Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 05:51:03 -0800
Reply-To: Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: Death Valley
In-Reply-To: <9E9A9686-6897-47CF-B08D-E88383394D87@comcast.net>
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>when I needed to get my 65 westy from our old house
to >our new, I had to pay to have it towed
Did you ever find out your new neighbors' first
impressions on seeing you arrive in that fashion?
Stephen
--- Tom Buese <tombuese@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
> YMMV w/ AAA etc. depending on the driver/tow co./AAA
> dispatcher, etc.
> but I have never had to quibble w/ any of them on
> these issues & in
> fact I have learned how to use the system from the
> drivers themselves!
>
> The drivers/Tow Cos. get paid by AAA so, they want
> to help you get
> around the system & allow you to use AAA to pay the
> Tow Cos. as much
> as they can get?
>
> At first we had one AAA card for the whole family,
> but eventually AAA
> said that they could only tow a car if the
> cardholder was w/ the
> vehicle. So I got cards for all family members at
> about $20/yr. each
> extra. That gave us 16 vehicle responses a year
> between us! Never
> used that many but did have my daughter one year use
> 8 including 4 in
> one day & it cost moi an extra $135 for the 4 extra
> tow jobs! At
> that point, I had a dad/daughter talk about using
> the card, &
> eventually she solved the issue by buying a newer
> car!
>
> I know that AAA will not come & get any of my non
> operational buses &
> tow them to a shop, so if I need to have that done,
> I have to have
> the bus look like it runs, but suddenly broke down
> in the driveway or
> something similar! Actually, when I needed to get
> my 65 westy from
> our old house to our new, I had to pay to have it
> towed, but that was
> only $35.
>
> The other advantage of Cos. like AAA is that you can
> delete/not buy
> the towing option in your auto insurance policy,
> which is usually
> about $25/yr/vehicle, & when you do need a tow job,
> gas, jump start,
> or are locked out, you simply cal the AAA 800
> number, they figure out
> the nearest tow co., etc. & get you what you need,
> w/ only your
> signature. W/ your insurance tow options, you have
> to find a tow co.
> yourself, pay them, & then get reimbursed by your
> insurance co?
>
> FWIW,
>
> Tom B.-looking for a truck & a tow job?
>
>
> ......................
>
> My last "adventure" of this ilk raised this
> question. There was a
> shop about
> 12 miles away that supposedly worked on Vanagon's. I
> asked them to
> call the
> shop and ask them if they worked on Vanagon's with
> TIICO engines in
> them. My
> insurance co. called me back in 10 minutes and asked
> me where I
> WANTED my
> van towed as their shop did not know anything about
> this combination.
> The
> shop I wanted it towed was about 75 miles and that's
> where it was
> towed and
> my policy paid. I was impressed that the ins. co.
> actually listened
> to what
> I was telling them, and that they checked it out.
> ..............
> > I have had the Plus membership for many
> years...used it on a few
> > occasions, both near and far, and have never been
> questioned as to
> > where I want the vehicle delivered. Perhaps the
> fine print of the
> > contract is not the same as it is practiced in the
> real world....or
> > read by the duty driver.
> > ................................
> >
> > I keep seeing this about AAA, and I am aware of
> their "Plus"
> > membership
> > which allows towing UP TO 100 miles, but that is
> the very reason I
> > dropped
> > AAA years ago. As stated to me by AAA, they would
> tow me 100 miles
> > IF the
> > only "qualified" repair shop were 100 miles away.
> If there happens
> > to one 5
> > miles away, that's where they're taking me unless
> I pay the
> > difference. I
> > think Good Sam's policy is the same, however Good
> Sam has never
> > refused to
> > take me where I wanted to go-which is home, and
> both times it was
> > within
> > 100 miles, last time was about 85 miles though.
>
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