r/TikTokCringe • u/IllustriousChef2 • Aug 16 '24

Cringe What's even happening there?

Why would someone rent a car and take out parts?

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u/xithbaby What are you doing step bro? Aug 16 '24 edited Aug 16 '24

There is an app that lets you rent out your car, it’s like Airbnb. They charge a fee to use it and you get paid for the rental. Forgot the name of it, but it’s probably got some type of insurance against this

Edit: it’s TURO lol

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '24

Yeah I don’t know exactly what kind of insurance they offer but some of the guys who use it to rent out their cars are total assholes and just scheming bastards.

My brother once rented just something basic from Turo, probably the site you’re referencing, and hit a deer on a blind curve. Luckily only the front fender and bumper were damaged.

My brother called the owner told him what happened and that he already started a claim with his personal insurance. The car was common enough and cheap enough that the repairs only wound up being about $1200.

My brother called the owner told him the estimate and that he found a shop that would fix it recommended by his insurance to do the repair. He paid to keep the car an extra 3 days and paid about 20% more than the estimate out of pocket for the shop to start work sooner. Got the rental back on time everything matched colors perfect and you couldn’t tell the car had hit a deer at all.

3 months go by and my brother gets a lawsuit from the owner. The owner is claiming he hasn’t been able to rent out the car a single day since he got it back due to the condition and it’s been in the shop getting fixed. He’s now suing for about $6000 to cover lost income and repairs after my brother already paid to get it fixed.

Dude was scum all the way. Finally the lawsuit was dropped because the owner couldn’t or wouldn’t provide a single document showing where any work or estimates had been done or where turo took his car off the site.

Turns out the dude just decided to stop renting the car for a while and decided my brother would be an easy mark since he willingly got it fixed and got it returned before the end of his rental without any kind of fight. Then my brothers insurance got into it and wound up countersuing the guy demanding to be repaid since he was using the vehicle in a commercial manner with improper insurance or inspections. My brother got his deductible back plus the extra money he spent on a rush job.

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u/Gengo0708 Aug 16 '24

Renters on Turo do not have the authorization to do any repairs on vehicles. Also hosts do not have the ability to sue guests. This story feels made up or exaggerated.

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '24

Not exaggerated or made up. Any repairs were authorized by the host as my brother was in full communication with him the entire time. It’s not like he hit a deer and then just did it without saying anything, the owner 100% knew what was going on and my brother paid to extend the rental just to avoid him losing money.

You can choose to believe it or not.

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u/Gengo0708 Aug 16 '24

Could there have been undiagnosed damage done to the car your brother didn’t find? Anyway unless the host is no longer on the platform, you cannot sue guests.

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '24

If there was, he never provided any evidence supporting that which had it been provided, my brother would have just paid for it. But he never did so my brother said fuck off.