Car Hire During Accident Repair

[Khandro]

I was run into by a tractor emerging from a field hitting me amidships and causing extensive damage. He was completely to blame for not stopping and looking.

His insurers accepted the costs which came to 7,000 Euros and the repairer arranged for a hire car for me for 5 days. The job is done and the car is as good as new, but yesterday I recieved a bill from Eurocars for 300 plus for the hire of the car.

Shouldn't his insurers pay for that as well ?

 

 

[davebro3]

yes

[DDIL]

I believe that you pay and claim it back.

[davebro3]

Someone rear ended me on the approach to a roundabout & contested the claim which included a couple of day's car hire. My insurer paid the full amount for the repair and the car hire initially but I took the at-fault driver to the small claims court (and won). His insurer repaid my insurer the full amount.

[Ellipsis]

> the repairer arranged for a hire car for me for 5 days

That suggests that they should be paying.

Ideally you wouldn't have to be stumping up €300+, even for a short time.

I would contact both the repairer and Eurocar and let them know that the bill needs to be sorted between themselves.

If that doesn't work, send the invoice to the insurance company, get the money from them, and then pay the money to Eurocar.

[DDIL]

But did the repairer do it with the insurance permission? 

[DDIL]

Another thought, does your insurance include a courtesy vehicle following an accident?

[Khandro]

Thanks for the replies. It's a holiday long weekend so I'll be doing as Ellipsis suggests at 10:25 next week. 

I was just wondering what was standard practice. I asked the repairer before work started what would I have to pay and he said 'nothing at all', so perhaps Eurocars sending me an invoice might be a office mistake. 

The hire-car by the way was not nice at all, a new Peugeot 205 automatic, (I'd specified an automatic) I was glad to get rid of it.

[davebro3]

not a 205 surely?

[Khandro]

^No, of course not, I had a 205 many years ago. It would have been the latest 20 something 🙂

[Hymie]

You must have signed something before the hire company allowed you to take their car – what did it say in relation to payment; I would have expected them to have wanted a credit-card against which to charge (that would have been a clue as to whom the hire company was expecting to pay).

[Khandro]

Hymie; I haven't given my credit card details to anyone at all during this transaction.

[Khandro]

We rang 'his' insurance company this morning and the Eurocars bill has been paid already by them. Thanks all.

But why they sent me a bill as well, I don't know. Perhaps an office mistake, but they could easily has been paid twice for the same rental.

[barry1010]

Glad it's sorted 

[gulliver1]

Hymie 19.56, For B/A.  Spot on as usual.

[davebro3]

gully's stuck for BA suggestions now his buddy nicebloke is off on his travels!🤣

[barry1010]

I think you have misread Khandro's last post, gulliver