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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And my understanding is that the truck was rented from somebody in Colorado, which is where the Las Vegas attacker is from. It would be interesting to see who these were rented from and whether there is any potential CIA involvement...
So, now two car owners are without vehicles. These incidents will probably destroy TURO. I’m curious who’s insurance will cover the loss/damage.
It seems in these 2 instances these weren’t “regular” people.
Car owners should always remember the car renter’s favorite saying, “No curb too high, no ditch too deep, for the mighty rental car.
Would insurance cover loss of vehicles intentionally and deliberately used in criminal activity?
I’ve never rented a car so I’m just outside looking at the business.
Judging by yesterday, and stories of Hertz arresting customers, and their ex-spokesman O.J. Simpson, buses and taxis might be the way to go.
I’ve rented through Turo. Can be much cheaper because it’s individuals renting out their personal and usually older vehicles (and a bit off the grid if you need that). You can tell rentals in some states by the plate, not with Turo.
It was deemed a terrorist act. The car owners are SOL.
I wouldn’t use this nor AirBnB - neither renting nor renting out.
I have read lots of horror stories on reddit from people who have rented their cars out on turo.
I have also read lots of horror stories from people who rented someone elses car from turo.
I am guessing someone has already pretended and written a fiction post claiming to be the cybertruck or lightning owner and is claiming that turo ins will not cover acts of terrorism.
I almost did this with my Challenger...then I snapped out of it.
Who knows what people could do with your car...it’s a good idea to use one to commit theft or narcotics deals etc.
If anything is left behind, cops won’t care who rented your car a week or 2 ago.
My daughter’s friend used this, when a bunch of them travelled for a wedding that they were in. The friend misplaced her driver’s license somewhere, and was using her passport for the air travel portion. The Turo rental was not a problem, without a driver’s license, and they never asked to see any form of ID. My daughter’s impression was that this was a very sketchy way to do business. Makes total sense that it would be used as a conduit for criminal behavior.
Is Turo a very common service?
If its big enough then I won’t see much of a conspiracy that that both killers used the service.
Turo has been around a while.
They ARE cheaper for certain cars.
They have insurance and a car owner’s personal car insurance remains in place for the two to fight over who pays, but some insurance does pay. The owner isn’t stuck.
No, it’s not older cars exclusively. Actually, Turo first made its name as a way for people to buy ultra high end cars and get the payments subsidized by the renters. These two cars in these events are hardly low end.
Someone above said they are the AirBnB of car renting. Good description. Or the Uber of car renting.
They do have advantages. Even as a Hertz gold member travelling on business, I sometimes had a wait, and I definitely had to get on their bus to go to their lot. With Turo, the owner brings the car to the sidewalk outside baggage claim, turns over the keys, answers questions, and walks away (walks away to an uber to take him home).
I think the insurance companies may deny claims on these vehicles based on terrorism which is often excluded from policies.
It’s based in California and operates in the US, Canada, UK and Australia for private cars, and in those as well as France for corporate-owned cars.
As for what insurance of any sort is going to do about these vehicles, it will be no different from Hertz or Avis or anyone else renting out cars. Depends on what is in business insurance.
Turo is a business. It’s purely app based. But they carry insurance for the business, of course.
As for reddit stories, I have scrolled through there. Some guys say they had something horrible happen. Others say with a “fleet” of just 3 cars renting out, they net an extra $50K/yr beyond other businesses they run, like AirBnB.
Yes, the car rental price is much lower. But then there's the service fee, cleaning fee, etc. and in the end it's pretty much the same. My experience, at least.
I always say it’s made out of rentonium. It’s not indestructible but you can drive it like it is.
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