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AmberDog
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What is the name of your state? CA
Car was rented in NE.
Accident occurred on MO.
I have a CA permit but not a license. In Nebraska, my boyfriend rented a car and got basic insurance. I drove it for part of the way in MO and IA, although I was not on the rental agreement. In MO, there is a stretch of road on the State 65 with a 5-6 inch dropoff from the road to the gravel shoulder. When I was driving, I went on the shoulder slightly and then lost control because of the dropoff. I crashed into some trees and the car was wrecked. (According to the ambulance crew, five people had similar accidents in the past month, in the same spot.)
I am willing to pay the cost of the car, but I'm a college student and it would have to be month-by-month instead of the full $12,000 they're asking. The propietors of this franchise are unhappy with this, and have suggested taking me or my boyfriend to court--not for the cost of the car, but for all the lost rental income as well. In other words, all the money they "could be making" with that car, until I come up with $12K to replace it. My yearly income is maybe $3K, and my boyfriend's only a little more.
So my questions are:
1. How do we set up a legally binding payment plan, so the rental people will at least have proof that we accept the validity of this debt?
2. Can they take me to court for more than the cost of the car?
3. They said it might be considered a stolen vehicle because I wasn't on the rental agreement and had no license, and that they could also sue me that way. But I didn't *steal* the car; my boyfrind let me drive it. (I already paid my ticket that I got for driving without a license.) Could the car be considered "stolen" in court?
Car was rented in NE.
Accident occurred on MO.
I have a CA permit but not a license. In Nebraska, my boyfriend rented a car and got basic insurance. I drove it for part of the way in MO and IA, although I was not on the rental agreement. In MO, there is a stretch of road on the State 65 with a 5-6 inch dropoff from the road to the gravel shoulder. When I was driving, I went on the shoulder slightly and then lost control because of the dropoff. I crashed into some trees and the car was wrecked. (According to the ambulance crew, five people had similar accidents in the past month, in the same spot.)
I am willing to pay the cost of the car, but I'm a college student and it would have to be month-by-month instead of the full $12,000 they're asking. The propietors of this franchise are unhappy with this, and have suggested taking me or my boyfriend to court--not for the cost of the car, but for all the lost rental income as well. In other words, all the money they "could be making" with that car, until I come up with $12K to replace it. My yearly income is maybe $3K, and my boyfriend's only a little more.
So my questions are:
1. How do we set up a legally binding payment plan, so the rental people will at least have proof that we accept the validity of this debt?
2. Can they take me to court for more than the cost of the car?
3. They said it might be considered a stolen vehicle because I wasn't on the rental agreement and had no license, and that they could also sue me that way. But I didn't *steal* the car; my boyfrind let me drive it. (I already paid my ticket that I got for driving without a license.) Could the car be considered "stolen" in court?