In alt.home.repair, on Mon, 15 Apr 2019 20:48:46 -0400,
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On Tue, 16 Apr 2019 01:34:32 +0300, micky
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In alt.home.repair, on Mon, 15 Apr 2019 15:30:28 -0400,
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On Mon, 15 Apr 2019 20:56:43 +0300, micky
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I rented a car and bought insurance, but even if I had zero-deductible,
it would not apply at all to the "undercarriage".
What is the undercarriage? The chassis and all the suspension parts?
The exhaust sysem? Dents from below in the floor panels.
What sort of damage can one do to the undercarriage? Other than
busting a ball joint, they seem pretty reliable.
What does one have to do to do that damage to the undercarriage?
And how hard do rental companies check whether there is undercarriage
damage? If it's not creaking when you drive in and not crawling
sideways, are you okay, or do they actually look underneath?


If you happen to damage the undercarriage - just activate the
collision or comprehensive clause of your insurance -
by hitting a tree or rolling it in the ditch .. or whatever -
- then you'd be fully covered ! No worries !

That's an idea, all right, but I don't think it will work. The
insurance will pay for the damage that's not undercarriage (except for
the $500 deductible) but I'll still have to pay for the damage to the
undercarriage. Like I say, it's not covered by insurance.

You're welcome.
John T.

If I bought the CDW and I really believed that, if I did roll over a
boulder that tumbled off a mountain in front of me and I thought they
had undercarriage damage I would have to pay for. I would test the air
bags. Within that "total", I doubt the undercarriage damage would be
listed.
I beat the crap out of rental cars so I usually buy the insurance.
In South Dakota I put about 1300 miles on a 4wd Suburban on Forest
Service roads. (Every road on the Rapid City "green map")
They rented me a 4wd. Did they think I needed that to get from the
airport to Mt. Rushmore?

I did see a 4WD coming off the same road yesterday that I had so much
trouble on the day before yesterday. He was zipping right along, but
otoh I saw him driving on the end of the dirt road, and though dirt,
that part was flat and didn't give me trouble either, but I had to go
slow because I didn't know the road and didn't know what was coming
next. He was probably a local. No rental car company sticker on his
car.

They do rent 4WD's I think, but 98% of the time, I'm on nice paved roads
where a sedan is more comfortable. (The rental company's local
webpage ad shows people riding in a convertible, but it doesn't rent
convertibles here!!)

Way back in 1990, my friend took me for a drive and even though very
close to the city, she showed me a really scenic area with no
civilization showing in the valley below, and I wanted to see the area
and the view again. She doesn't remember what road it was, but I
remember some geographic landmarks. So the road two days ago had a
similar view, but her road was paved and Monday's road was not.

It came out on a paved road so i thought I'd found it. I went back
yesterday and drove as if I'd turned right when I got off the dirt road,
not left. The road was paved but only for a half mile (and a half mile
with no view of the valley). Then it was back to dirt again. So I
backed up, turned around, and did something else.