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Oct 18, 2021
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Skeptical Optimist
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If it is his fault, he would be liable for that. But I don't think there is any
way for them to prove that he is at fault for an engine failure.
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So this just happened. Hertz car rental called up and said we owe them $7500
maizecoug
10/18/21 3:07pm
I'd laugh at them and hang up.
kccougar
10/18/21 3:08pm
No need to even involve your insurance unless they get threatening. Just tell
dYrtbYkerYder
10/18/21 3:09pm
Exactly. Unless they take legal action, no reason to do anything.
Big Red Thunder
10/18/21 3:10pm
They said to take it to a dealer? Not to another Hertz rental location?
Slim
10/18/21 3:10pm
Oops. We swapped it out at a Hertz rental center, not a dealer.
maizecoug
10/18/21 3:19pm
Okay hertz is being crazy then
Slim
10/18/21 3:20pm
I did an after-hours drop-off once with Hertz and received a call a few days
TailgateU
10/18/21 3:11pm
Is corporate calling? Or is it just the local rental place?
stenso
10/18/21 3:13pm
Don't listen to people telling you to ignore this. It is vital that you resolve the issue immediately. My brother is
CDV
10/18/21 3:14pm
Is that Gift Certificate in US American Dollars?
Skeptical Optimist
10/18/21 3:17pm
Hahaha
CDV
10/18/21 3:19pm
Your insurance isn't going to do anything. Engine failure isn't a covered peril.
JAGA97
10/18/21 3:14pm
It's also not your fault as a renter. That is on Hertz. Their problem.
TailgateU
10/18/21 3:22pm
Agree.
JAGA97
10/18/21 5:43pm
Demand proof that 1) The vehicle was damaged and repaired, and 2) that the
Skeptical Optimist
10/18/21 3:16pm
And since they can't prove any of that, it's silly for them to even call you. It
dYrtbYkerYder
10/18/21 3:18pm
Wait! Did you just call Skeptical Optimist an old fogey in a nice way?
IdahoCoug
10/18/21 3:20pm
RE: Wait! Did you just call Skeptical Optimist an old fogey in a nice way?
Skeptical Optimist
10/18/21 3:24pm
They’d have to prove you actually did something to it
ByuImaginesDragons
10/18/21 3:19pm
They are trying to recover the lost rental revenue for the time the car was in
Skeptical Optimist
10/18/21 3:25pm
Obviously but they’d be liable for that, not him. It was gonna be in the shop
ByuImaginesDragons
10/18/21 3:28pm
If it is his fault, he would be liable for that. But I don't think there is any
Skeptical Optimist
10/18/21 3:35pm
Budget really took it to me on a moving truck when I had an old worn out tire blow.
spugeddy24
10/18/21 3:35pm
I had this happen after a rental in Ireland...
ordinary tri guy
10/18/21 3:57pm
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