Re: Car towing charges (CA)

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From: sdaws06
Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 23:15

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Scott en Aztlán wrote:
> What you did was pretty stupid. If my car was broken down someplace, I
> wouldn't leave it just sitting there, I'd call AAA and have it towed
> to an appropriate place (like a repair shop, or my driveway).

So it was almost 20 miles from our apartment, 7 miles to her friend's
house.  AAA freely tows for 5 miles and then $12 / mile after that (so
that would have been $180 to the house and more to our usual repair
shop [it's close to us but on the other side]).  At the time, she
wasn't sure if it was going to start again the next day (might have
been a temporary problem, no?) but she sure didn't want to leave it
somewhere where it might get in the way of heavy traffic.  When it
wouldn't start the next day, we decided that it was a good time to do
the donation (her mechanic had already told her that this might happen
based on something he saw the last time - he just figured it wouldn't
happen so soon).

> How much is "a lot?" Was it less than the amount you ultimately had to
> pay to the towing company?

Yes (see above).  Not less than they overcharged us for (the real issue
here), but less than the end result.

> Sorry, I call 'em like I see 'em. I'm not in the habit of
> sugar-coating the truth.

You may call them like *you* see them but it's from an unusually
negative (and incorrect) perspective about people.  It's certainly
nowhere close to the truth.  Are we done yet?

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Subject: Re: Car towing charges (CA)
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