Recent Insurance Denial Claim due to "Mechanical Failure" specifically maintenance.

[Pauldunlop13]

Originally Posted by 993 911

The look of your tire is consistent with the tires being VERY hot at the time of damage, like track day hot. The color/wear is due to high heat bringing oils to the surface and the texture from the tire "dragging" across the ground, like from power sliding / drifting. Your renter was up to no good. Were you able to check the ECU for how the car was driven?

This sucks

But I am guessing the renter(s) pick this car so that they can do burnouts, sliding, drifting, not so they can drive it around like their own car

People abuse regular low powered rental cars, so I would expect the same behavior when they rent a 400hp car

[tom @ eas]

I've heard of shops now renting cars on Turo for wheel test fitments/photoshoots. Could possibly be what happened here and wheels were never torqued properly.

[PhatLyfe]

Originally Posted by 993 911

The look of your tire is consistent with the tires being VERY hot at the time of damage, like track day hot. The color/wear is due to high heat bringing oils to the surface and the texture from the tire "dragging" across the ground, like from power sliding / drifting. Your renter was up to no good. Were you able to check the ECU for how the car was driven?

+1, looks like the renter was possibly drifting in the street or closed road and hit a curb or a NJ size pothole to take off a rib of a forged wheel.

This is why I don't give out any of my car's or toys.. need a car, call Uber or Hertz..

Turo will not cover you or they have a very high deductible like Uber, 1K deductible for any accidents while driving

Good luck and let us know how it turned out..

[Darth One]

So an undertorqued wheel makes an ungodly clattering sound once the wheel gets loose enough from the hub. It sounds like your wheel is about to come off because....well, that's exactly what's happening.

Did your renter hear anything like that? I'm one of those idiots who has experience driving off without fully tightening his wheel, and you have plenty of time to realize something is wrong before disaster strikes. Assuming normal driving, of course.