Scott,

"And AAA never said anything to you .....?".

Nope

On Aug 24, 2008, at 12:43 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:

> of course, since the two drivers benefit directly......i.e. being
> paid by AAA...........
> it is to their advantage to do things like this.
>
> though I suspect fuel was less expensive when that occurred than it
> is now.
> And AAA never said anything to you .....?
>
> good going though !
> people helpin' each other out - how it's supposed to be !
> Scott
> www.turbovans.com
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Chase"
> <roadguy@ROADHAUS.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2008 8:05 AM
> Subject: Re: Trip Contingencies
>
>
>> Volks,
>>
>> It pains me to say I have had a fair amt of experience with AAA Plus
>> and tow trucks.
>>
>> During my 2yr drive-about ... before I pulled the infamous Ken Morgan
>> aka jake4parts on eBay engine,
>>
>> I had the pleasure getting to know 10-12 tow trucks drivers in
>> various
>> states and Canada.
>>
>> I'm really sorry to hear about B&S's problems with AAA but I'd have
>> to
>> say my experiences were excellent.
>>
>> On the AAA call I always stated clearly that I wanted a flatbed tow
>> truck.
>>
>> One time I needed to be towed 300 miles back to Denver from Kansas.
>>
>> My plan ... get one tow for 100 miles and drop the Van  at an off
>> ramp.
>>
>> Camp there till the nxt morning, call AAA again for a 2nd 100 mile
>> tow.
>>
>> Leapfrog this way until I reached Denver.
>>
>> As we were tooling along the interstate on the 1st 100 mile leg, I
>> shared my plan with the tow truck driver.
>>
>> He thought about this for a while then said "Shoot, I can take you
>> all
>> the way to Denver".
>>
>> "I'll pull over every 100 miles,  unhook your vehicle, hook it back
>> up
>> and do another 100 miles."
>>
>> I said, that would be great, but we instead of unhooking each time,
>> we
>> could just say we did that.
>>
>> His response "Nope that wouldn't be right".
>>
>> Three hook ups and 6 hours later we were in Denver.
>>
>> larry
>> roadhaus.com
>>
>> - - -
>>
>>> From: oddstray@ODDSTRAY.COM
>>
>>> Subject: Re: Trip Contingencies
>>> B&S
>>> '87 Westy 'Esmerelda Blanc'
>>> SoCal
>