AAA experience (towing)

[mkii@nycap.rr.com (Josh Able)]

what a load of shit.

though I have to admit I nearly fell off my chair reading it I was laughing
so hard. :P


Josh Able

"If you're already walking on thin ice, you might as well dance." -Gil
Atkinson

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Euroroc II" <flaatr@yahoo.com>
To: "Scirocco List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 3:16 PM
Subject: Re: AAA experience (towing)


> 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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