[jcp123]

Originally Posted by Xist

I think so. I only remember renting three times and once they gave me a Mercedes.

There were a couple of times that I had tire damage on rentals in the United States and it was included in the rental, but a tire blew on that Mercedes, I put on the spare, and after I left the Army and returned to Arizona, Sixt started sending me bills for hundreds of euros.

Is anyone going to argue that I should have paid that?

If it was in Germany, it's par for the course. TÜV wheel regulations are super strict there, a price you (literally) pay for having de-restricted Autobahn. As far as I know, of that wheel got damaged in any way, it cannot be repaired, and must be replaced with a TÜV approved wheel.