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| Friday, September 17th, 2004 |
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Okay, the Jeep's finally in the shop. We had to wait two weeks to get a schedule with the auto body repair place and will need to wait another two weeks to get our wheels back. Meanwhile, we're driving around in a rental. Nice thing about this insurance deals, you get a rental car for the duration of your vehicle's repair. It's not all free because you usually pay 20% of the rental cost, but that's still better than paying for all of it. At first we were given a Chrysler Pacifica. Lovely van with leather seats and lots of bells and whistles. But my driver didn't like the fact that the windows were too small -- he felt claustrophobic so he took it back. They gave him another vehicle -- a Dodge Ram 1500 pickup truck. That one he liked. Thing about the Ram 1500 is it's built for huge creatures. I'm a petite, so you can imagine me scrambling to climb up onto the seat. And while seated, everything's just a little out of my reach -- the air vent, the handle bar, the radio. So, there's also a lot of leg room (I can curl up under the dashboard to take a nap!). But it's a great vehicle -- it's tall (you can look down at everyone else on the road) -- and for a macho truck, it keeps the noise out real well! But, it's also hard to park -- that bed is just humungous-- can't imagine what they benchmarked it for. Rentals are always an experience. |
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