£900 for rental car alloys!

Herzlos

Most, if not all, car hire places will try to upsell an excess waiver, so a zero excess is pretty common.

Mercdriver

regency_man wrote: »

This is true but I have to point out again that I didn't choose to rent a vehicle at any point. I took my perfectly working car to have a routine service and the dealership broke it so badly that it couldn't leave the workshop for 9 weeks.



It was the least they could do to give me a replacement vehicle while they fixed mine. Normally they would have given me a Land Rover from the showroom but in this instance they said they were low on stock due to it being a 'changeover' month.


Giving zero excess insurance on these loan vehicles has been standard in my experiences.

I've never known a main dealer do a no excess on a courtesy car. Mercedes certainly did as did BMW and Audi in my experience. Have had to sign for it and offered a fixed fee excess waiver which I did not pay for.

AdrianC

regency_man wrote: »

This is true but I have to point out again that I didn't choose to rent a vehicle at any point.

You didn't rent it.

It was the least they could do to give me a replacement vehicle while they fixed mine.

Which they did. Free!



And you showed your gratitude by causing a grand of damage to it.

missile

treboeth wrote: »

Bulk buying (after the OP has rented a few times)

Trade Discounts etc

I doubt Thrifty bulk buys wheels or has any trade discount with BMW. IMHO, it seems very unlikely they would get those wheels at £300 each.

Ergates

Mercdriver wrote: »

I've never known a main dealer do a no excess on a courtesy car. Mercedes certainly did as did BMW and Audi in my experience. Have had to sign for it and offered a fixed fee excess waiver which I did not pay for.

Which is it?

Mercdriver

Ergates wrote: »

Which is it?

Yes sorry was unclear - all three specified an excess payment to be made in the event of an incident.

AndyMc.....

missile wrote: »

I doubt Thrifty bulk buys wheels or has any trade discount with BMW. IMHO, it seems very unlikely they would get those wheels at £300 each.

Do you think they pay full list price for their vehicles?

ginashamz

Why is this clown (OP) arguing? You are responsible for the damage, at least act like a responsible and decent human being and pay up! (#cheapskate)

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ginashamz wrote: »

Why is this clown (OP) arguing? You are responsible for the damage, at least act like a responsible and decent human being and pay up! (#cheapskate)

Still irony impaired DM?

walwyn1978

Mercdriver wrote: »

I've never known a main dealer do a no excess on a courtesy car. Mercedes certainly did as did BMW and Audi in my experience. Have had to sign for it and offered a fixed fee excess waiver which I did not pay for.

This. I do a lot of miles in my job so always get a courtesy car if mines in the shop for service, repair, whatever. The Kia garage that looks after my Sportage has a 1K excess on all courtesy cars insurance policy.....