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Ideal_Rock
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Here is the really nice thing about AAA. If your car breaks down, at night, in the rain, call AAA. Tell them you want membership. Or to renew your lapsed membership. They take your CC#, and voila! The tow truck is on the way. So, I typically don't keep my AAA membership continuously- I let it lapse if I don't use/need it. Then, if I need it, I call and renew it and it's instantly available. I think it might restrict how far you get towed for 24 hours- like maybe to 10 miles, or something- but it's never been an issue once.
They also are a great discount on glasses at a lot of places, way better than vision insurance coverage. I got several hundred dollars off my glasses with AAA membership.
I once had a tow-truck driver take great care of me when AAA sent him out- it was at at least 10PM, pouring rain, on a tiny 2 lane semi-rural highway. He came to get me, and I couldn't get my husband to pick up his phone. So, I would've had to walk 2 miles in the rain, no jacket, at night, to my apartment from the place the car was dropped off to fix. With my laptop. Instead, he drove me home! I was sooooo grateful. I know it's against the rules, but I was so glad he did it.
So yeah, I usually have AAA but not always.
Oh, I don't know that anyone's mentioned it but AAA tow trucks are subcontracted. So, it's just whomever has a local tow company, AAA hires for you. So whomever comes out to you, is likely the same place you'd call in a phone book or whatnot. I've not had our car damaged by AAA yet- and it's a rear wheel drive car, which is a PITA to tow, easy to screw up.
They also are a great discount on glasses at a lot of places, way better than vision insurance coverage. I got several hundred dollars off my glasses with AAA membership.
I once had a tow-truck driver take great care of me when AAA sent him out- it was at at least 10PM, pouring rain, on a tiny 2 lane semi-rural highway. He came to get me, and I couldn't get my husband to pick up his phone. So, I would've had to walk 2 miles in the rain, no jacket, at night, to my apartment from the place the car was dropped off to fix. With my laptop. Instead, he drove me home! I was sooooo grateful. I know it's against the rules, but I was so glad he did it.
So yeah, I usually have AAA but not always.
Oh, I don't know that anyone's mentioned it but AAA tow trucks are subcontracted. So, it's just whomever has a local tow company, AAA hires for you. So whomever comes out to you, is likely the same place you'd call in a phone book or whatnot. I've not had our car damaged by AAA yet- and it's a rear wheel drive car, which is a PITA to tow, easy to screw up.