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rock rental
 n.— «He admitted he was driving a “rock rental”—a car loaned to him in exchange for crack cocaine—when he rammed into another car.» —“Probation A Safety Net Rife With Holes” by Michael Perlstein Times-Picayune (New Orleans, La.) May 30, 1996. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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