I think he has the bitcoin; he doesn't want to change to USD for the purchase of a car, which makes no sense since you have to report it anyway unless you live what in Montana? It got me thinking though, what would it take for someone to rent out a Cali sitting around? I would probably ask for no less than $50K plus a damage compensation agreement for the 3-month bender you know it'll suffer. What 3K mile allowance? Even then, probably the only viable reason some were to do it was already planning to unload it soon (sorry to next owner that buys the three-month party car.)
I would also check if my auto insurance covered damages while as a rental. Even if it did, which i doubt, I would add on potential deductibles and diminished value to the security deposit. Otherwise you're also going to have to add on the cost for getting insurance converage as a rental business. I would also have a lawyer draft a rental agreement that covers all contingencies, incorporate a mileage limit, specify acceptable manners of use, and require a credit check and personal identifying info of the renter. The overhead required to do a one off rental deal safely just seems so high that it would be impractical for most owners and ultimately too costly for the renter. The renter would pay less to buy the car and then sell it at the end of the summer.
Wow, just joined Saturday and is entirely LEGIT and on the up and up. I'd feel secure in renting you my LaFerrari if I had one.
I know this is ridiculous but you never can tell. A few years ago a friend of mine asked if I would rent him one of my cars while his was in the shop being repaired from his latest drag racing damage. My only response was are you serious?
a while back when I worked at a multi-brand Ferrari store, we once let a customer 'demo' an Aston for a week while his spider was getting a major service - never really done that before, but he recently bought a car from us, a bunch of parts, was getting the major done, and had expressed interest several times previously - so thought we could trust him and it might lead to a sale. our reward? completely fried the clutch hooning around the state and left it abandoned about 100 miles away and didn't bother to mention it until we pressed after he delayed picking up his car a couple times. We'd also have people time their services with road trips, so they could keep the miles off their Porsches and Maseratis - get your car serviced, take our's and put a thousand miles on it. I have a friend now who runs a luxury store and he says it's not unusual for someone to book book a 3pm oil change on a Friday or Saturday, take a loaner, make a fake excuse when they call for pickup, and return it the next Monday with 600 miles on it after taking it to the beach. They think they're so smart, but I think it makes them something else. Different situations here obviously, but I think moral of the story is that nobody will treat your property as well as you. Unless you maybe have a $25k hold on their credit card and an air-tight contract. I worked at an exotic rental car place in Beverly Hills briefly too, and that seemed to do the trick.
When I was younger and broke, I couldn't make my truck payment, so I "sold" my truck to a guy, wrote up a contract and everything where he'd make my monthly payment etc. etc. He wasn't supposed to leave New England. He made two months of payment, then, silence for a few months. I was full on panic mode lol. Finally he picked up and said, I drove down to Florida for work....So, on the hope he wasn't lying, I FLEW to Florida, one way, with my brother and best friend to "repossess" my own truck. I've never been that nervous as the taxi ride from the airport to the apartment complex he claimed the truck was parked at, keys under the mat....Low and behold, it was there! Drove it home in one shot that night into the am 21 hours. Never, ever again (such sketchy stuff, but, desperate times lol)
My father and I have owned airplanes separately and together. Some on lease back to charter operations and flight schools. My old man had one on lease back with an air ambulance operation that quit paying but kept flying it. Not a small rig either it was a Cheyenne II XL The guy would block flight tracking on Flightaware and literally VFR the plane to some small strip after a trip to hide it. One of our flight instructors friends got wind of where the plane was being hidden (small world). My 65 year old dad and this flight instructor drove up to the airport at 4 am one day and stole my old mans plane back. Crazy **** out there man.....
Funny to hear Paul Chua called a troll when he might be the most well mannered and reasonable person on F-Chat. This thread is phenomenal.
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