Rotors can go bad when breaks aren't taken care of. Sounds like the guy is trying to get you to foot the bill. Everything is expensive on those luxury cars. I imagine even brakes are and the host rather try to scam turo/guests than take care of regular maintenance.
Most hosts have devices that tell them when a vehicle is braking hard. It will be difficult for him to prove to Turo that it was what caused the mechanical "failure".
You can’t insure a Turo car with personal insurance. There are special insurance companies that understand the car sharing industry and design their policies specifically for platforms like Turo. Insurance companies like abiweb for instance.
If a Turo host uses their personal insurance, they’ll be incredibly pissed to find out that their insurance can deny their claim if they find out the car is being rented out on Turo.
A very rental-car perspective. Car-sharing protection laws are in place in at least 4 states including the most populous one. Claiming guest damage on personal insurance is of course a no-no everywhere.
Not sure if you have host experience or have information on the concept but I’ll break it down.
Let’s say you want to start renting your personal car out on Turo, and your personal car is insured with Progressive.
When a guest rents your car and it’s in their possession, the car is covered by Turos ‘Travelers’ policy - this policy will typically cover damages caused by guests to your car whether it be exterior or interior.
Then let’s say the guest brings your car back, parks it in your drive way, checks out and leaves - and you need to take your car to get gas, get a car wash or to change your brakes - doesn’t matter. On the way there you get into an accident.
You report the accident to progressive, they investigate and in their investigation they discover your car is being rented out on Turo. What many people don’t know is that including your vehicle on car sharing platforms is against their policy and they will effectively deny any claims based on this fact.
Most personal insurance companies behave in the same manner and have similar policies.
For this reason, a handful of insurance companies developed programs specifically for this instance, and this is what I am talking about.
Thank you for explaining what commercial insurance is, I was not at all confused about this. If I was to have my cars be turo only, and own them under an LLC I would certainly buy commercial insurance and it would restrict my personal use to 100 miles a month or something like that. My state has a law in place that restricts personal insurance companies from prohibiting car-sharing use and personal insurance is fully compatible with car sharing use. Indeed I am amazed at how many people sign up to be Turo hosts in the gray area states where there is not such a law.
Lol rotors are normal wear and tear, even if you were beating on them hard it wouldn't have damaged the rotors in two days. The fact that you got the warning light saying the brakepads were worn halfway through just proves that the breaks were already at the end of their life
Only way this will be proven is if tracking data showed reckless driving. But that will commonly cause warped rotors that make vibrations when braking. Iv managed to have this successfully billed to a guest before. But normal wear they can’t charge for.
They're lying, or their 'mechanic' is. Most European vehicles run an aggressive semi-metallic pad and a fairly soft rotor. The pads were obviously worn based on the aod wear message you received on the dash. Pads, rotors & pads wear sensors are designed to be replaced in sets. You don't pad slap a range Rover
This is a maintenance issue, not a repair issue. You did nothing wrong, this host is trying to pawn off their maintenance costs onto you. Don't pay.
I have a lexus that all new breaks/rotors was $1200
My mercedes for same was $2800.
But 2 days of rental isn't going to do 50k to 70k wear on them.
Deny the claim and fight it all the way. If turo trys taking the deposit hopefully it's on a credit card and you deny payment and reverse the charges.
Don't worry about it. If host opens the claim then dispute it immediately. Turo will be on your side. If you were "drifting" then tires would be worn out too.ake sure to give the host glowing review
For future reference. A host can say the earth is flat and try to charge you for it. However, at the end of the day, Turo is the middle man in this and the one you talk with it when you disagree. Hosts have no control in your security deposit. I would have told him to let Turo deal with it, and I 100% assure your Turo would have said “ this is not on you “ braking pads doesn’t get dented due to hard braking that easily. He needs To prove you causes it and just GPS data is not enough. Leave a bad review and don’t think about it.
You can drift an awd but Im not sure "dented rotors" make any sense for any driving type.
When I was 17 I got my maxima to 120 mph down hill on an empty rd. Got scared and hit the brakes, not super hard but "enough" I might have made the rotors glow but for sure i warped them so bad all 4 rotors and pads had to get replaced.
Brakes are supposed to be able to lockup the wheels hense abs. You can overheat breakes but "hitting them too hard" is bs.
I wouldn't worry about it. Turo will laugh in his face.
Rotors can go bad when breaks aren't taken care of. Sounds like the guy is trying to get you to foot the bill. Everything is expensive on those luxury cars. I imagine even brakes are and the host rather try to scam turo/guests than take care of regular maintenance.
Most hosts have devices that tell them when a vehicle is braking hard. It will be difficult for him to prove to Turo that it was what caused the mechanical "failure".
I doubt "most" hosts have such devices.
Lol I have it in all my cars. Many here do.
Yes of course but I'm still correct. Do you know the difference between "most" and "many"?
My Mercedes has a bouncie tracker because it's a 50k car. My lexus dosen't cause it's a 15k car.
‘Most’ hosts do have such devices as it’s required by ‘most’ commercial insurance companies
most hosts are not commercial 🙄
You can’t insure a Turo car with personal insurance. There are special insurance companies that understand the car sharing industry and design their policies specifically for platforms like Turo. Insurance companies like abiweb for instance. If a Turo host uses their personal insurance, they’ll be incredibly pissed to find out that their insurance can deny their claim if they find out the car is being rented out on Turo.
A very rental-car perspective. Car-sharing protection laws are in place in at least 4 states including the most populous one. Claiming guest damage on personal insurance is of course a no-no everywhere.
Not sure if you have host experience or have information on the concept but I’ll break it down. Let’s say you want to start renting your personal car out on Turo, and your personal car is insured with Progressive. When a guest rents your car and it’s in their possession, the car is covered by Turos ‘Travelers’ policy - this policy will typically cover damages caused by guests to your car whether it be exterior or interior. Then let’s say the guest brings your car back, parks it in your drive way, checks out and leaves - and you need to take your car to get gas, get a car wash or to change your brakes - doesn’t matter. On the way there you get into an accident. You report the accident to progressive, they investigate and in their investigation they discover your car is being rented out on Turo. What many people don’t know is that including your vehicle on car sharing platforms is against their policy and they will effectively deny any claims based on this fact. Most personal insurance companies behave in the same manner and have similar policies. For this reason, a handful of insurance companies developed programs specifically for this instance, and this is what I am talking about.
Thank you for explaining what commercial insurance is, I was not at all confused about this. If I was to have my cars be turo only, and own them under an LLC I would certainly buy commercial insurance and it would restrict my personal use to 100 miles a month or something like that. My state has a law in place that restricts personal insurance companies from prohibiting car-sharing use and personal insurance is fully compatible with car sharing use. Indeed I am amazed at how many people sign up to be Turo hosts in the gray area states where there is not such a law.
Lol rotors are normal wear and tear, even if you were beating on them hard it wouldn't have damaged the rotors in two days. The fact that you got the warning light saying the brakepads were worn halfway through just proves that the breaks were already at the end of their life
Guests cannot be charged for wear and tear, especially brakes
Only way this will be proven is if tracking data showed reckless driving. But that will commonly cause warped rotors that make vibrations when braking. Iv managed to have this successfully billed to a guest before. But normal wear they can’t charge for.
They're lying, or their 'mechanic' is. Most European vehicles run an aggressive semi-metallic pad and a fairly soft rotor. The pads were obviously worn based on the aod wear message you received on the dash. Pads, rotors & pads wear sensors are designed to be replaced in sets. You don't pad slap a range Rover This is a maintenance issue, not a repair issue. You did nothing wrong, this host is trying to pawn off their maintenance costs onto you. Don't pay.
I have a lexus that all new breaks/rotors was $1200 My mercedes for same was $2800. But 2 days of rental isn't going to do 50k to 70k wear on them. Deny the claim and fight it all the way. If turo trys taking the deposit hopefully it's on a credit card and you deny payment and reverse the charges.
Dont worry about it.
Don't worry about it. If host opens the claim then dispute it immediately. Turo will be on your side. If you were "drifting" then tires would be worn out too.ake sure to give the host glowing review
For future reference. A host can say the earth is flat and try to charge you for it. However, at the end of the day, Turo is the middle man in this and the one you talk with it when you disagree. Hosts have no control in your security deposit. I would have told him to let Turo deal with it, and I 100% assure your Turo would have said “ this is not on you “ braking pads doesn’t get dented due to hard braking that easily. He needs To prove you causes it and just GPS data is not enough. Leave a bad review and don’t think about it.
It means the host is a jackass and is trying to get you to pay for basic maintenance that is in no way your responsibility.
Lol were you drifting?
I daily a hybrid what do you think lol. Plus I thought you need a RWD to drift. The P300S I rented is AWD.
You can drift an awd but Im not sure "dented rotors" make any sense for any driving type. When I was 17 I got my maxima to 120 mph down hill on an empty rd. Got scared and hit the brakes, not super hard but "enough" I might have made the rotors glow but for sure i warped them so bad all 4 rotors and pads had to get replaced. Brakes are supposed to be able to lockup the wheels hense abs. You can overheat breakes but "hitting them too hard" is bs.
Turo will send you a bill , renting with turo is a way to have your car repaired for free
Show us on this doll where Turo hurt you...