Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 08:55:55 -0500
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Subject: Re: Death Valley
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A firend works for AAA. The policy is car and driver only.
Tow vehicles are not made for passengers. With a truck ride,
and very unconfortable seating, these passengers tend to
fight back and ruin the trucks interior. If my friend see the interior
of the vehicle he is towing is a mess, guess who is walking?
JOe. W
joe trussell wrote:
> Speaking of AAA,
>
> My friends whose Eurovan broke down in the middle of nowhere last
> month have
> AAA, and they were surprised by the fact that the tow truck driver was
> willing to tow the Eurovan and take Jeff (the driver), but refused to
> give
> his wife or their five year-old daughter and two year-old son a ride.
>
> He told them to call a sheriff's deputy for a ride.
>
> Jeff was able to talk the tow truck driver into staying with them
> until the
> deputy arrived.
>
> Does anybody know if this is AAA policy? I'm torn. I have Roadside
> Assistance through USAA but had considered swapping it for AAA.
>
> Joe T.
>
>
>> From: Tom Buese <tombuese@COMCAST.NET>
>> Reply-To: Tom Buese <tombuese@COMCAST.NET>
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: Re: Death Valley
>> Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 15:02:03 -0700
>>
>> 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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