I had a new Pontiac G6 for all of 5 minutes :(

[MasterAndCommander]

Short story
- Camry got into a wreck Tuesday
- Nearly declared a total loss by the other party's insurance company, but just barely made to be fixed.
- Picked up a new Pontiac G6 (V6) :thumbsup: at the rental car place - Immediately heard a ticking sound, pulled over the side of the road, foud a big roofing nail in the tire.
- Now stuck with a PT Cruiser as my rental vehicle

 

[kevinthenerd]

You made it sound like it blew up or something.

Always get the rental insurance.

 

[Ika]

that sucks. at least the damage isn't permanent.

where did you hit the nail, on the road, or at the rental car place?

 

[Pepsi90919]

OH NOES A NAIL IN THE TIRE CRUSH THE CAR IMMEDIATELY

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: kevinthenerd
You made it sound like it blew up or something.

Always get the rental insurance.

Rental insurance is the biggest rip off in the rental industry. If you have full coverage insurance you most likely are covered in a rental car and should never get the rental insurance (check with your insurance company first obviously).

I know, I used to work for a couple different car rental companies. They train you to push the rental coverage on customers because it is the biggest profit maker in the industry. LDW, CDW, or whatever they call it in your particular area it's a rip off.

 

[MisterJackson]

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
OH NOES A NAIL IN THE TIRE CRUSH THE CAR IMMEDIATELY

Dude, chill....you only crush the rim and tire in a case such as this, not the whole car....sheesh.

 

[Fenixgoon]

well, for all your 5 minutes of glory, how was the G6 V6?

sorry to her about the car troubles

 

[TwinkleToes77]

We love our G6. I used to love my grand am.. until we got the G6.. now i cant wait until i can trade it in next summer and get something similiar

 

[AbsolutDealage]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: kevinthenerd
You made it sound like it blew up or something.

Always get the rental insurance.

Rental insurance is the biggest rip off in the rental industry. If you have full coverage insurance you most likely are covered in a rental car and should never get the rental insurance (check with your insurance company first obviously).

I know, I used to work for a couple different car rental companies. They train you to push the rental coverage on customers because it is the biggest profit maker in the industry. LDW, CDW, or whatever they call it in your particular area it's a rip off.

That's great, but I still take the rental insurance. I don't want to file a claim and have my rates go up just because of a rental car incident. The rental insurance protects you against that.

 

[amdhunter]

pfft, I hit my car with only 18 miles on it... I'd rather hit a nail anytime. lol

 

[MasterAndCommander]

Originally posted by: Fenixgoon
well, for all your 5 minutes of glory, how was the G6 V6?

sorry to her about the car troubles

I liked it, it was the coupe with 3.5L V6. Didn't even get to punch it or try some engine braking

 

[MasterAndCommander]

Originally posted by: Aflac
that sucks. at least the damage isn't permanent.

where did you hit the nail, on the road, or at the rental car place?

Nail was right at the rental place, though at first it was a rock, since there was gravel in the parking lot.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: AbsolutDealage

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: kevinthenerd
You made it sound like it blew up or something.

Always get the rental insurance.

Rental insurance is the biggest rip off in the rental industry. If you have full coverage insurance you most likely are covered in a rental car and should never get the rental insurance (check with your insurance company first obviously).

I know, I used to work for a couple different car rental companies. They train you to push the rental coverage on customers because it is the biggest profit maker in the industry. LDW, CDW, or whatever they call it in your particular area it's a rip off.

That's great, but I still take the rental insurance. I don't want to file a claim and have my rates go up just because of a rental car incident. The rental insurance protects you against that.

Do you frequently have accidents? Or accidents that are your fault? I haven't been in an accident in over 10 years...longer if you look for one that was my fault.

You are throwing your money away.

I never take the collision damage waiver. It is a total rip off.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
OH NOES A NAIL IN THE TIRE CRUSH THE CAR IMMEDIATELY

maybe i missed something but why are you all saying "crush the car"?
i don't see in his post where he took it way out of proportion or anything like that?

 

[Kelvrick]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: AbsolutDealage

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: kevinthenerd
You made it sound like it blew up or something.

Always get the rental insurance.

Rental insurance is the biggest rip off in the rental industry. If you have full coverage insurance you most likely are covered in a rental car and should never get the rental insurance (check with your insurance company first obviously).

I know, I used to work for a couple different car rental companies. They train you to push the rental coverage on customers because it is the biggest profit maker in the industry. LDW, CDW, or whatever they call it in your particular area it's a rip off.

That's great, but I still take the rental insurance. I don't want to file a claim and have my rates go up just because of a rental car incident. The rental insurance protects you against that.

Do you frequently have accidents? Or accidents that are your fault? I haven't been in an accident in over 10 years...longer if you look for one that was my fault.

You are throwing your money away.

I never take the collision damage waiver. It is a total rip off.

I just use my credit card that comes with rental coverage...

 

[kevinthenerd]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1405274240887490614&q=rental+car+abuse
Car Rental Abuse

Edit: NSFW?

 

[FreedomGUNDAM]

not your week, go back to bed and wake up next week.

Sorry to hear abou the run of bad luck.

 

[j00fek]

Originally posted by: kevinthenerd
You made it sound like it blew up or something.

Always get the rental insurance.

yeh it inst that bad

 

[DAGTA]

Originally posted by: MasterAndCommander

Originally posted by: Fenixgoon
well, for all your 5 minutes of glory, how was the G6 V6?

sorry to her about the car troubles

I liked it, it was the coupe with 3.5L V6. Didn't even get to punch it or try some engine braking

I owned a 2005 G6 GT and loved it. I was in a wreck last month and rental I received was a 2006 G6 V6. Not as agressive in shifting, but it was nice to see the changes in model year.

Then I went and bought a 2006 G6 GTP and I love it!

Very cool to drive all three models in less than two weeks, too.

 

[AbsolutDealage]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Do you frequently have accidents? Or accidents that are your fault? I haven't been in an accident in over 10 years...longer if you look for one that was my fault.

You are throwing your money away.

I never take the collision damage waiver. It is a total rip off.

No, I have not been in an accident for a very long time. However, if I were on vacation and happened to get in an accident, the last thing that I would want to deal with is the thought that my insurance rates were gonna go up because of it.

Given the fact that an accident is a rare occurance, it is probably not the best financial move ever... but somehow I'm OK with that. I go on vacation to relax and to get away from everything. It's worth the extra money to me so that I can wash my hands (financially speaking) if something were to happen.

 

[DainBramaged]

I'm sorry about the PT Cruiser. I drove one of those for three days and I'm way to big for it. I had to use the passenger side armrest otherwise I had to pack myself into it. Sh!tty little car.

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

Originally posted by: kevinthenerd
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1405274240887490614&q=rental+car+abuse
Car Rental Abuse

Awww... poor little Cavalier

*Have a '98 white cavvy

 

[Rebasxer]

PT Cruiser FTL!

 

[mayonnaise]

Hahaha nice video, I beat the crap out of my rental cavalier too when some stupid fat ass was too busy on her cellphone to notice the red and rear ended my 3000gt I wouldn't have beat on it so bad, but her insurance were being major assholes trying to push no fault on a rear end after she admitted to the cops her fault.

 

[kevinthenerd]

Originally posted by: mayonnaise
Hahaha nice video, I beat the crap out of my rental cavalier too when some stupid fat ass was too busy on her cellphone to notice the red and rear ended my 3000gt I wouldn't have beat on it so bad, but her insurance were being major assholes trying to push no fault on a rear end after she admitted to the cops her fault.

In Florida, a rear-end collision is pretty clear cut, no matter the circumstances. You can "brake check" people and get away with it.