Kerbed the hire car!

Uther · 12 Aug 2016 at 20:23

I'm currently in Germany and have just kerbed the car, thanks to a nice German driver. The front wheel has a few nice scores in it

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Luckily I bought my own damage insurance in the UK (insurance 4 hire car) so I assume that I just let the hire company see the damage, and get fleeced with the deposit of 300 Euro, then inform my insurance when I get home?

delta0 · 12 Aug 2016 at 20:28

It's super simple http://www.insurance4carhire.com/car-hire-excess-insurance-claims

They may not even notice/care about a kerbed wheel. I did the same with my last hire car and they didn't even log it on the sheet when they checked the car over.

Housey · 12 Aug 2016 at 20:49

Ive just dropped mine back at Boston Logan and i managed to ding a wheel, not badly but obvious. Quick Google finds local wheel repair, 2 mins of touch up and good as new. Also removed some case scuffs not caused by me but wanted gone as not on sheet.

Jokester · 12 Aug 2016 at 20:55

A few years ago I properly kerbed a wheel that would have written the wheel off I suspect. The guy picked up on it when I handed it back so couldn't really deny it.

What he didn't pick up on, and too my horror when I noticed it, was that I had hit the kerb so hard that the actual front wing was actually now 5mm higher up than the bonnet next to it

[TW]Fox · 12 Aug 2016 at 21:01

Housey said:
Ive just dropped mine back at Boston Logan and i managed to ding a wheel, not badly but obvious. Quick Google finds local wheel repair, 2 mins of touch up and good as new. Also removed some case scuffs not caused by me but wanted gone as not on sheet.

Err you realise US rentals booked from the UK are fully inclusive with zero excess CDW, right?

Housey · 12 Aug 2016 at 21:16

[TW]Fox;29895451 said:
Err you realise US rentals booked from the UK are fully inclusive with zero excess CDW, right?

I wasnt sure on the excess and i got to sit in a Countach for 20 dollars so :cool:

Uther · 13 Aug 2016 at 15:50

Just realised, I can drop the car off and just put the key in a box at the airport, with no checks. Seems a bit weird if they don't check the car until afterwards?

Kuros · 13 Aug 2016 at 15:57

Uther said:
Just realised, I can drop the car off and just put the key in a box at the airport, with no checks. Seems a bit weird if they don't check the car until afterwards?

It'll be in the terms and conditions that you leave it there at /your/ risk and that if it gets damaged before they can check it, it's on your head.

Unlikely that this will ever happen, but I'd always get it signed off before leaving it.

[TW]Fox · 13 Aug 2016 at 16:35

Uther said:
Just realised, I can drop the car off and just put the key in a box at the airport, with no checks. Seems a bit weird if they don't check the car until afterwards?

They'll attribute any damage to you, so they can't lose.. only you can lose from this method of dropoff.

Uther · 13 Aug 2016 at 16:58

[TW]Fox;29897506 said:
They'll attribute any damage to you, so they can't lose.. only you can lose from this method of dropoff.

OK will talk to them when I drop the car off. Prefer everything above board anyway.