hire cars and insurance repairs

Nope unsuccessful, though i suspected that to be the case. Unless your insurance policy specifically covers a hire vehicle, then i don't like your chances, even if someone elses fault. It seems only the premium coverages allow for hire vehicles etc, however you normally pay for it in the premiums.

If he needs a car, just do it, then maybe you will get a refund. If not, then at least he has a vehicle, albeit costly.

Thankfully he's ok. I witnessed a b-double Cement Truck (carrying cement not concrete) deliberately swerve in front of a vehicle in a fit of road rage and squash the front of the vehicle at the Tugan traffic lights. Makes a mess of the vehicle, with not one scratch on the truck!

Andrew

I guess it depends on the insurance, we had another driver at fault run into the rear of the little iO a number of years ago. Took it in to be fixed, was told we would get a replacement vehicle during the repair time. I said OK. Got a phone call from a hire company that specialises in providing this type of replacement service, to say that unfortunately they couldn't supply a 4wd, but would a mercedes be OK?

Michael

if you pay the extra to allow you to get a hire car you can expect one, if you dont pay the extra, I dont really think you should expect oen.

My trusty 03 hilux was reversed into by a truck (The blokes that lay the concrete)on the site I am working on at the moment. My Insurance would not give me a another ute and they also said they were not going to replace the parts with genuine Toyota parts even though it was still under warranty. $10 000 worth of repairs needed
I was given a phone number of a company here that would supply me a work ute and claim it of the trucks insurance company. I had to write a letter stating I require my ute for work and by not having the ute my business was suffering. OK it took two weeks before I got the claim number from their insurer but as soon as I did I got the ute. (No expense to me. Only a credit card number for deposit).
I insisted the hilux was still under warranty so they must put in genuine parts and finally had a win. I pick the Hilux up in a 1 and 1/2 weeks.
I seem to recall somewhere in the paperwork that if it you were having diffuculties with public transport then u must be able to prove that and then they will pay for a hire car.
I too said to the company "Why should I be punished for their drivers negligence"
Good luck

Some repairers will provide a courtesy car whilst yours is being repaired. If you can choose your own repairer it may be worth looking into.

TJ

Yep, have claimed the cost of a rental car and lost wages on the other "at fault" parties insurance. Got hit in the rear, took 6 weeks to get in to my choice of repairer so I billed the other insurance company and got it. lack of car caused 3 days loss of work, got supporting documentation and billed them for lost wages and got it. Once car got in to the repair shop, turned in the rental and then used the repairers loan car.

After reading this thread I think the moral of the story is to stay away from any vehicles that have anything to do with ' concrete/cement ' :-)))

Avagoodn
Pezza

I was looking into the hire car option myself since my truck got hit and is off the road for one week already and looking at another one to two weeks. To have a hire car on your insurance you have to pay a little extra each month for it, Which is what I have been doing.. but won't be any longer... you still have to front up the $400.00 bond, and they have two excesses, one was $650.00 and the other was $2200.00! but you could avoid those two excesses if you chose to pay an extra $28.00 a day on top of the hire cost.....(insurance covered no deposit, they would only pay up to $40 a day for the hire of the car only).
What a joke!

Cheers
Jo