http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2005/11/23/dinged-rental-cars-dinged-wallet/ A premiere personal finance blog, established 2003. Within, Flexo discusses his own experiences with money, and he and other authors comment on a wide range of personal finance topics. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:50:42 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2005/11/23/dinged-rental-cars-dinged-wallet/#comment-1206 9A Mon, 12 Dec 2005 19:58:30 +0000 http://wp.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=643#comment-1206 I got a rental car from Enterprise in August and while I was driving on the freeway a rock or something hit the windshield and cracked it. I didn't accept the rental car insurance and I only had liability insurance on my car. I was ready to open my checkbook and pay for the damage but it turns out that in Texas if you have liability insurance on your car then it will cover up to $5000 on a rental car with no deductable. If you have additional coverage on your car then the rental car is covered to the extent of the coverage on your car. This is not the case in all states though. I got a rental car from Enterprise in August and while I was driving on the freeway a rock or something hit the windshield and cracked it. I didn’t accept the rental car insurance and I only had liability insurance on my car. I was ready to open my checkbook and pay for the damage but it turns out that in Texas if you have liability insurance on your car then it will cover up to $5000 on a rental car with no deductable. If you have additional coverage on your car then the rental car is covered to the extent of the coverage on your car. This is not the case in all states though.

]]> http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2005/11/23/dinged-rental-cars-dinged-wallet/#comment-1205 Anonymous Wed, 23 Nov 2005 17:12:58 +0000 http://wp.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=643#comment-1205 When my mother-in-law was helping my husband and I move a couple of years ago the group of us stayed with a family friend for a couple of days. The friend asked my MIL to move our U-Haul truck up the driveway a bit. In doing so, MIL forgot about the large overhead on the U-Haul. She pulled up next to the house and completely destroyed the little roof overhang above the side door. The house shook from the impact. Ooops! Luckily friend's husband is a do-it-yourselfer, and we are all still friends :)/ When my mother-in-law was helping my husband and I move a couple of years ago the group of us stayed with a family friend for a couple of days. The friend asked my MIL to move our U-Haul truck up the driveway a bit. In doing so, MIL forgot about the large overhead on the U-Haul. She pulled up next to the house and completely destroyed the little roof overhang above the side door. The house shook from the impact. Ooops! Luckily friend’s husband is a do-it-yourselfer, and we are all still friends :)/

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