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> I'm immensely just surprised someone would give away their $3500 to a stranger to make a rent of $70. turo.com facilitates giving cars worth tens of thousand

> I'm immensely just surprised someone would give away their $3500 to a stranger to make a rent of $70. turo.com facilitates giving cars worth tens of thousands to strangers for less (per day). They do claim to be insured, though - but I'm not going to be putting them to the test.

brandonmenc 7y ago
The comparably serious consequences of committing grand theft auto probably act as a backstop in that case.
- go_ruby 7y ago
  It's not grand theft auto. It's called "theft by conversion".
epmatsw 7y ago
I'll say that GetAround at least was great when the guy renting our car totaled it. Got the full value back, he was on the hook for the deductible and everything.
nikanj 7y ago
A quick googling tells me both owners and renters get screwed on Turo, with little recourse
fitzroy 7y ago
I almost used Turo once, but the whole thing seemed very ambiguous wrt liability, exact condition of the vehicle, etc. I don't drive normally, so am I even insured? The car owner's insurance likely covers lending the car out, but probably not renting it out, and they likely aren't even aware of that. The information asymmetry and friction with these niche p2p sharing services just isn't worth it. You're basically learning the rules of an entirely new industry with each one - a significant amount of mental bandwidth to discover whether or not it will even work for what you need. Sharegrid reached out to me once (because I was selling a camera on Craigslist). I looked over the site for about an hour and still would have had no idea about this "voluntary parting" issue.
- robocat 7y ago
  > Sharegrid reached out to me once (because I was selling a camera on Craigslist). Are you saying Sharegrid was suggesting you should instead keep the camera and rent it using Sharegrid? Quite some sales technique if so...
  - fitzroy 7y ago
    Yes, I think so. Or they just assumed someone selling a pro video camera might be in production and have more equipment.

brandonmenc 7y ago

The comparably serious consequences of committing grand theft auto probably act as a backstop in that case.

go_ruby 7y ago
It's not grand theft auto. It's called "theft by conversion".

epmatsw 7y ago

I'll say that GetAround at least was great when the guy renting our car totaled it. Got the full value back, he was on the hook for the deductible and everything.

nikanj 7y ago

A quick googling tells me both owners and renters get screwed on Turo, with little recourse

fitzroy 7y ago

I almost used Turo once, but the whole thing seemed very ambiguous wrt liability, exact condition of the vehicle, etc. I don't drive normally, so am I even insured? The car owner's insurance likely covers lending the car out, but probably not renting it out, and they likely aren't even aware of that. The information asymmetry and friction with these niche p2p sharing services just isn't worth it. You're basically learning the rules of an entirely new industry with each one - a significant amount of mental bandwidth to discover whether or not it will even work for what you need. Sharegrid reached out to me once (because I was selling a camera on Craigslist). I looked over the site for about an hour and still would have had no idea about this "voluntary parting" issue.

robocat 7y ago
> Sharegrid reached out to me once (because I was selling a camera on Craigslist). Are you saying Sharegrid was suggesting you should instead keep the camera and rent it using Sharegrid? Quite some sales technique if so...
- fitzroy 7y ago
  Yes, I think so. Or they just assumed someone selling a pro video camera might be in production and have more equipment.