Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 19:14:45 -0700
Reply-To: BA <oddstray@ODDSTRAY.COM>
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From: BA <oddstray@ODDSTRAY.COM>
Subject: Re: What a Saturday!! (kinda long)
In-Reply-To: <139425.26646.qm@web82702.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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Hi,
We had AAA Plus for only one year.
We tried to use it for something that had motivated us to buy it.
Neither S nor I can remember what that was. But it turned out to be
useless for that purpose. Despite that we'd talked to an actual
person at AAA who assured us it would cover our need.
So ... be careful what they *say* they offer, and what they *really*
offer, and what you really *need*.
B&S (Sorry for not having a more coherent/useful response)
'87 Westy 'Esmerelda Blanc'
SoCal
On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:55:31 -0700, you wrote:
>They say they will tow up to 100 miles free of charge. I was once
>stranded just about 100 miles from home. Will they really tow my
>Vanagon home 100 miles away if I ask? I was half way between San Jose
>and Reno. I would have asked to tow my Vanagon to Reno had I not
>successfully restarted the engine.
>
>David
>
>
>--- Sam Conant <samcvt@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
>
>> I buy AAA Plus .... Haven't been refused a road service since I bought my 84 in 1996 200k miles
>> ago.
>> SamC
>>
>> -------------- Original message --------------
>> From: "John C..." <Trvlr2001@COMCAST.NET>
>>
>> > Hi Anna,
>> > I would strongly suggest AAA RV. $80 bucks a year.
>> > They not only tow, they fix flats & deliver gasoline.
>> > best,
>> > John C...
>> >
>> > -------------- Original message --------------
>> > From: Anna Quinn-Smith
>> >
>> > > Well - me & the dawgs TRIED to go see the Perseid meteor showers Sat eve. .
>> > > . . . drove away from Portland (OR) city lights to countryside south and east.
>> > > (Molalla-Mulino, for those familiar w/the area). The sun was setting pink in
>> > an
>> > > otherwise clear sky (yay!) as we scouted likely stopping spots.
>> > > Alas - with urban growth creeping rurally, traffic was horrendous! So even
>> > > when a dark spot could be found, car lights were a real bother! Add to that
>> > the
>> > > ubiquitous rural exterior quartz security lights & we hit a real snag. Now,
>> > mind
>> > > you, I am somewhat disabled so a hike-however brief-was out of the question.
>> > > But still I kept on, determined to take advantage of this moonless early
>> > > August sky show. When a spot was finally found, damn if a purplish-black
>> > > fan-shaped cloud bank wasn't hurrying my way! The dogs were whining, I had to
>> > > pee, and there were just way to many cars for "way out in the sticks"!
>> > > So, homeward we headed; with a stop at local "Burgerville" for a Tillamook
>> > > ice cream milkshake and a short cut thru Fred Meyer pkg lot in Oregon City. I
>> > > decided to stop & check out the awful noise I had been hearing. If it was that
>> > > newer muffler I was gonna have to head on in 1st thing Mon morning . . .
>> > > instead, a very flat tire rear right. Double damn! This was 11pm. Called a few
>> > > friends & left msgs; then tow companies. Many don't do flats anymore; others
>> > > didn't go to Or.City; the one that did was 2+ hrs out! And the late nite
>> > > rabble-rousers made me a wee bit nervous. C'mon, dawgs, BARK - save me! When I
>> > > finally settled on one that was 1hr or less, I was wiped out. Down went the
>> > bed
>> > > (hoo-rah for Vanagon campers!) & snooze went the canids & I. Then it took
>> > quite
>> > > over an hr for poor Darryl to change out the tire-seems the spare was never
>> > used
>> > > in it's 26 yrs! Rust rust rust .... he banged and tweaked and swore and went
>> > > 'ouch'. I still had to pee. I pardoned myself & zoomed of
>> > > f on my scooter to check out the shrubbery for nature's call . . . "how do you
>> > > spell ' relief ' ?" It was after 2AM when he finally sent me on my way - home,
>> > > wind down, computer messages and bed by 0500!
>> > > Next year I'll stay in the Santiam wilderness outside Eugene to catch a
>> > > star -
>> > > - Anna QS
>> > > ' 86 Blue Mongrel . . & the dawgs
>>
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