Phillip Stephen and Stefan Toussaint are the owners of that R8 in the Washington D.C. area. And they say after their car was crashed in a Turo rental, they’ve had one fight after another over compensation, and now they say renting your exotic out with the service may not be such a great idea.

One thing I found out about auto insurance years ago...they won’t pay for anything that is an intentional act. That makes sense I guess, but came as a shock when a girlfriend’s jealous ex decided to go all Road Warrior on me and try to kill me. I guess I was supposed to be scared. What he didn’t realize was I had…

It’s unfortunate that this happened, but that valuation of $62,000 is pretty accurate, considering that the car is now 8 years old and has been used as a rental. I think what happened here is that these two guys bought an R8 for way too much money, got a loan with crappy conditions, and are now mad that they’re…

15 years of selling cars, 99.9% think their vehicle is excellent condition value on Kelly blue book. Does not matter if every tire is bald, dents, dings, and scratches, and smells like a movie theater floor it is in excellent condition.

Soooooo, I shouldn’t by an SC400, sight unseen, from a New Jersey used car dealer, before I move to Florida?

I’ve been on the consumer end with an adjuster or two, while they may not be out to screw people over, they are on the side of keeping payouts low for their employer at the expense of the end customer.

Sorry, but unless your car is sitting on a showroom floor, it is not “dealer ready” as far an an evaluation goes. Lots of people, however, are under the impression that because they just got a detail done, their car should be rated as dealer ready

First mistake: Following Tavarish’s advice.

Stupid, greedy people

...and now they say renting your exotic out with the service may not be such a great idea.

They were renting it for $350 a day (for 100 miles) or $2327.50 a week for 750 miles. If you are using the car as an investment, (and didn’t realize the insurance would eff you) this could be a great investment.

An $80,000 loan, 5 years at 3% is $1437 a month. You only have to rent it out a few days a month to have…

I guess you could make the argument that for a car like the r8, spending any part of its life as a rental car would severely drop the value.

$63k payout for an (at least) 2-owner rental Audi doesn’t sound half bad, does it?

meh.

Who in the F in their right mind would rent out their super car? Incredible.

“You” wasn’t directed towards you personally, it was a figure of speech. In the rust belt, they all corrode in the same “Honda” spot where the rear fender meets the rear bumper at the rear of the wheel-arch. This takes place around 110k - 150k miles. In US states with a government mandated annual inspection that…

Except when you live an area that salts the roads. Then its Honda. Hatchbacks. FOREVER*


*or 150k miles, whichever comes first

I’m good with “central america” but you guys keep trying to assign that to others

This was great. You know why? Because, for all of 2 minutes, I wasn’t thinking about the next four years.

When I was younger I was more like you. I would slow down and occasionally brake check. I would also flash my lights if someone was camped out in the passing lane and not passing.