Securing the hatch

I broke my thread mill and verifying the damage, I decided to bring it back to Park Square I in Makati to get it fixed. It was still under warranty.


Look at that smile!

So I converted Rufus back seat into a trunk space and loaded the thread mill. Unfortunately, at least a feet of the thing still stuck out of the car and I can't close the door.


Rufu's plate number

So what I did was take two 36" bungie cords with hooks on both end (you can buy these from Ace Hardware) then hooked them on the two bars just beside the backdoor latch as diplayed in the above picture.



Tick-tock-tick-tock

I then proceeded on hooking the other end of the bungie cords to the towing bar just under the rear bumpers.


Apple Logo

Since I used a 36" bungie cords, there was just enough slack to hold down properly the door but not get rope burns on the car paint.


Left side

I was afraid that the door might bounce if I hit a pot hole so I drove carefully through the Coastal Road with the windows down. I felt that turning on the aircon is just a waste of fuel since it would just escape through the rear door. There was no noticeable change in the car performance with the added weight of the treadmill and the open window flowing through the rear doors.


Isometric view

I did get my thread mill fixed the same day and transported it back home. I am really satisfied with Rufus and allowing me to do my stuff that day just reinforces it.

6 picanto in an hour

I live in Bacoor, Cavite and I drive along Aguinaldo highway to coastal road through PICC to get to UN Avenue, Manila to drop my wife then back to Ayala Avenue in Makati where I work (whew!).

Whenever I'm on the road, I sort of keep a lookout for Picantos out of curiosity and, for some cases, envy. So the surprising thing today is that I saw 3 Picantos on the coastal road, 1 around PICC, 1 on UN Avenue and 1 on Quirino avenue.

So counting Rufus, I can verify from 7am to 8am today, there were 7 Picantos on the road.

Can anybody beat that? :P