I work for AAA.

In the North

Basic gets you 5 miles  $3.00 a mile after that.  They wonr tow you to their
shop for free if its farther than 5 miles.  They also will not touch your
vehicle for AAA if its "off-Road", then its cash, and its EXPENSIVE.

Plus gets you 100 miles

In the south

same deal, but $2.50 a mile, and they usually will get you  from off road.

AAA is a good deal cause they will tow you where you want, most other road
services will only tow you to a repair shop, and sometimes only the closest,
not the one you want.

Be aware that if you go with another service they may not have contractors
where you are.  If they cant find someone to go get you for what they pay
your screwed.  AAA has thousands of conractors, almost everywhere!

just my .02

Matt

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Brush" <jbrush@AROS.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 11:15 AM
Subject: Re: Towing Insurance???

> >I'm wondering the same.  This seems a better service than AAA.  I didn't
> >use AAA this weekend because it only covered the first 5 miles of towing,
> >which would have just served to put me deeper in the woods, and being
> >only 23, the credit card isn't quite my tool of choice.
>
> Hi Eric,
>
> Sounds like you had a fun weekend :-) AAA should tow your vehicle to the
> shop that sent the truck, even if its 100 miles.  Did the tow truck come
> from further than 5 miles?
>
> Just asking, because to me, stuff like this is the same as hearing good or
> bad about vendors and sellers on the list. I think we all need to hear how
> these services are treating customers and what we can expect when we call
> for help. I think that AAA coverage is different in different parts of the
> country as well. Where are you at?
>
> So how did you extricate yourself from the woods? :-)
>
> John