Date:         Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:57:18 -0500
Reply-To:     Simon Reinhardt <simon.reinhardt@MAC.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Simon Reinhardt <simon.reinhardt@MAC.COM>
Subject:      Re: Good Sam Club Road Assist
In-Reply-To:  <6e95da690904281811p7e54db50i6d0be7f2b9d908ba@mail.gmail.com>
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I'm a good enough mechanic to fix whatever goes wrong with my van, but
it sure was nice to have the thing towed 90 miles to a friendly work-
spot.
As opposed to changing out an exploded clutch, on a syncro, on the
side of the interstate in New Mexico.
AAA's been nice to me. That's two free tows for my syncro so far, and
one free tow for for an engine donor that obviously hadn't moved in a
long time.

-Simon

On Apr 28, 2009, at 8:11 PM, Joy Hecht wrote:

> Towing to the nearest mechanic may not be what you want.  What's the
> odds
> that the nearest mechanic has ever seen a vanagon?  AAA plus
> provides 100
> mile tows, which is the advantage of them - it's more likely that
> you can
> get to a mechanic who knows what a vanagon is.
>
> If you are a good mechanic yourself, then perhaps the additional
> cost of AAA
> isn't needed.  (I think it's around $100/year.  I don't know what
> regular
> AAA costs.)