Lucky420, thanks! Yes, that's my impression, too. Most people don't care about the (legally) aspect. Thing is, I don't really get how the American car insurance system works. Here, in Germany, it's simple: there's insurance for the damage to the car and insurance for people. You don't need insurance...

Thanks Odie, I tried the used rental approach (rentawreck) with the same limitiations, but thanks for that tip. Will check it out, if there are more companies renting out used cars. I'm also looking into the other approaches, of course, but we're three people flying into SFO on different times, so i...

Hi- this year will be my first Burning Man, that is if I make it there - as renting a car has proved to be much more difficult than I expected. Renting a car in the US is simple enough, but the standard TOS of about every car rental company states that insurance coverage is lost when the vehicle is ...