Rental cars are cool when you’re on vacation but they suck big time as loaners while your main wheels have to be repaired.
If you recall, our Honda Fit was smacked by an unobservant SUV driver. Allstate dragged its collective ass on getting the claim processed, their commercials I’ve seen only raise my ire, more than Capitol One’s fraudulent claims; what’s in your walled? With all the identity thefts they’re involved with, I’d say, “not a valid photo ID!”
The good news was seeing the nice people at Masters again. They took care of the scratches last year when some dude’s red truck got whipped into the Honda. Gotta’ love the windy season! When we picked up our car this morning, it was fantastic looking, uber-clean and had the “new car” smell! Yes, I know, you can buy the scent in an aerosol can, they don’t make flatuscents…yet.
Meanwhile, the loaner we had for almost a week from Enterprise did Toyota no favors. Normally I look forward to their models. The Corolla was a disappointment. It handled and guzzled gas as if it were built by GM. Memories of the Alero readily came to mind. Then the coup de grace happened last week. After we parked it at work, I found a partially eaten cookie in the passenger-side compartment. Ugh! We’ll still stick with Enterprise in Las Vegas and at home, they’re up the street. We’ll remember to set our expectations differently. Sexy cars are in Vegas, near the airport. Mediocre, mules are in the ‘burbs.