Date:         Sun, 19 Jul 2015 11:44:20 -0400
Reply-To:     PSD <psdooley@VERIZON.NET>
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From:         PSD <psdooley@VERIZON.NET>
Subject:      Re: Insurance
Comments: To: Angus Gordon <birdworks@GMAIL.COM>
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That's called self-insurance. Some would call it gambling, others would call
it good sense.

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Angus Gordon
Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2015 11:41 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Insurance

Just to provide some needed balance to this discussion of one of the list's
sacred cows - I have never used AAA or any other form of towing insurance.
Which is not to say you shouldn't, only to point out there is an
alternative. AAA is not an investment, it's a form of insurance. Your tool
box is an investment, insurance can be the parts stashed under your back
seat.

For many, AAA supplies a sense of security, with a tow truck just a phone
call away. I just want to point out that same driver is available to me any
time day or night, with just a phone call and a credit card.
The number of years of AAA premiums I have saved? Over forty.
The number of tows needed in that time? One (about fifty bucks).
You do the math.

Angus