Total loss. RIP Dodge Neon

[gridlockjoe]

Well, Travelers officially declared the Neon a total loss today. Some additional damage was found, and that pushed the damage total over their magical threshold.

I will be getting more than I owe on it, thank goodness, so I will have some money to put down on the next car.

I have use of the rental car through Monday, but there is a complication (isn't there always?): I rented the car in Dallas, and I (and probably my new car) am in Houston.

So, I must check with Enterprise to confirm that they will let me drop the rental car off here. if so, no problem; I purchase the new car, get all the documentation set, then call Enterprise, drop the car, and get them to drop me back at the dealer.

If I can't drop the rental in Houston, I will have to juggle this weekend: buy the new car, drive the rental back home, get someone to take me back to the dealer to get the new car; then drive the rental back to Dallas on Saturday, and then somehow get back to Houston. Probably will get Mom to drive me down; I hate to subject her to all that driving, but we shall see what transpires.

Comments

[mav-fan.livejournal.com]

I sincerely hope you don't have to make an unnecessary Houston-Dallas trip, that would NOT be fun. Good luck on the car shopping!

[gridlockjoe.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I don't mind the long drive, but I'd rather not have to have my mom make the Dallas-Houston-Dallas trip in one weekend.

[mav-fan.livejournal.com]

True, it would be best if the mom didn't have to be too inconvenienced. I really miss the Texan attitude toward driving here in Washington. My in-laws all live about 130 miles away, in the Seattle-Tacoma area, but you would think it's a ridiculous distance for them to have to drive to come visit us, with the way they whine about it. Of course, they expect us to make the same drive without complaining!