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**12ZHeWZa** · 03-23-2012, 12:47 AM

Sunday, March 4:
We arrived by plane into Leon around noon on Sunday. Our friend and crew guy, Rob Wright, arrived shortly after us. We walked over to the rental car booth and found it looking more like a daycare. Several employees had their toddlers there playing on the floor (it must have been bring your kids to work day in Mexico). Before the rally I had researched which rental car company had the best car for recce. I knew we would beat the crap out of the car during recce, so I wanted something stout. I found out Budget had the new VW Crossfox (a jacked up GTI with tons of ground clearance) so I reserved it. Well, I guess reservations in Mexico don’t mean much. When I asked “Where’s my Crossfox?” the rental guys said “No Crossfox, Scala is better.” So he runs out back and brings a brand new Renault (Samsung) Scala.

Well, at least it had a manual transmission. After getting to the hotel we immediately took the hub caps off so we don’t lose them on recce or get them stolen by locals. In the afternoon we made a supply run to Wal-Mart and found Ken Block standing in front of a stack of Monster drinks (at least cardboard Ken is accessible to the public). That night we had dinner at a cafe in the historic central square outside our hotel and soaked up the atmosphere.

03-23-2012, 12:47 AM	#2
12ZHeWZa Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 431 Senior Member	Sunday, March 4: We arrived by plane into Leon around noon on Sunday. Our friend and crew guy, Rob Wright, arrived shortly after us. We walked over to the rental car booth and found it looking more like a daycare. Several employees had their toddlers there playing on the floor (it must have been bring your kids to work day in Mexico). Before the rally I had researched which rental car company had the best car for recce. I knew we would beat the crap out of the car during recce, so I wanted something stout. I found out Budget had the new VW Crossfox (a jacked up GTI with tons of ground clearance) so I reserved it. Well, I guess reservations in Mexico don’t mean much. When I asked “Where’s my Crossfox?” the rental guys said “No Crossfox, Scala is better.” So he runs out back and brings a brand new Renault (Samsung) Scala. Well, at least it had a manual transmission. After getting to the hotel we immediately took the hub caps off so we don’t lose them on recce or get them stolen by locals. In the afternoon we made a supply run to Wal-Mart and found Ken Block standing in front of a stack of Monster drinks (at least cardboard Ken is accessible to the public). That night we had dinner at a cafe in the historic central square outside our hotel and soaked up the atmosphere.
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