So my luck with rental cars while traveling for business continues. For those that don't know when I used to travel to Philly every week for work I would have to rent a car, and during that time I came close to totaling one of my rental cars. Let me tell you, you think dealing with a rental agency is bad when you have to just rent a car, try wrecking one and telling them you don't have insurance with their company but are covered by your company. Another side note here, most company policies DO NOT cover loss of rental income for the rental company if you wreck one of their cars (ie the income they lose while the car is being fixed). I was told of course after the fact that the simple $5 per day coverage would have negated the $1k bill my company got for loss of rental income. So next time you rent a car it might be wise to ask about simple loss of income coverate for a rental car, in my opinion worth the $5 per day.
I was at the foundry this week for work finishing up some things before I head back to the states next Wednesday and I have been noticing that one of the tires on my car has been low on air. I stopped to get gas, had the car washed real fast (free with gas) and then put air in my tires. As I am heading back to Campinas (where I live) I went through the toll and as I am shifting into fifth bear, BOOM, hubcap goes flying off the tire out in front of the car, I hit the hubcap in mid air on the left side of my car and then of course the car is lobsided as my front passenger tire has gone flat. Only by God's grace was a Sao Paulo roadside assistance guy driving behind me and saw this awesome spectacle and pulled over to assist me in changing the tire. Thank God I had a full size spare in the trunk as well so I was able to drive normal speed to make it home. I am currently having the spare tire fixed as I am supposed to travel out of town this weekend to the mountains so hoping that it will be fixed in time.
On top of all of this, I got home last night to check emails, FB, etc before going for a run and my computer wouldn't load my profile and connect to my network for work. AWESOME! Let's just say yesterday was an extremely long and I am ready for the weekend. The office is supposed to close at 10 am today for the Brazil match at 11 am but I am going to be here all day before heading out for the weekend.
Bom fim de semana.
Adam
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