Used AAA to get a tow today........
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05/15/21 02:42 PM
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Don't know if I hit that 'sweet spot' of time vs availability, but today's experience was as good as the last two were bad. In the 12 years I've had AAA, I've used the towing feature twice, with the first tow being the worse. In that instance, the driver supposedly kept getting redirected to other calls. Waited pretty much all day for the tow to arrive. Second tow driver was late again, just not as late (different companies). Based on those two experiences, I planned my day around expecting a long wait for the tow. I made the call at 10:00. 10:15 I received a call from the driver he was on his way. Honestly, I was thinking, "ok, here we go" expecting many delays. 10:35 driver is hooking up to my Dakota. Wait, what? 30 minutes later, we're over at my storage space. I asked him if he could put the truck inside, and he said "sure, no problem". He did a better job parking it than if I had been driving it! I gave the man a tip, and by 11:20 he was on his way to his next call. Wow. While there have been moments of a lot of fussing and cussing regarding my truck, in six years and almost 40K miles, this is the only time its been on 'the hook'. And this time only because I couldn't work on it in the apt. parking lot. Even though it broke, it made it home before fully quitting on me. Now the fun begins......
John
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Re: Used AAA to get a tow today........
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05/15/21 03:33 PM
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I'm glad it worked out John. When messing with a our old vehicles we don't need extra aggravation!
I have tow/jump start/flat assistance/gas on my auto insurance policy and it's only something ridiculously cheap like $10 every six months. I like it because I'm not bound to AAA tow companies. I just submit receipt and they reimburse me.
Facts are stubborn things.
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Re: Used AAA to get a tow today........
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05/15/21 03:58 PM
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You guys have all gone mushy. I have nothing, don't carry anything, not even a spare, an 99% of the time the places I go have no cell service. Life is an adventure!
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Re: Used AAA to get a tow today........
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05/15/21 04:17 PM
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You guys have all gone mushy. I have nothing, don't carry anything, not even a spare, an 99% of the time the places I go have no cell service. Life is an adventure! Guilty! I was thinking how about this time back in 2019 I had taken the truck out into the woods of East TX looking for an abandoned sawmill. Had the truck died then, I would have been screwed. Five miles from pavement, about 12 miles to a town, and NO cell service.......... And it was late afternoon........
John
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Re: Used AAA to get a tow today........
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05/15/21 04:28 PM
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You guys have all gone mushy. I have nothing, don't carry anything, not even a spare, an 99% of the time the places I go have no cell service. Life is an adventure! Please don't use "mushy". That makes me think of someone else I don't carry spares either Never had one for my Power Wagon or Diplomat AHB. I do carry a bicycle pump and plug kit. If I'm miles away from home and something else goes me needs the wrecker
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Re: Used AAA to get a tow today........
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05/15/21 07:35 PM
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I find that going through life as a pessimist has its benefits. Things ALWAYS turn out better than you expect. My late father always used to say āexpect the worst and youāll never be disappointedā. Iāve thought about AAA but never went for it. Last year I was at a Menards and really screwed up loading my purchases into the trunk of my car. I kept the keys in my hand after hitting the trunk open button on the fob, and as I finished tossing the stuff into the trunk and shutting the lid, I realized Iād tossed my keys in with a bag...and the car was locked! I went in the store to ask the service counter if they could recommend a lock out service, and a guy behind me offered to help. After 30 + minutes of fishing around with a bent piece of metal he finally was able to pull the inner door handle and open the car. That guy saved my butt that night, but got me thinking AAA would be good for lockout service. On the other hand, Iād driven 40 years before that event without locking my keys in a car, in 40 more years Iāll be dead, or if not, Iāll be too old and disabled to drive anyway. So maybe I shouldnāt worry about locking myself out of a car ever again?
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Re: Used AAA to get a tow today........
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05/15/21 08:24 PM
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Maybe if you had insurance thru AAA it would get dinged using their service? I don't know.
I used AAA more when I was married. We always took advantage of discounts available for motels and rental cars.
John
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Re: Used AAA to get a tow today........
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05/16/21 10:56 AM
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You guys have all gone mushy. I have nothing, don't carry anything, not even a spare, an 99% of the time the places I go have no cell service. Life is an adventure! That 99% include yer homestead so can't call home for help anyway? A buddy used his AAA to haul a parts car. I stole the engine, it would have drove. He just closed the deal and called the truck. Free ride to my place 30 miles away. I have a credit card that includes road side assistance. Used it once or twice, like $150 tops for at least a 40 mile haul.
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Can't stand AAA dropped them years ago after they wouldn't tow me on a technicality after having them for years including financing a car, keep getting stuff in mail from them it goes right in the garbage
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Re: Used AAA to get a tow today........
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05/16/21 01:01 PM
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Just might be fitting or you truck.
This could be filed under, "You know you're getting old when........."
John
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Re: Used AAA to get a tow today........
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05/16/21 04:58 PM
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Just might be fitting or you truck.
This could be filed under, "You know you're getting old when........." ....dry dreams and wet farts (that's how I was told you know anyway :D)
Facts are stubborn things.
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Re: Used AAA to get a tow today........
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....dry dreams and wet farts :
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