Be a post whore!

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Our parked car got hit, and it's been a similar experience for us. The other driver had Geico, and even though I had my doubts at first as it took ten minutes of pressing keys getting through automated phone menus and waiting on hold, they have been really responsive. We dropped the car off at the repair place, and have been driving around in their free rental for about a week. It's taking them a while to get the parts they need to fix our old car. Minor damage, but '96 Geo Prizm light fixtures must not grow on trees any more.

The rental car is a trip though. Everything is automatic. I don't even know how to turn on the headlights. They just do it themselves. Sirius radio, so the radio is playing Grateful Dead every time we get into the car, which is cool. Nice leather seats, and big. Too big to be honest. And the visibility is terrible. Modern car designs may look cool, but the visibility was better in cars a decade or two ago. This car actually comes with a back-up camera as an option. For a car. There's obviously a problem there if that's offered as an option. It's a Ford Fusion.