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Adventures in the Rain
May. 20th, 2008 07:01 pmDropping off the car at Hunt's went smoothly enough, except for when he asked me if I was getting a rental (yes) and offered to call Enterprise to come pick me up. Which, well, quite frankly, would be a waste of gas, given that it's only, like, one strip mall over. But seriously. He was all, "Are you sure?" about it, and I'm like, "I walk further from the parking garage to my job."
That settled, I walked on over, to find that they did not have Intermediate or smaller cars that the insurance co. would be willing to pay for. Apparently you're supposed to call for a reservation in advance, but I could get a larger car if I were willing to pay the difference. And um, yeah, even if it were free, I would not drive an SUV on principle. So they can get a small car in for the afternoon (2pm). And it seems like bad business practice to not have spare cars, but whatever.
At this point I'm in the middle of Fairless Hills with no car, essentially, so I call PUs and get the answering machine and leave a message (Dad was on a conference call), and I started sorta wandering around to see where I could walk to. Turns out not much, due to the "No Pedestrians" sign. But during this time, I notice an Avis across the road. So, it turns out to have been good dad was unable to answer, cause I wound up trying there and the lady was both nicer and more competent (she called the insurance company, and like, knew what she was doing and such, which Enterprise lady... not so much), and they had 2 compact cars available, do I want a Kia Spectra or a Ford Fusion, oh take the Kia because the Ford's in bad shape.
And of course, in the midst of all this, I had emailed BMR yesterday to say I'd be late, and then when I thought I couldn't get a car 'til 2pm, called to say I couldn't come at all, and then called again to say I would be coming in after all.
So I've got myself a shiny-ass sparkly blue car that is also quite new and modern, and just as an example, let's compare and contrast the windshield wipers.
My car has two speeds: fast and superfast. This car additionally has an intermittent option, and within this option, adjustably levels of intermittencey. And this is in addition to all the automatic locks and windows that frighten me cause I'm worried about accidentally leaving it unlocked or something.
I'm also pissing off my fellow motorists even more than usual by being extra careful cause I'm nervous about it being all shiny and new and not mine.
But it's blue! And I am overly excited about that!
That settled, I walked on over, to find that they did not have Intermediate or smaller cars that the insurance co. would be willing to pay for. Apparently you're supposed to call for a reservation in advance, but I could get a larger car if I were willing to pay the difference. And um, yeah, even if it were free, I would not drive an SUV on principle. So they can get a small car in for the afternoon (2pm). And it seems like bad business practice to not have spare cars, but whatever.
At this point I'm in the middle of Fairless Hills with no car, essentially, so I call PUs and get the answering machine and leave a message (Dad was on a conference call), and I started sorta wandering around to see where I could walk to. Turns out not much, due to the "No Pedestrians" sign. But during this time, I notice an Avis across the road. So, it turns out to have been good dad was unable to answer, cause I wound up trying there and the lady was both nicer and more competent (she called the insurance company, and like, knew what she was doing and such, which Enterprise lady... not so much), and they had 2 compact cars available, do I want a Kia Spectra or a Ford Fusion, oh take the Kia because the Ford's in bad shape.
And of course, in the midst of all this, I had emailed BMR yesterday to say I'd be late, and then when I thought I couldn't get a car 'til 2pm, called to say I couldn't come at all, and then called again to say I would be coming in after all.
So I've got myself a shiny-ass sparkly blue car that is also quite new and modern, and just as an example, let's compare and contrast the windshield wipers.
My car has two speeds: fast and superfast. This car additionally has an intermittent option, and within this option, adjustably levels of intermittencey. And this is in addition to all the automatic locks and windows that frighten me cause I'm worried about accidentally leaving it unlocked or something.
I'm also pissing off my fellow motorists even more than usual by being extra careful cause I'm nervous about it being all shiny and new and not mine.
But it's blue! And I am overly excited about that!
