Let's see here:  someone else caused your car to be out of commission,
and you didn't make that person pay for your rental?

Sure, you subrogated the collision claim to your insurance company (not
necessarily the right thing to do).  But that doesn't mean you can't go
after the other guy separately for a rental, does it?

I, in an 04 Ody, tboned a car that ran a red light going 45.  The officer
and I both thought the van was totalled.  But no, in my case the engine and
tranny were untouched but the entire front end was a gone.  They did have to
drop the engine and tranny to rebuild the front support.

I have Farmers and had the work done at an Farmers approved Acura
dealership.  I have had no major problems with the workmanship and the
dealership fully backed all their work for one year.  My biggest complaint
was that my agent did nothing to help speed up the process.  We were without
a van for a full month and didn't have rental on the policy.  That sucks.

I would say that the shop is incompetent or the replacement engine was junk.
Hopefully your insurance will help out.

Scott

I rear-ended a very nice lady in an old Ford Bronco and about 25 MPH.
The front end of the minivan looked totalled, but my insurance
appraiser said that it was a very straight-forward procedure to replace
the existing enine with another from a different Odyssey. He told my
wife that we would "never know we were in an accident". Since then (9
months) we have had to have the van back into the shop 3 times because
the serpentine belt keeps coming off. There is a bolt near the
alternator that mounts to the engine block and the bolt has broken
twice now. And, the last time, our trans fluid was completely gone and
we had a leaky shift shaft seal. I can clearly see that the belt
*wheels* are not aligned and that this is why the serpentine belt keeps
shredding.

Anyway, I think the insurance appraiser messed up and missed that the
frame was bent in the original accident. But, I am not sure that I can
prove this. I am wondering if anyone has had thier engine completely
replaced and whether or not they are having similar problems. Also, any
general advice would be much appreciated. Thanks!!!!