Hire car with damage

girlycara

Hi, please don't be too harsh! I'm currently using a hire car for work as my company car is taking ages to arrive.mthe car is a Mercedes b180 and its gone up to 18k miles on a 64 plate. There is a large area approx 1" x 1.5" above one wheel arch where the paint has literally just gone. No damage, no scratches, just gone. Ok I may be a woman but I can park, I can't honestly think what could have done this unless someone hit me when parked etc.

I don't know how work would react because it's a relatively new employer. Do you think I should just be up front about it! Get it repaired myself by chips away etc? Or flirt like mad when I take it back and hope it keeps the guy sweet! Rented from a major national company not saying which one obviously!

missile

Honesty is always the best policy.

s_b

hi girlycara best advice is get it repaired at a local independant paint shop
if you hold your hand up it will cost more than being honest unfortunately

forgot to add lots of these minor paint advertisers take your car to a local bodyshop like the one next to me

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girlycara wrote: »

Or flirt like mad when I take it back and hope it keeps the guy sweet!

I'd do this as long as you're good looking,

loskie

is your employer the hirer?
If so they will be liable. Depending on the size of the company and how often they hire cars they will probably not bat an eyelid.
If it was me I wouldn't pay out of my own pocket.
It's not a patch of paint where bird s!!t has been for a while and when washed off left a blemish is it?

BeenThroughItAll

Whereabouts in the UK are you based? I and I'm sure some of the other regular posters may be able to recommend a good place to get it looked at/fixed.

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loskie wrote: »

It's not a patch of paint where bird s!!t has been for a while and when washed off left a blemish is it?

My late father had a compaany Merc years ago, from new, when this new fangled water based paint first came out.

Most of the paint came off the front where the water runs off the screen. Mercedes swore blind it was some contaminant that he had put in the washer bottle, but I know he only had the bonnet up once, so we could look at the engine . I suppose that at the service The Boy could have put brake fluid or anti-freeze in the bottle by mistake:mad:, but the point is, you only have to look at the paint funny and it falls straight off to bare metal.:eek: