Ultimate Gift Wrap
Apr. 26th, 2006 07:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
livingdebI greatly enjoyed one of the stories from "Be Ready for Hurricanes" in the Spring 2006 issue of GEICO Direct Magazine:
There's a picture of the car in its new position. It just looks like it's in a big blue bag. I can't see any of the tarp's edges. Nor do I see any bungee cords, but it's a back view; they probably go around the middle of the car.
I'd rather they described the size of the tarp (and the size--or at least make and model--of the car) rather than that it was a "$50 piece of tarp." Oh well. Very cool idea for anything that floats. I hope that guy got a big discount on his auto policy.
In anticipation of the arrival of last year's Hurricane Wilma, GEICO policyholder Martin Maness, who lives inn Key West, Fla., bought a $50 piece of tarp, spread it out in his driveway, drove his car onto it, wrapped the tarp around the car, and then secured everything with bungee cords.
At the height of the flood, in three feet of water, the car floated a few feet from where Maness had originally parked it, but not one drop of water seeped inside. When Maness finally unwrapped the vehicle, it was completely dry. This quirky preventive measure saved the car.
There's a picture of the car in its new position. It just looks like it's in a big blue bag. I can't see any of the tarp's edges. Nor do I see any bungee cords, but it's a back view; they probably go around the middle of the car.
I'd rather they described the size of the tarp (and the size--or at least make and model--of the car) rather than that it was a "$50 piece of tarp." Oh well. Very cool idea for anything that floats. I hope that guy got a big discount on his auto policy.