AAA experience (towing)

[flaatr@yahoo.com (Euroroc II)]

AAA sucks...

Never had a good experience with them. I cancelled my service and got 
roadside thru my insurance carrier. No more arguments!

Classic AAA story... 8V stopped running and I needed to get it to the 
dealer 2'ish miles away. Called AAA and asked them to send a flat bed or 
wheel lift truck since a sling would not be able to carry my car. This was 
in the 88-89 time frame and slings were still being used, they aren't any 
more. The operator sez a truck will be there in 30 minutes and one show up 
but it's a sling... I call AAA again and they say sorry and that another 
truck will be there in 30 minutes. Next truck shows up and sure enough it's 
a sling! He calls in and sez he can't tow me and another truck will be 
there in 30 minutes... 45 minutes later I call AAA and yell at them, I'm 
cold and bored. They say for sure a truck will be there in 30 minutes. You 
won't belive this, a third sling shows up... This guy, a complete asshole, 
tells me he got the request for a truck with a wheel lift but he was in the 
area and was sure he could do it so he called in and took the request even 
though it was a request for a wheel lift or flat bed... He made it sound 
like the other guys were idiots and he was the only one who knew how to use 
the sling... 5 minutes later after he looked at the Euro bumpers and front 
spoiler he tells me that I need a wheel lift. NO SHIT!

I at this point call AAA yell at them again and then get told that a truck 
will be there in, you guessed it again, 30 minutes. Aaauuurrrggghhh!!!

End of story, I called 2 of my friends and we, the three of us taking 
turns, two people pushing and one steering, pushed the car down Colorado 
Blvd at 11PM for the 2.5 miles to the dealer where my girlfriend was 
waiting. We were about 1 mile from the dealer when a transient decided to 
help us push since we were going in the same direction he was walking. We 
gave him $30 which was all we had on us, I would have given him more if we 
had more. and a ride to a town he was walking to which was only a few miles 
away

Ya think that's it? Oh my no!!! Not by a long shot!!! I get a letter from 
AAA the next week telling me that I made too many calls this year (the list 
of calls are all dated on the same day roughly 30 minutes apart) and that I 
will be charged extra fee if I call for any more service in the next 12 months.

This really happened to me. BTW my ignition coil needed to be replaced.

F'em. I cancelled my membership.


-Raffi


At 10:20 AM 9/23/02 -0700, Brian Wagner wrote:
>Patrick Bureau does it all the time, go for it.
>
>Brian
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ken Bates" <indiana_red@hotmail.com>
>To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 7:54 AM
>Subject: AAA experiance (towing)
>
>
> > So do you suppose that AAA would care if I call for a tow on a car i just
> > bought that day.  A deisel caddy that I am going out to complete a cash
>sale
> > and will have the title signed off in hand.    As long as i havent used up
> > any 2/yr quota or anything.
> >
> > Ken
> > '79 Scirocco 16v project "McFly"
> > "...it's working...It's Working...!!"
> > '86 16v (organ donor)
> > VORTEX:  "Indiana Red"
> >
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