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Subject:Re: What a Saturday!! (kinda long)
From:BenT Syncro
Date:Tue, 14 Aug 2007 20:35:10 -0700

On 8/14/07, Geo & Kathleen Hahn <ahwahnee@cybertrails.com> wrote:
>
> Yes.
>
> We had a head gasket let loose about 300 miles from home.  AAA picked up
> the
> first 100 miles, the rest was on my nickel.  Took 2 tow trucks and a
> hand-off at the state line but they set it all up once I told them where I
> was and where I wanted it towed to.  They even negotiated a discounted
> rate
> on the portion that I had to pay for.
>
> The trip home was about as quick as I could have driven it.
>
> Geo

Geo,

You can have them put the vehicle down then make a second service call (and
second waiting period). You are allowed two tows per breakdown. I've gotten
200 miles tows this way with AAAplus.

BenT

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