Been meaning to post this for a while. Good Sam had done the same for me too, towing a newly acquired non-running '75 Westy about 60 miles to my house. But, a few months ago my daughter's '98 Beetle had a coolant hose blow out while she is away from home at school. I had her call Good Sam, from whom I still had (at extra cost) 100 mile towing. I wanted the car towed back to her school parking lot, about 9-10 miles. The driver (and Good Sam) refused to tow it more than two miles because they said that the "closest repair facility", which for all I know could have been a gas station. I had to pay extra to get it towed back to the school parking lot. I had been a member of Good Sam for about 15 years and had never had a problem before. I cancelled my Good Sam membership and now have AAA. I had always recommended Good Sam, but no more. Jeff Stewart ----- Original Message -----
> In a message dated 4/17/2013 10:50:08 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> ddbjorkman@VERIZON.NET writes:
>  Reminds me of the time when I took my VW bug out on a forest road
>  years
> ago.  I came across a small stream with a couple of beams across  it.
>  I
> checked the distance between the beams against my wheel base and  it
> seemed OK,
> and was until I got into the middle and the beams slid together
>  leaving me
> stranded with all 4 wheels suspended above the stream.
> AAA did come to get me, but charged me for the chain saw work they had
> to
> do to get the tow truck close enough to the Bug to get the winch line
> to me.
> ill never forget the time i called AAA to bring home a freebie '75
> westy
> that i acquired for parts.   the driver actually dragged it out of a
>  field,
> aired up the tires, and towed it home for me, even stopping to change
> the
> dryrotted tire that blew out on the freeway.   this was prolly 15 or
>  so
> years ago...  i seriously doubt they do something like that now...  :)