It seems to be that time of year again...

Rented a Dodge Stratus in Orlando yesterday. (I looked for you Ryan but didn't see you around ).

Driving down Almaya by UCF a kid in front of me braked really hard. He was in a BMW, so he in fact stopped. I was in the dodge... so I in fact skidded and hit him!

Spent an hour in the hot / humid Florida sun with a can of polishing compound just to get the rubber smudges off the bumper. Turned out no damage was done, thankfully, except a few square inches of BMW bumber rubber melted onto the stratus.

Moral: don't get too used to how well your car drives, for you too may be driving a "regular" car and feel the pain.

BTW - $21k for a new stratus. Think of the E34 you could buy for $21k! It amazes me that you can get such an awesome BMW for half the price of a new car, and it handles better, looks better, feels better, etc!