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Did they give you a reason, or did you inquire as to why?

 

more then once i've locked my keys in the car... ya it's always been at work and you can see they are safe and sound on the DASHBAORD!! it's been handy.

run forest run!

bremerton6

 

Our bill was posted late, so they were withholding service. He promptly called our billing dept. to verify the payment was sent. We sent it before it was due, so any fault should lie squarely on the shoulders of either the USPS or their billing dept. Guess they thought that was a good reason to lose a 10+ year member.... still makes no sense to me to this day.


Rich

 

I have the plus. 100 miles of towing, 2 tow trucks if needed, and some other things.

I have used the tow a couple of times. It is worth every penny to me. I have a E250 Pathfinder and was having a problem with the distributor pickup coil. Van would die after 20-30 mins of operation.

I also like the two truck option, I have ben known to go into some pretty iffy places, haven't gotten stuck yet though.

Plus, I like all the maps I get, state, city, etc.

bob

 

After working for a towing service and seeing the charges, my wife started getting AAA. I pay $77/year for AAA Plus.

Since we live in the country/mountains, it's great to have in case she breaks down out in the boonies somewhere. We've used the tow service twice for her Buick and saved several hundred dollars on tow charges. Also we travel quite a bit, and you know what they say; "it's better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it."
She can change tires herself, but if it's snowing or on a bad road, I'd rather have her call someone.

 

I work for AAA as a pc tech and i'm not sure it is worth it. If you have an older car then it would be a wise investment, but new cars come with roadside assistance, and that is the same thing as AAA.

 

I had it. And I got way more than my moneys worth out of it. Since they will tow ANY car that I am driving at the time it works great. 3 buddies over 2 years needed tows so I'd act like I was driving and they would tow it. Got 2 cars unlocked for 2 women I know. Used the card twice to have a project truck towed to the shop once, then back home.

It paid for itsefl from the dinners bought for me and the favors I can collect on when I need help.

 

I should add, I also use their title/registration services at the local office. A lot quicker than waiting on a notary.

 

It's nice to have friends with towtrucks.... Free towing is always a good thing. Only had to do so once, so I wouldn't even consider it.

 

I'm debating whether or not to renew.

See, if I get another cell phone contract, most have offered roadside by now. I had it along with AAA, but lost the cellphone when my biz when down last summer.

Now, 2004 is better financially, but I'm not sure about paying $89 for another membership. When I had the VW Beetle, yeah, it was very worth it with a car in a shop at least every other month out of the 18 I owned that POS, but the Ranger is doing quite well and it doesn't have the coil fall off the engine or have rotting fuel lines that cause the engine to stall at a stop.

You know what stinks for the tow drivers? Out of all the money AAA makes, the driver gets $19.80/tow! That's a load of running around to get any money....the last guy who helped my out of a muddy diveway on a route has probably quit by now and gone back into fishing his life away....

AAA insurance ain't a deal, either. I'm not 25 yet, but the quote I got last year wasn't even lose to what I was paying already.

 

You have to be careful checking the fine print.

AAA plus will tow you 100 miles. The plan I have through insurance will only pay the first $100. This covers the normal battery, lockout, short tow trips, but thats about it. I'm getting the Plus, because my wife works 50 miles away and I'm out of town a lot.

I helped a friend that broke down on the freeway last year and his coverage only included the first 3 miles of the tow.

 

No matter how well you maintain it, you have failures like --- I had the computer fail in a car. Incredible. but fail it did and left me stranded in the boonies.

 

I'm a AAA plus member, but here is my experience with them professionally from my job with the Arizona Highway Patrol:

Somethings you probably don't know,

1. During daylight hours, you call is answered in your state. Which is good because, odds are, the operator knows of the areas you are talking about.

2. After hours, is answered by operators in North Carolina who may have no clue about the area your in. In my experience, AAA doesn't seem to supply them with the plentiful numbers of state maps that they give to their members. So you get a lot of "where's that" or "what town is that near".

3. AAA doesn't have as many contract tow companies as you would expect. And...the ones they use are not always 24hr service. I've had numerous occasions where AAA or other roadside clubs have left their members stranded in the middle of the night because they have no 24hour service companies...even in metro areas. Why, I don't know, because we here at the Highway Patrol have lists of 24hr tow companies that we use all the time state-wide.

4. They use a rotation when there are multiple companies in the same area. So they may not send the closest company...hence 1hr to 2hr waits. Its a share the wealth kinda thing.

5. RV service is extremely rare. AAA can almost never seem to find a company that can handle an RV outside of the most heavily populated metro areas. And AAA refused to pay for tows off the Highway Patrol list to help their own members.

6. Also, once AAA calls the hook to come out for you, they no longer follow-up on the call. We've had many instances where the tow truck company can't find the customer, and just simply go home. I've had many people sitting on the side of the road in rural areas for hours wondering where their hook is...and we've had to call AAA for them to find out what happened to them.

But, private tow companies aren't cheap. Here in Arizona, the Highway Patrol negotiated contracts with tows companies who want our business. Its $50 just to hook the car, and then something like $3/mile. So if the police didn't call the hook for you, the cost is much more. Your 100 mile tow would cost you $350. Same thing if you just need gas, the state contract is $50 service call plus the cost of gas-minimum 5 gallons. Plus, the majority of private tows are a cash only business. Don't have the cash on you, well, they tow you to their storage yard where your car remains until you can come up with the dough.

Now I don't mean to pick on AAA, they are actually the best of all the roadservices I've dealt with. AAA is the only service that has a dedicated direct phone line that is only used by law enforcement agencies. The others are much worse, and don't even get me started about those On-Star people. On-Star is the most rudest, demanding, least knowledgable of them all.

I've used my AAA 3 times in the last 10 years. And they saved my day everytime.

 

No one should be without it, its just covering all the bases. It simple and cheap. Go ahead and call for your new car warrenty when your out of state (or in state) you will pay for it and hopefully be reinbursed at a later date, no i don't think so. I had to use it 3xs this year already (snow) son got stuck with me in the car 2xs.?? and once for a friend i was with dead battery (new truck).

 

Irony....Irony

I posted to this thread last week and yesterday my daughter slid off the road on ice (in reverse) lol ......I called AAA, they called the tow and they called that he was on his way. As a parent of a teenager, cell phones and AAA are the way to go.