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I can't understand why you would want your insurance involved at all. The other person's insurance is suppose to cover it. Your rates can be adversely effected by that.

 

No exactly that.

The internationnal license is a standardized translation of your current, and valid, driver's licence.

You don't need it to drive in other countries that have arangement with the US. It does not allow you to drive for a longer period of time.

It's just helpful for the Slovanian cop that stops you and needs your info. It can make the difference between a ticket now (which is usually paid in cash on the spot) or he can take you to the station for "questionning"...


Sorry for your incident men

 

I tried to go through their insurance for a full month without a response from either Fox rent-a-car or their insurance company. They kept saying "oh you want to talk to this person" and giving me the run-around. Finally I got fed up and involved my insurance company. My rates will not go up as the other driver was clearly at fault.

As for getting reimbursed, CA law states that you are allowed to rent a "comparable value car". The adjuster at my insurance company said that as long as I kept the rental car under $50/day, I should have no problem getting the $ back. I have to meet and drive around my vendors all the time for lunches and meetings so a $20/day focus was out of the question for me. I got the C230K for $42.99/day which was only $5 more than the Altima I had for the first 3 days.

 

Ok, first of all not all brits only know how to drive on the opposite side of the road. I have spent a considerable amount of time living in mainland Europe where they drive on the same side as you guys.

Now to the German Autobahn thing, it's only certain parts of the autobahn that are unlimited and where you can drive as fast as the car will allow you to. I also understand that Germany is trying to place a restriction on that by putting speed limits on all of the autobahns.

Good luck with the claim.

 

Are you kidding? You shouldn't pay for anything.
They should be paying you for rental, and covering ALL repair cost and or ANY medical cost you may have incurred.

If you have prob with the insurance company, I suggest hiring a lawyer.

 

I'm not paying for anything... in the end. I'm covering the rental car cost and deductible just for right now. Then when the final bill comes in, AAA gets to work and sends those bills to the rental car's insurance. When the reimbursement check comes in to them, AAA sends me the amount of the deductible and rental and keeps the difference that they ate from the body shop. This is the way it works when you go through your insurance usually, isn't it? This is my first accident so tell me if I'm getting screwed somehow.

 

In some European countries yes, but its a good idea to get an international driver's licence..... 25$ CND at the CAA (Canadian equivalent to the AAA I believe)

 

can u calm ur tails lights too?? i'll buy those stock ones off of you!!! PM me!!!

 

lol. i don't think there was any light damage. if they end up replacing those, i'll try to get the old ones back and shoot you a PM.

 

I'm surprised some of you arent that clear on subrogation. It's not your first choice when youre not a fault, but I've never had it raise my rates. Its no different that having your insurance company represent you in court. They will front the money and they go after the money for you.

 

If the damage went all the way to the passenger door, you've got unibody damage. That means a huge drop in value!!!
And...at $9000 damage, you might want to check with your state DMV as to a disclosure when you go to sell it (someday). They may require a 25% disclosure to be attached to the title.