They say they will tow up to 100 miles free of charge. I was once
stranded just about 100 miles from home. Will they really tow my
Vanagon home 100 miles away if I ask? I was half way between San Jose
and Reno. I would have asked to tow my Vanagon to Reno had I not
successfully restarted the engine.

David

--- Sam Conant <samcvt@COMCAST.NET> wrote:

> I buy AAA Plus .... Haven't been refused a road service since I bought my 84 in 1996 200k miles
> ago.
> SamC
>
> -------------- Original message --------------
> From: "John C..." <Trvlr2001@COMCAST.NET>
>
> > Hi Anna,
> > I would strongly suggest AAA RV. $80 bucks a year.
> > They not only tow, they fix flats & deliver gasoline.
> > best,
> > John C...
> >
> > -------------- Original message --------------
> > From: Anna Quinn-Smith
> >
> > > Well - me & the dawgs TRIED to go see the Perseid meteor showers Sat eve. .
> > > . . . drove away from Portland (OR) city lights to countryside south and east.
> > > (Molalla-Mulino, for those familiar w/the area). The sun was setting pink in
> > an
> > > otherwise clear sky (yay!) as we scouted likely stopping spots.
> > > Alas - with urban growth creeping rurally, traffic was horrendous! So even
> > > when a dark spot could be found, car lights were a real bother! Add to that
> > the
> > > ubiquitous rural exterior quartz security lights & we hit a real snag. Now,
> > mind
> > > you, I am somewhat disabled so a hike-however brief-was out of the question.
> > > But still I kept on, determined to take advantage of this moonless early
> > > August sky show. When a spot was finally found, damn if a purplish-black
> > > fan-shaped cloud bank wasn't hurrying my way! The dogs were whining, I had to
> > > pee, and there were just way to many cars for "way out in the sticks"!
> > > So, homeward we headed; with a stop at local "Burgerville" for a Tillamook
> > > ice cream milkshake and a short cut thru Fred Meyer pkg lot in Oregon City. I
> > > decided to stop & check out the awful noise I had been hearing. If it was that
> > > newer muffler I was gonna have to head on in 1st thing Mon morning . . .
> > > instead, a very flat tire rear right. Double damn! This was 11pm. Called a few
> > > friends & left msgs; then tow companies. Many don't do flats anymore; others
> > > didn't go to Or.City; the one that did was 2+ hrs out! And the late nite
> > > rabble-rousers made me a wee bit nervous. C'mon, dawgs, BARK - save me! When I
> > > finally settled on one that was 1hr or less, I was wiped out. Down went the
> > bed
> > > (hoo-rah for Vanagon campers!) & snooze went the canids & I. Then it took
> > quite
> > > over an hr for poor Darryl to change out the tire-seems the spare was never
> > used
> > > in it's 26 yrs! Rust rust rust .... he banged and tweaked and swore and went
> > > 'ouch'. I still had to pee. I pardoned myself & zoomed of
> > > f on my scooter to check out the shrubbery for nature's call . . . "how do you
> > > spell ' relief ' ?" It was after 2AM when he finally sent me on my way - home,
> > > wind down, computer messages and bed by 0500!
> > > Next year I'll stay in the Santiam wilderness outside Eugene to catch a
> > > star -
> > > - Anna QS
> > > ' 86 Blue Mongrel . . & the dawgs
>

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