AAA only farms out its tow services after 10pm. Prior to that you get a genuine AAA service truck or tow truck. Farrar Hudkins #2613 On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 11:27 AM, Stephen Rice <stevedmc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > ** > > > He just freaked out because it was a Delorean, got all cocky saying he > was tempted not to come out to give me a jump start, and then drove > off and told me I would need to contact AAA to get someone else to > give me a tow. What ticked me off is he had a flat bed truck. > > Come to think of it, it might have been roadside assistance with a > company other than AAA. My insurance company has roadside assistance > and that might have been what I was using. Regardless, I canceled > roadside assistance after that. You are going to have to deal with > the same crap with whoever they contract to do the work. > > After the guy refused to tow me home, I opened the door, pushed the > car about 20 feet (by myself), jumped in, and bumped the transmission > in 2nd gear. I drove the car home and fixed the problem myself. It > took me about 2 minutes to push start the car after I wasted over an > hour on roadside assistance. After that incident, I vowed to never > use roadside assistance again. > > -Steve Rice > #16510 > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnewsYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/