Cozumel car rental

"Mark Lindsey" <mslf500@hotmail<dot>com> wrote:

>Speed bump? Doesn't the word "TOPAS" mean speed up?
>

Do you mean "topes"

Ron Lee

"Mark Lindsey com>" <mslf500@hotmail<dot> wrote in message
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> I always rent a "beater" from JE Rentacar across from Plaza las Glorias.
> It's sometimes an adventure as you never know how well the car is going to
> run or what is going to break! They are pretty nice and let me swap cars
> daily to suite my mood or something I don't like about the car.
>
> Some sort of open body on a VW bug chassis is the best. We were there in
> October and it was about $38 US/day including insurance with a 4 day
rental.
> Insurance is about $5-8 US/day. A tank should last you 4-5 days or
serious
> driving.
>
> Funny story.....I had the brakes fail once in Cozumel. The brake master
> cylinder completely failed heading south to Paradise. There wasn't even
any
> brake to pump at that point. I'm screaming to my passengers, "No brakes!
> No brakes! Hold on", as we head into an intersection at 40 mph. I reach
> down to grab the parking brake and grab the first lever my hand hits. It
> was the heater knob next to the parking brake. It was now in my hand and
I
> was almost in the rear of some stopped cars. My passengers are laughing
> hysterically at me thinking I'm pulling one of my car racing
stories/jokes
> ( I race in the SCCA.) until I swerve into oncoming traffic, enact a
perfect
> Mario Andretti move, and then drop the clutch in first gear. We slowed
to
> a stop and my guests checked their shorts. Needless to say, we "idled" to
> the next beach, ordered a beer and had a new car to be brought to us.
> Cozumel-you gotta love it!
>
>
>
>
> "Randy Buckner" <Randybuckner@att.net> wrote in message
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> >
> > "HW "Skip" Weldon" <skip5700removethis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:46l3tvcd2601d4ag78nfgblgpchp8uju2m@4ax.com...
> > > Understand best place to rent is airport, and best deal is weekly. We
> > > want basic transportation from resort to town and on other main roads
> > > - nothing trendy or cute. Any suggestions on which outfit to rent
> > > from?
> > >
> > > -HW "Skip" Weldon
> > > Columbia, SC
> >
> > Skip, I've been to Cozumel several times and rented a car only once. It
> > ended up being a whole lot more hassle than taking a taxi, FWIW.
> >
> > Buck
> >
> >
I forgot who we rented from, but come nightfall we were driving and I had no
headlights when I turned them on. I had no one to blame but myself, because
I should have checked the car out before driving off. Lesson learned.

Buck

>>Funny story.....I had the brakes fail once in Cozumel. The brake master
>>cylinder completely failed heading south to Paradise. There wasn't even
>
> any
>
>>brake to pump at that point. I'm screaming to my passengers, "No brakes!
>>No brakes! Hold on", as we head into an intersection at 40 mph. I reach
>>down to grab the parking brake and grab the first lever my hand hits. It
>>was the heater knob next to the parking brake. It was now in my hand and
>
> I
>
>>was almost in the rear of some stopped cars. My passengers are laughing
>>hysterically at me thinking I'm pulling one of my car racing
>
> stories/jokes
>
>>( I race in the SCCA.) until I swerve into oncoming traffic, enact a
>
> perfect
>
>>Mario Andretti move, and then drop the clutch in first gear. We slowed
>
> to
>
>>a stop and my guests checked their shorts. Needless to say, we "idled" to
>>the next beach, ordered a beer and had a new car to be brought to us.
>>Cozumel-you gotta love it!
>>
Interesting life

"Joe English" <joeenglish@accessusn.net> wrote in message
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>
> >>Funny story.....I had the brakes fail once in Cozumel. The brake master
> >>cylinder completely failed heading south to Paradise. There wasn't even
> >
> > any
> >
> >>brake to pump at that point. I'm screaming to my passengers, "No
brakes!
> >>No brakes! Hold on", as we head into an intersection at 40 mph. I reach
> >>down to grab the parking brake and grab the first lever my hand hits.
It
> >>was the heater knob next to the parking brake. It was now in my hand
and
> >
> > I
> >
> >>was almost in the rear of some stopped cars. My passengers are laughing
> >>hysterically at me thinking I'm pulling one of my car racing
> >
> > stories/jokes
> >
> >>( I race in the SCCA.) until I swerve into oncoming traffic, enact a
> >
> > perfect
> >
> >>Mario Andretti move, and then drop the clutch in first gear. We slowed
> >
> > to
> >
> >>a stop and my guests checked their shorts. Needless to say, we "idled"
to
> >>the next beach, ordered a beer and had a new car to be brought to us.
> >>Cozumel-you gotta love it!
> >>
> Interesting life
>
So why are you telling me, you dyslexic old buzzard -- I didn't write
it..... Trying to say I could have used that maneuver on I-5? It might
have worked...... }:>

Buck