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9. My car rental story.... Plymouth. So we reserve a cheap, auto trans from Avis, and book the flight.

I can't drive a right side driving car because I am blind in my left eye and can't see out of the rear view mirror. So Joyce is the driver. But she has arthritis so that's why we need the auto trans.

We get out of the parking lot with the cheap car and the brakes aren't working. Now it's one thing when your car won't start. Its another think when your car won't stop... SO... back to the rental lot.

"Sorry. No more cheap auto cars. The next auto car we have is bigger -- 12 pounds more per day."

Me: "Well, here's how it works. I have a document that I reserved the car in Newark, N.J. In N.J., we have a thing called Small Claims court. So's I take the big car and pay the difference and then I sue Avis in Newark for the difference for contract violation."

Clerk: "Right." as she toddles off to the back office. (I love the British, "Right." )

She comes back with the keys to the higher priced car, at the lower charge rate.

The bigger car was more difficult for Joyce to drive in the narrow English roads, but it worked out.