Tourists write-off uninsured rental BMW 4WD in river crossing gone horribly wrong in Iceland

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• thantik@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  If it’s a rental, it’s insured by somebody. At the very least the rental agent has it insured on their end.

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  • Successful_Try543@feddit.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    AfaIk, when you rent a car in Iceland, you are told on which kinds of road you are allowed to drive, i.e. where driving the car is covered by the insurance and where it is not.

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    • Devi@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You are, there's a street sign code for different types of roads, some are more road and some are a bit more off-road like

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  • 1100101000110@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I rented a car once in iceland and the insurance excluded damage done by water. Seems intentional for this scenario.

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  • Fal@yiffit.net ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The big rental companies self-insure

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• timduncant@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This is not a starter car , it’s a finisher’s car!

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  • Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Do we really need to bring mindlessly parroting catchphrases over to here? Say something worthwhile.

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    • avater@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      buuh

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  • PP_BOY_@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Its… it’s a BMW…

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• PP_BOY_@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s always been interesting to me how what we (in America) call AWD is called 4WD in Europe

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  • Ottomateeverything@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s not. They mean different things, and the terms are not really all that standard since there are many different types and everyone does things a bit differently.

    In general, AWD is generally always on, 4WD often has other modes too (like 4 low, etc)… But the mechanics of how they’re setup and how they actually go about distributing power are very different and complicated whereas even when running, they aren’t really doing the same thing.

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    • niktemadur@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I thought 4WD meant that you drive with either two wheels or four doing the traction, and it’s a setting you turn on and off manually, while AWD turns each of the four wheels independently, which also allows for just one or three wheels turning, and it’s an automatic process.

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  • TheMightyCanuck@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Not sure if it’s the same but… AWD is a system that’s always running where as 4WD is a setting you can change to. They aren’t the same thing

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    • Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      No, it isn’t. The Toyota Land Cruiser and Land Rover Defender series of vehicles are permanent four wheel drive, and are advertised as four wheel drive.

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    • PP_BOY_@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I know they’re not the same thing. But (from my limited experience with European car discussion), 4WD is used to refer to both AWD And what we’d call in America as “real” 4WD. Watch any old Top Gear episode with a Subaru to see what I mean. Or, just watch the video. The BMW X-series is marketed as AWD in the US, but the OP title and YouTube video both call it 4WD.

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    • Bonehead@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Not quite. AWD has a transfer case with an open differential, so that the back wheel and the front wheels can turn a different speeds. Some vehicles can actually switch between RWD and AWD.

      4x4 has a transfer case with a locked differential, so that you get more traction. But this should only be used on loose surfaces because on solid roads you can damage the transfer case leaving it in 4x4. Some vehicles have a "part-time" 4x4 that switches the transfer case to unlock the differential, giving you AWD that won't damage the transfer case.

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