Turo, the airbnb of Car Rentals

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Quineloe said:
That's nice, but you know how good an insurance is if you try to cash in a claim. Did he?

If he didn't, he knows fuck all about how good their insurance is.
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He has, twice. Which is why I felt okay using him as an adequate source to cite.
 
Borzak

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Heard on a podcast today. Someone rented a car with an app (I assume this one) to someone in Austin. That person ran over one of the annoying scooters that are everywhere there now. Anyway turns out they used someone elses phone to use the app and the person that ran over the scooter was the person who rented it using the app, but wasn't the person "of record" who rented the car cause they used someone elses (didn't say if stolen) phone.
 
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Xarpolis said:
Jonathan gave you $25 off your first trip - If any of you want to give Turo a try, use my code to sign up. You'll get a $25 discount on your first trip.

www.turo.com or download the Turo app for Android or Apple.

I recently began using Turo to rent out my '09 VW Jetta Wagon. I really like this service, and I'm getting a lot of rental requests. This is great, because otherwise the car was going to sit unused.
Turo offers free rental insurance for all owners, unless they have rental insurance of their own. As a result, they will take 35% of every trip. If you provide your own insurance, they will only take 10% of each trip (a finder's fee).
You can set up automatic pricing, where the rates will increase during high traffic areas, and decrease when it's slow. Or you could set your own price for everything.

I initially signed up for Turo in November. The day after I listed my vehicle, I had 3 driver requests. 2 of them were for 2-weeks each, and one was only 2-3 days. That one was cancelled because I noticed a few drops of oil when I moved the vehicle, and needed to take it to a shop for them to repair it and I didn't have time to do that before the first driver took possession.

Anyway, I have currently had 2 different drivers. The first (2-weeks) requested that I pick them up at the airport, and the second (1 day) wanted to pick the car up himself. Not a problem. I can charge an extra fee for airport requests to cover my costs returning home. My 3rd driver is at 5:30pm today. my 2nd 2-week trip. Then just this morning I picked up 2 separate 1-week trips. The Turo calendar updates itself constantly, and it automatically adds to my google calendar, which is helpful.

Rent Jonathan’s 2009 Volkswagen Jetta in Honolulu, HI | Turo
This is my listing.

Anyway, I'm really pleased with this service. It becomes an almost passive income, except dealing with drop offs and pickups, if you offer that service. What a great way to earn some extra money by doing almost nothing. If any of you have any questions, feel free to ask. I'll share everything I know the answer to.

Apparently they are available in 56 different countries. Wow.
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I assume that you can't rent out a leased car, right? Perhaps financed? Or do you have to own the car outright?

I've got a 2025 Tesla Model 3 that's pretty damn sick and would probably fetch a pretty solid daily rate to rent out. Wouldn't mind doing that for one or two weekends a month to cover some of my car-related expenses (400/mo for the car, 400/mo for insurance, 100/mo for self-driving). However, it's a lease. The only real restriction they placed on it is a yearly mileage cap, but they're a bit generous with that. I'm guessing Turo has its own mileage caps (or fees) to ensure that the person isn't running up your odometer.
 
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Xarpolis

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You should absolutely be able to rent out leased or financed cars. But leased is tricky, because they're going to run up your useable mileage. And yes, Turo does have caps if you tell it to have caps. Otherwise, it'll say you can use unlimited miles. And if you do specify caps, it'll charge the renter additional money if they go beyond your cap.
Also, if you're using it for Turo, you'll have to tell your insurance company. They may either up your insurance (even though Turo requires the drivers to have insurance), or they may outright say they don't want you as a customer any longer. Depends on what Insurance you have. I'd say contact them to question it first.
 
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Rajaah said:
I assume that you can't rent out a leased car, right? Perhaps financed? Or do you have to own the car outright?

I've got a 2025 Tesla Model 3 that's pretty damn sick and would probably fetch a pretty solid daily rate to rent out. Wouldn't mind doing that for one or two weekends a month to cover some of my car-related expenses (400/mo for the car, 400/mo for insurance, 100/mo for self-driving). However, it's a lease. The only real restriction they placed on it is a yearly mileage cap, but they're a bit generous with that. I'm guessing Turo has its own mileage caps (or fees) to ensure that the person isn't running up your odometer.
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Enjoy retards running it to 0, and otherwise trashing it.
 
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Rajaah said:
I assume that you can't rent out a leased car, right? Perhaps financed? Or do you have to own the car outright?

I've got a 2025 Tesla Model 3 that's pretty damn sick and would probably fetch a pretty solid daily rate to rent out. Wouldn't mind doing that for one or two weekends a month to cover some of my car-related expenses (400/mo for the car, 400/mo for insurance, 100/mo for self-driving). However, it's a lease. The only real restriction they placed on it is a yearly mileage cap, but they're a bit generous with that. I'm guessing Turo has its own mileage caps (or fees) to ensure that the person isn't running up your odometer.
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Why do you sound completely broke with all your posts recently. Stop spending money.
 
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Xarpolis said:
You should absolutely be able to rent out leased or financed cars. But leased is tricky, because they're going to run up your useable mileage. And yes, Turo does have caps if you tell it to have caps. Otherwise, it'll say you can use unlimited miles. And if you do specify caps, it'll charge the renter additional money if they go beyond your cap.
Also, if you're using it for Turo, you'll have to tell your insurance company. They may either up your insurance (even though Turo requires the drivers to have insurance), or they may outright say they don't want you as a customer any longer. Depends on what Insurance you have. I'd say contact them to question it first.
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It's against almost every lease terms to use the car for commercial activities
 
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Izo

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In my part of eurocuckistan it's even worse, let someone else drive, and you might end up getting your car confiscated by the po-leeease. I'd never-ever do shared leasing or anything like it in my life, haha. A telsa shop recently got model y performance confiscated bc a test driver did what he signed he wouldn't, drive too fast, kek. What's it like in your end of the free world?

"The police can confiscate your car for reckless driving, drunk driving with a blood alcohol level above 2.0, or for repeated serious traffic violations (e.g. driving without a license 3 times in 3 years). The rules came into effect on March 31, 2021 and also apply even if you are not the owner of the car. "
 
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