Car sharing (shariot) damage quote 10x, what should I do?
I accidentally pump diesel (5LTR- my bad I knowww) instead of petrol on my car rental. I was rushing to return back the car and did not notice until the cashier inform me at shell station.
I did not start the car after pumping in the diesel and immediately called shariot. They took the car and quoted 1300 for a clean and flash of petrol tank as well as replacement of fuel filter and pump for $300. (Note: didn’t start car, so not required)
Overall they also quote 3 day loss of use: 450. Tow is 120 Total 2.3k damage But when I check outside workshop, they quote as below:
Fuel clean and flush: 150
Tow: 60
Ready in 1 day How can I dispute and ask shariot to understand the exorbitant cost and have any one got into this issue?? Any advise please:(
Netizens’ comments
- In my 20 years of driving, I’ve only heard of people accidentally pumping petrol into diesel vehicles. You should have extended the rental and sorted it out yourself instead of informing them. I doubt there’s anything you can do other than pay the cost.
- How the hell? I thought diesel nozzles were larger than the petrol ones and wouldn’t fit nicely into petrol cars. How’d you manage to do that?
Either way, just pay the fine. If you want to dispute, it’ll be a civil case and you’re gonna pay more for a lawyer. - Sad to inform you that a big part of revenue for these car sharing companies comes from such accidents. They hope their users gets into accidents so that they can hand out ridiculous charges. Nothing much you can do since you already accepted tnc before usage.
- I’m surprised you never pump Slurpee into the tank lol