Posted on 01/02/2025 10:29:32 AM PST by DallasBiff
Ever considered renting a car from the actual owner? Turo, a peer-to-peer car sharing platform, lets you do just that. The car rental alternative allows you to potentially save money compared to traditional rentals. Plus, it unlocks more potential places to rent cars beyond standard rental car facilities.
Turo is a peer-to-peer car sharing platform that allows car owners to rent out their own cars to regular people.
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Turo is often used for someone planning to purchase a new car and wants to test drive that model for a 3-day weekend to get a better understanding and feel of their future purchase...especially if that new car is a bit pricey.
I've had nothing but good experiences doing this. Note: 2 out of the 3 owners gave me the once-over before handing me the keys to their cherished ride.
I can't imagine "loaning" out a cherished ride to a total stranger.
I seriously doubt the insurance companies will pay the owners for the loss of their vehicles.
And do the owners face liability for the damages done in New Orleans and in front of the Trump hotel?
My neighbor Nick here in fairly warm, sunny Florida rents out golf carts.
He owns three. Only one appears to be rented out at this time.
He showed me a damaged bumper. Nick the perfectionist has had to adjust to the business.
Terrorism is an exclusion, not covered.
If you’re really into AirBnB, you most likely know about Turo. I’ve never been hit with cleaning or other misc fees, nowhere near as bad as the fees when renting from one of the big guys at the airport when working. Turo is popular enough that is would be a stretch to connect the two incidents that way.
Another financialization scheme for debt-bloated Americans.
I use AirBnB simply because I can rent with a debit card.
I don’t have a credit card and websites that say the hotel might demand a credit card get passed over by me since sleeping with the homeless would disagree with me.
Rental car places have long insisted on a credit card.
Does Turo?
Turo will almost surely compensate the vehicle owners.
Turo can expect to hear from New Orleans law firms.
Are there mileage limitations? I could see someone renting a Turo car and driving it 1000 miles in 48 hours because their own car couldn't make it.
“And do the owners face liability for the damages done in New Orleans and in front of the Trump hotel?”
Process servers will show up soon. They best hire legal counsel ASAP.
Not likely. I'm sure the rental agreement/contract has a hold harmless provision.
It isn’t usually the cherished ride. In many instances, people buy two cars… one to rent and one to drive. The rental pays for both.
Can't help think about my Dad. Grew up dirt poor in depression. His father died young. Dad shoveled coal at age of 10 to help his mom and sister, Joined the Navy to get 3 meals and a place to sleep, etc. etc.
For him, his car and his clothing were his public identity. He barely let his own kids drive his cars (instead he encouraged all of us to buy our own). Can't imagine a stranger being allowed to touch his ride at any price....
On another thread:
“If reports that the perpetrator was a man with a history of drunk driving...”
Turo and the New Orleans truck owner need worry.
In previous generations that was more the rule and not the exception. My father's generation thought driving a Cadillac was the bees knees, they all aspired to it.
Rental cars. The only true all-terrain vehicles.
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