I used car-sharing company Turo to rent my first car. Here are the pros and cons of the splashy, pre-IPO company.

About a week before my trip, I began my search for a Tesla in the Bozeman, Montana, area. (There were only four to choose from, which made it easy.) I requested to rent the car I wanted, put down a payment, and waited for the host to approve my request. Within 10 minutes, it was confirmed.

I chose to have the Tesla delivered to the airport, and scheduled to pick it up about 20 minutes after my flight landed. As my flight got in, I received a message from the owner telling me where the car would be.

Once I landed, I headed to the pickup spot, which let me skip the line at the rental-car counter, and saved me time and a headache after getting off a red-eye flight. The owner gave me a 20-minute overview of the car, and then I was off.

The return process was equally as easy: I charged the car, dropped it off where I picked it up, and texted the owner to tell him I had returned it.

I turned 25 in July. With my brain finally fully developed, I was ready to rent my first vehicle. I went through the process of reserving the Tesla, and at the very end, was hit with a $148 young-driver fee.

According to Turo's website, if you're between 18 and 20 years old, you'll pay a minimum young-driver fee of $50 per day (which isn't dissimilar from other rental services). Unlike other services, however, even if you're 25, you'll still pay a minimum young-driver fee of $30 per day. Mine came out to $49.50 per day.

Another thing for young renters to keep in mind: If you want to rent a "Super Deluxe Class" car — a vehicle worth more than $85,000 — on Turo, you have to be at least 30 years old.

While both Hertz and Enterprise have announced partnerships with Tesla, neither has a fleet in Montana (or other states like the Dakotas, Idaho, and Wyoming, among others), so Turo was the only way to rent the electric vehicle in the state.

With hundreds of thousands of cars in all 50 states, as well as in countries around the world, Turo has tons of other fun vehicles you can toy around with for a few days — from vintage VW camper vans to Lamborghinis and Porsches.

Since it was my first time ever renting a car — let alone a luxury vehicle — I felt nervous driving the Tesla. It felt like being responsible for another person's baby: I wanted to keep it safe in any way I could.

That's not to say that I wouldn't be as cautious while driving a car I rented from Hertz or Enterprise, but since this was someone's personal car, I felt under increased pressure to keep it safe.

Unlike other rental services, Turo lets you book the exact car that you're looking for. Whereas with Hertz you're not guaranteed the car you selected (as the website says "specific makes/models within a car class may vary in availability"), you know exactly what you're getting when you book through Turo.

This was particularly nice when I arrived at the Bozeman airport, as I knew there would be no surprises when I went to pick up the car.