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Check Craigslist. There are some 19" Model S Slipstream wheels on there.
You can find them on ebay. I recently bought a reconditioned one from ebay to keep a spare full size tire for out Model S's (both of which have 19" tires), since the supply chain problems nowadays mean if you get a flat which cannot be fixed, you're looking at a week or more wait time for a new tire. Having a spare full size tire makes a tire problem so much easier (you just put on a the spare and drive on it for a week or a month, however long it takes to get a replacement tire(s) ).
If you are lucky. Most insurances max out after a month of a cheap ICE rental (~$1,000). You might have to sue to cover the rest.
It does seem like the insurance company should cover all the damages of my loss, including the loss of use. Why would I have to sue them to get them to compensate me for my loss? It seems arbitrary to say we will cover some of your loss of use, but not all of it. I'm not saying you're wrong, in fact I kind of expected to hear that, but I wonder what the case law says about this? I wasn't even present when my car was hit so there it's clear who is at fault.
I haven't had to do that for years.This only applies if you're at fault. In this case, it's the other party's insurance, and if it takes 6 months to repair it, it takes 6 months. That's what liability insurance is. Of course, they could just total the car too.
This car can be repaired. Any "replacement" just because you don't want to drive some rental will be out of pocket. You seriously would rather be thousands out of pocket than stare at a dent for a few months?
When I had a wreck with my first Model S, I had to wait 3 months before they decided to total it. In this time, I had $2500-3000 in rental car expenses. My insurance only covered up to $1500, so I had to pay for the rest out of pocket. During this period, someone hit my rental car when it was parked on the street (and ran!). So I had to pay for that too.
When our 1 year old Model S was hit (and eventually totaled) it was clearly the other driver's fault. Dashcam footage made it a slam dunk as far as fault assignment, plus the other driver left the scene of the accident too. The police (and insurance company) never found the driver who caused the accident (they knew who she was as the car was registered to her and we had her on dashcam video, but could not physically locate her, with some additional complications because she was a native American possibly living on the federal land). The "uninsured motorist insurance" covered our loss, but our rental coverage ran out ~$1,000. I asked why, and was told that is all most car insurances cover. I asked how much to add additional coverage for any future incidents and was told it's simply not offered. Then I asked what if they did find the other driver, and was told that even if they had insurance, they would probably also have the same rental limit, so if I wanted more I would have to sue the other driver and if I win it would come out of their personal liability insurance (or in this case, since the other driver didn't have one, I would have to try to collect through other means which would likely be a futile effort and a waste of money as all she had to her name was that truck which she totaled our Model S with, for which she didn't even have valid tags or insurance).
This is just all bad advice coming from the enemy (yes, when dealing with your insurance company on an uninsured claim, they are the enemy)
My insurance was kinda right, the liability insurance of the person at fault would have to pay for the extended rental. In my case the insurance company nor the police could find them, so it fell onto my "uninsured motorist" insurance to cover the loss. That insurance unfortunately did not cover extended rentals, so I would have to sue the person nobody could find (and no, I was not about hire some bodyguards to sweep through native-American reservations to find her). On the other hand. once the only Tesla qualified tech in the area finally declared my car totaled, I was able to quickly negotiate a good payout for my totaled Model S and order a new one. I essentially got a a new Model S for just a little more money after the tax incentives, so ended up with a 1 year newer car for my troubles, so happy with the insurance company overall (with whom I've been for over two decades now). My only complaint was having to wait so long for the repair estimate due to lack of Tesla qualified techs. I heard a couple of months later the waiting list for an estimate grew to 5+ months (we got it in 3 or 4 weeks IIRC).This is just all bad advice coming from the enemy (yes, when dealing with your insurance company on an uninsured claim, they are the enemy)
If you are at fault for an accident, and if your coverage for rental cars came from the "rental reimbursement" portion of your policy, then the state would require you to carry this coverage. But it does not. Because that only comes into play when it's your insurance paying. If you are liable, ALL of your coverage comes from your liability insurance. That's literally why it's called that.
The $1K coverage limit may be true with your insurer, but others offer more. Here's literally the first one I found, with PEMCO offering up to $2100:
How are parts shortages slowing car repair?
Parts shortages have slowed car repairs, meaning you may need to rent a car longer than you’d expect. How rental reimbursement coverage can help.pemco.com
Also, this:
I have a fascinating story about this kind of coverage from my insurance years ago. When I was in college, my little Geo Metro got demolished by a Chevy Blazer as a hit-and-run. All of the witnesses came over to me, since it seemed like the guy in the tiny car would more likely be injured. No one went over to the Blazer, so the person realized no one was looking and took off...jerk.
It's damage done to your car that appears to have been done by a vehicle, but that vehicle was never seen at all by any known witness.
