G’bye Scout

The procedure was a success: At the casa de golpes (house of hits/ body shop) in the city’s car district, Sandro removed the front paragolpes (bumper), subjected it to a machina de calentar (heating machine) and molded it back into shape. Just a scant scar remained.

Cleaning up after my brush with the inside of our old building’s parking garage was probably the last interaction I’ll have with the faithful Honda Scout 4x4, generously lent to us by Jamie T, my old Princeton neighbor and good family friend, for seven whole months. In those seven months, the Scout allowed us to escape the Capital Federal to see Alta Gracia, Avellenda, Cordoba, Ezeiza, Hurlingham, Lanus, La Plata, Lomas de Zamora, Luján, Quilmes, Rosario, San Antonio de Areco, Tigre and Vicente Lopez. What’s more, the Scout served as Ian’s almost soundproof studio to record the narration for his radio debut on NPR’s On the Media. (Parked in the garage of our former home, he spoke into a borrowed microphone with a blanket over his head.)

The Scout is heading for the used-car lot, where Jamie picked her up some years ago. There, she's sure to find someone who can appreciate her four-wheel drive and roomy interior.