AAA experience (towing)

[flaatr@yahoo.com (Euroroc II)]

Glad you enjoyed it...
Some times truth is stranger than fiction.

-Raffi

At 03:39 PM 9/23/02 -0400, you wrote:
>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
>
>ICQ: 66561345
>----- 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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