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In article <RLM.94Jun30041814@helen.surfcty.com>, rlm@helen.surfcty.com (Robert L. McMillin) writes:
|> On 29 Jun 1994 06:52:47 PST, alan@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov (Alan S. Mazer) said:
|> 
|> > In article <2ur04l$dmd@news.csus.edu>,
|> > Kenneth <stealth@mercury.sfsu.edu> wrote:
|> >> I have never heard of such a discount before.
|> >> The $58/yr fee isn't all that steep.
|> >> 
|> >> You get free towing, jump starts, locksmith, maps, etc.
|> >> If you use the towing service once, then you have already broke even.
|> 
|> > Or...  Unless you get towed at least once, you've lost money.  I gave up on
|> > this when it was just $35.  I had no idea it was so expensive now.  This is 
|> > just a variant on the extended warranty scam, as far as I'm concerned.  If
|> > you can afford an expense, insuring yourself against it doesn't make sense.
|> 
|> Others have made the point that AAA is not just towing services.
|> That's true, and fair.  But even if you look at it from the standpoint
|> of towing, I also believe that if you use the callboxen at the side of
|> the road, if you don't have AAA you get relegated to hold rather
|> quickly.  Having been stuck on the shoulder for over an hour with a
|> sick car (bad fuel pump!), this is definitely worth it.
|> -- 
|>
We have CSAA membership IN SPITE OF their towing program.  We drive an F350
pickup and pull a fifth wheel trailer.  AAA will not touch a 1 ton truck on 
their standard membership, and will not touch our trailer on any membership.
If we break down out in the middle of nowhere, we're stuck, plain and simple.
We have Emergency Road Service through another company that provides us with
an 800 number.  We break down, we call the 800 number.  They dispatch a truck
to tow our truck, our trailer, and all passengers to the nearest authorised
service center.  If that happens to mean that they need to tow us 200 miles,
then that's how far we get towed.  We hand the driver our card and away we
go.  No worries about whether or not the driver takes plastic, or cheques,
or how much cash we need to part with.  Like AAA, it also includes fuel,
tire changes, lockouts, etc.

We keep AAA for the maps, tour books, camping books, triptiks, DMV service,
and insurance for our teenager son.

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