Some insurance policies will pay car rental if the other driver is uninsured.  You can ask your insurance agent.   If your insurance doesn’t pay for your car rental,   you can ask your insurance agent what you can do next.   He might have a good suggestion.   Beyond that,   I don’t know.   If you don’t trust your insurance agent completely,   look for discussion of it in your insurance policy.   Good luck.

Good luck! Isn’t insurance compulsory?Unbelievable! Poor you, your not having a good time at the moment.

(((Lightchick)))

Search for a legal aid or some other type of non-profit legal advice center, they often employ 2nd and 3rd year law students or attorneys who need to get their 50 hours of pro bono, so it’s cheap if not free to you. Since I’m in Pennsylvania, I don’t know all the procedural rules of Californina. You can sue for reimbursement of the costs, interest, time off work, ect. Try calling either your county clerk of courts, your county prothonotary or even the small claims court of your county. The numbers should be readibly available online or in a phone book. Normally these people are helpful and nice. Once you talk to them they will probably help you out. Filing a claim is relatively easy, but you have to be able to find the guy so that he can be served.

We got cleaned up by a big Ford Territory in ur little Holden Barina. The Territory was a tank! It had a slight dent in the number plate & our car was almost detroyed so I know how you feel. I cringe now every time one of the gas guzzlers come near me in my new car.

Oh yeah, forgot bout that…lol. We have the Explorer here though.

Yes, Fel and I are almost lawyers, though I think he has digested more law than me. (he likes to eat my books and notes) So the following is in no way legal advice. If you want legal advice you’d have to go to a California licensed attorney, but this is what you do:
Your night court (small claims) is probably held at the Superior Court of your county… I could be wrong, but that’s my best guess. If you call any of the courts they will tell you. Usually the people that answer the phones are very nice and helpful.
Go to the Clerk of that court. Once again if you call they will probably tell you. Small claims is very informal and the clerk should have a standard form for you to fill out. You will most certainly need the man’s address (The evil Exedition owner) so that the court may serve him. You will also have to pay a fee which shouldn’t be too expensive, but it is different everywhere. You need his address so that you can determine in which county he lives. If he lives in a different county from you, you might be better off filing your claim there (forum and jurisdiction issues). If he doesn’t live in your county, the fee might be a little higher because your county has to deputize his county so that they may serve him. Its obnoxious, but you’d be better off sueing in his county. After you fill out this form, you file it with the clerk, and he will give you a court date.
You need to prepare for this date, but it shouldn’t be too difficult. You need to get all evidence of the accident, copies of the citation and police report, copies of bills, etc. Basically everything attached with the accident and any costs related. You can sue for more than just the cost of the rental. Any deductible you had to pay your insurance company, if you missed any hours of work, the interest on the credit card you used for the rental. These are all real and measurable damages. He hasn’t paid a cent for destroying your car, and you shouldn’t be out a penny when it was totally his fault.
After your trial, the judge will give her decision, hopefully it will be in your favor, because you can’t appeal the decision against you. Anyway, hope this helps just a bit and good luck!

i would certainly give it a try. this guy needs to realize that he cannot be irresponsible and get away with it. even if the judge for some reason rules against you, at least he might think twice about being a moron again… what do you know about him? name? phone number? license or license plate number? anything?