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This morning I dropped off my car for repairs (State Farm finally got the other driver to confirm the details, so it's on her policy and I don't have to pay).

Before that, however, I rented a car that wasn't there -- they were all out of everything, apparently. They gave me a ride to work and said they'd bring a car to the office.

They did, but it's a Mitsubishi Lancer and it's not going to be comfortable to drive. I have to lean the seat back *and* crane my neck forward in order to see something other than the ceiling. I asked if I could pay the difference on some other car. Sure, they said, we'll call you as soon as we can get another car.

I dunno why a car rental place has no cars in the middle of the week (they said they were surprised by a rush last night), but this is annoying. At least I *can* drive it. I'm just hoping to be rid of it soon. If my car isn't fixed by the weekend, I'll have to drive this piece of shit all over the state -- assuming I've got enough miles. (I should have, but I want to be careful about that.)

Hey! I didn't expect that!

So I called State Farm and said I needed them to authorize a full-size car instead of a standard (it's only a few dollars a day more). I explained to them that the car I had been given was way too small -- that I'm 6'4" and that's why I drive the Taurus that was damaged by their customer. I said I couldn't even see the road unless I craned my neck way forward.

And after a brief call to my garage to make sure they were doing the repairs, they put it into the rental company's computer. I called them up and they said "Yup, we can do that. As soon as we get one in, we'll call you."

So now I'm not driving the car that wasn't there, even though it's now here, and I'll be driving the car that still isn't there.

I dunno, I'll probably drive the Lancer to pick up some lunch (I have GOT to go shopping and do some cooking tonight!) and back to the rental shop -- but I'm glad I won't have to do much more with it.

The bigger car is a tighter fit

Well, I tried swapping the Lancer for a Galant, but with no luck. I couldn't get my legs under the wheel. Which is odd, because everything else about it seemed pretty big...

Oh well. They'll try again tomorrow with something else.