Not Your Average Floor Mat

This past week I had to have my car's brakes worked on. Local friends will be relieved to know that it is now safe again to ride in the car with me.

For complex repairs, I try to take my car into the dealer. So I took the TSX into the Acura place to have the work done. And they always have this auto-dealer-theater where they make a big production about how carefully they are treating your car etc.

One of the things they always do is put a piece of paper in the floor board, presumably so that their service technicians wont sully your car with dirt from their boots etc. And as usual, the Acura people did this too.

Only in this era in which everyone is wants to keep up their green reputation, they no longer put simple paper floor mats in the car, noooooo. That would be a missed opportunity. So it's no longer a floor mat, it's a......

Eco-Barrier!