Debt facilities, for our Like-Kind Exchange Program, or "LKE Program," and to satisfy certain of our self-insurance regulatory reserve requirements. As of March 31, 2013 and December&#160;31, 2012, the portion of total restricted cash and cash equivalents that was associated with our Fleet Debt facilities was </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">$370.5 million</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"> and </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">$494.0 million</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">, respectively. The decrease in restricted cash and cash equivalents associated with our fleet debt of </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">$123.5 million</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"> from December&#160;31, 2012 to March 31, 2013 was primarily related to the timing of purchases and sales of revenue earning vehicles.</font></div></div>falsefalsefalsenonnum:textBlockItemTypenaThe entire disclosure for cash and cash equivalent footnotes, which may include the types of deposits and money market instruments, applicable carrying amounts, restricted amounts and compensating balance arrangements. Cash and equivalents include: (1) currency on hand (2) demand deposits with banks or financial institutions (3) other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits (4) short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates. 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