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Braden Bjella is a culture writer. His work can be found in Mixmag, Electronic Beats, Schon! magazine, and more.

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2 panel image. Woman, shocked, with caption that reads: "Turo has tried charging me $1,737 for damages I didn't do. Please boost this to raise awareness to not use Turo" on left. Turo app on phone screen on right.

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‘Damages I didn’t do’: Woman rents Toyota Prius for $218 on Turo. Then she sees $1,737 charge

2 image split. Woman with image of car being repossessed behind her and overlayed text that reads: "The car that I RENTED was REPOSSESSED" on left. Car being towed on right.

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‘I live in Atlanta. I’m in San Antonio’: Woman rents a Turo car in a new city. Then she watches it get repossessed while she’s at lunch

Ramon Ramirez is the managing editor, and formerly the Dot&#8217;s news director, entertainment editor, and evening editor. His work has appeared in the Washington Post, Grantland, Washington City Paper, Austin American-Statesman, and Austin Monitor.

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‘Instant Power’: Did the New Orleans attacker seek out this 2023 Ford F-150 Lightning from Turo? It can accelerate from 0 to 60 in 4 seconds

Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

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Woman Taking pictures of her Honda(l) Honda Dealer Sign(c) Woman showing off her Honda(r)

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‘Doesn’t seem cost effective’: Viewers divided after woman buys Honda CRV from Facebook Marketplace to rent on Turo

Brooke Sjoberg is a freelance writer for the Daily Dot. She graduated with her Bachelors in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin in 2020.

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Man says Turo customers crashed his car, then drove 200 miles away instead of dropping it off

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‘I had to use my tracker’: Man says Turo customers crashed his car, then drove 200 miles away instead of dropping it off

Rachel Kiley is a writer who sometimes writes things and sometimes is based in L.A., but is definitely always on Twitter @rachelkiley.

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Turo user says Tesla came back damaged after renting it out

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‘Don’t put a vehicle on Turo if you actually care about it’: Turo user says Tesla came back damaged after renting it out

man in car with captions "we rented the cheapest Turo in LA" (l) "every time we turned the steering wheel it honked and people would stare" (c) "also sometimes it just did it on its own" (r)

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‘Cheapest Turo in LA’: TikToker claims Turo car rental honked every time they turned the wheel

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