XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: am@yellowjersey.org   
      
   On 1/22/2024 8:54 PM, micky wrote:   
   > Most roads in Guatemala that I drive on are pretty nice.  Even in rural   
   > areas, they are 2 wide lanes, one each way, often with a  yellow strip   
   > in the middle and white edge.   A couple short areas, 2 or 3 miles,   
   > probably ones that had accidents, actually had yellow and even maybe   
   > white reflectors nailed to the road. A good thing because once I had to   
   > do 12 miles at night, on curves, with fog.   
   >   
   > But some are dirt or gravel and my car is very dirty.   
   >   
   > Do I wash the car so they will think I never took it on any gravel roads   
   > and I took great care of it, and the dirt will hide any scratches I may   
   > have made**.   
   >   
   > OR DO THEY WASH THE CAR AFTER I LEAVE AND LOOK FOR SCRATCHES AND OTHER   
   > DAMAGES THEN, WHEN I'M NOT THERE TO REMIND THEM THAT THE DAMAGE IS   
   > ALREADY ON THE CAR MAP THEY MADE AND GAVE ME WHEN i RENTED IT. That   
   > seems like something they woudl do.   Hertz Guatemala but I'm sure   
   > thy're all the same.   
   >   
   > Until yesterday I think there was no damage at all, but turning left in   
   > a lane just for that purpose, I heard this terrible noise.   When I   
   > could stop, I saw that I had scratched the left rear wheel cover.   A   
   > plastic OEM Toyota one.  But plastic.  Are they going to make me buy a   
   > whole new one?   they would cost what, $15, if they didn't say Toyota.   
   >   
   > I drove 10 miles on a gravel road today and I'm sure the wheel cover is   
   > dusty again.   
   >   
   > What to do?   
   >   
   > **They told me the insurance (twice the price of the rental itself)   
   > coves accidents, but I have to pay for scatches myself.  I don't think   
   > I've gotten any but there are 3 days left.   
      
      
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