Life is so busy that sometimes even the best of us have momentary lapses of concentration. Such was the case this past weekend when the best co-driver I’ve ever driven with slowly pulled out in front of a guy who was traveling much too fast in a McDonald’s parking lot. Fortunately, nobody was hurt other than a bit of pride.

The poor Protege 5 is going to need a pair of new doors and some repairs to the wheel arch and b-pillar. The good news is that the notorious rust that has formed on the rear wheel arch will get fixed. While we’re at it, our good friends at B & N Auto Body are going to fix up the rust on the other side too.