Well it seems AAA is the only thing this list can agree on. Up until last
year I had the standard AAA then my wife and I got stranded on the freeway
some 60+ miles from home in our '72 Beetle Convertible and had to get towed
back. Fortunately, my wife's parents had AAA+, which they rarely use, and
the tow driver was cool enough to let us use theirs so we wouldn't accrue
any added tow costs. The next day I bumped us up to AAA+.

Ryan

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Root, Tim
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 8:14 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: AAA card RV Plus 100 mile towing

Hello. For the 100 mile towing on AAA, you have to buy the "RV Plus"
coverage. I highly endorse this product. AAA ALWAYS pays for itself. Even if
you don't use it one year, you'll use it twice or three times the next. For
two driver coverage, I think I pay around $120 per year. Two thirds of that
is for the first driver, and about a third for the additional driver. Last
year I had a water pump seize up in the middle of nowhere, and the tow was
99.6 miles back to home. That would have been a $300 tow bill. These tow
drivers are usually very glad to have the long tows, and even if you are
going over 100 miles may cut you some slack on the overage.

Tim Root
84 Vanagon