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.
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.
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.
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.
I think the insurance companies may deny claims on these vehicles based on terrorism which is often excluded from policies.
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.
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.
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?
We rented from a Turo listing for Newfoundland Canada in August 2023. It could not have gone any better. Car rentals at the airport could not guarantee what we wanted so we opted for Turo and like I said it worked out great and could not have gone any better.
SOOOOOOOOO-—WHAT INSURER GOES A LONG WITH THIS????
I’ve rented quite a few cars over the years and have looked at Turo as they have an interesting variety of makes that are not part of what is available in traditional car rental companies.
However, I’ve been more and more concerned about vehicles having been previously used for transporting drugs... this goes for all car rental companies but I probably would be even more concerned if renting from Turo. Who needs to be putting bags in a truck and brush up against a dusting of fentanyl left by a previous drug runner? This coupled with the fact that my cutoff point on the fly-versus-drive decision keeps getting longer and longer (anything less than 10 hours drive and I’m definitely driving as opposed to flying) means that I’m very likely driving my own vehicle to get from A to B.
https://notice.co/c/turo
Just in case anyone is interested.... As outlined at this link, Turo stock does not trade publicly because it is still a private company. It is a private venture-backed company that has issued 7 classes of preferred stock and 1 class of common stock. Investors usually purchase preferred stock and employees typically receive common stock options or restricted stock units (RSUs) as part of their compensation.
We rented a minivan from Turo when ours was in the shop. We had it for almost a month. It worked fine, the experience was great, and we saved hundreds — perhaps thousands — of dollars over renting from a traditional company.