Roll over Beethoven......

7:16 am - Christmas Eve - December 24th - GNHS - 53° F, humidity 95%, wind 3 mph out of the south by southeast.....crystal clear, blue, sunny skies today with a forecast high of 64° F.  On this date in 2013 TLE and I were walking down Mission Inn Blvd. in Riverside, CA enjoying the Mission Inn Christmas lights......↴ 

For the first time in quite a while we had a rental booked for Saturday morning, so we were up, dressed, and on the job by 8:30 am.  While we were getting the one 4 seat RZR ready for its customers we had another walkup customer arrive to rent one of our 2 seaters for 6 hours. We also had a call from another potential customer who said they would be there around 9 am for an all day rental, but they never arrived.  

As the 2 hour RZR rental departed with its four occupants I turned to TLE and Hunter and said...."That guy is going to roll that RZR"....I just had a feeling.  When they arrived back at the office 2.5 hours later (30 minutes late) they had, indeed, rolled the RZR.  I mean completely rolled it!  Both sides, the roof and roll cage were damaged, and the left rear drive shaft was broken....that is going to be expensive!  I wish I had not been right, but there was just something about the guy driving.....so a 2 hour rental for $365 turned into $3,000+ damage (he is only responsible for the first $3,000 in damage), and at least $3,500 loss of use ($500 per day times 7 days as we are booked solid for the next week), so at least $6,500 out of pocket.  He apparently was trying to do a 'donut' on the way back from the bat caves.  I tell people every time a rental goes out that if they try to do a 'donut' the WILL roll it, and I have never been wrong yet.

Prior to the departure of the 2 hour rental we actually had all 8 RZRs back in service for the first time since we arrived, and within 2 hours we were back to 7.  The 6 hour rental went well, and I was pretty sure it would.  The couple were repeat customers from last year, and nothing went wrong then either.

The six hour rental came back about an hour early, and other than being a little muddy was in good condition, so I fueled it up, and then washed the mud off before it became concrete, and put it away.  It was about 3:30 pm when we closed the office, and I was tired.  My knee faired quite well after a lot of walking around, and being on my feet all day, so I've got that going for me.

I managed to get a picture of the setting sun around 4:25 pm....

....nothing too spectacular.  All that is left to say is MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR to you all!

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