Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 08-30-19 07:48 <=-

Renting a sports car commands quite a premium... ;)

One time in the mid '90s I rented a car and the one I wanted wasn't available and Enterprise always bumps one up, not down.
The only car they available (in the size I wanted) at that time was
a little two-seater Japanese sports car. Forget what it was.
I don't care too much for cars like that since they are so difficult
for my long legs to get out of.
But it was a fun car to drive.

Cute. :)

Until the accident.
I was pulling out of a side road unto a highway.
In front of me was a van, who when the light changed instead of
going on through started backing up. I was laying on the horn and it
kept coming and up over the front my car until the axle hit the hood. (Had a sloping front end).
I had, as always, full coverage.
I called Enterprise to report it and asked about insurance and told
not to worry about it. And if it were still drivable then to just turn
it at the appointed time.
I drove around the rest of the day with one headlight hanging
literally by a wire. :)

And fortunately the van stopped before running over you.... Good thing
it was still driveable, too... :)

I am reminded of a comedy from the early '60s, forget the name, that involved a rental.
Took place in San Francisco on Lombard St, the famous twisting and
turning street.
Some bad guys were after the good guys in the rental and they kept
running into parked cars all down the street and at the end the rental
was a pile of scrap metal.
One guy said to the other he was sorry about the car with the guy
saying don't worry, it was a rental anyway. :)

[snicker]

ttyl neb

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