"Brian" wrote in message
news:d43oq21b2pumq5inufs1fjo93e0lj5fj8s@4ax.com...
> On 15 Jan 2007 05:09:12 -0800, "oconnell@slr.orl.lmco.com"
> wrote:
>
>
> > "ever"? Yes. Worth $50 a year? No. I'd guess that
> >90% of my nonlocal driving is in a rental car. Further more,
> >there is this thing called directory assistance. Joining AAA
> >because one is worried they'll be in a nonlocal place
> >and not be able to figure out how to get a tow truck seems
> >a tad extreme some how. AAA was a creation of another
> >time when there were no cell phones, no 800 numbers, when
> >24/7 was a rarity, and the truth is vehicle reliability was alot
> >lower.
>
> It's an individual decision. We do a fair amount of out of town
> driving in a vehicle we own.
> It can be difficult to find a towing service in some areas apparently.
> Of course sometimes AAA doesn't respond all that quickly.
>
They wouldn't respond at all on a Labor Day holiday weekend when I was
stranded with a dead battery in front of the Natural History Museum of the
Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. A good samaritan provided a jump
start and I was on my way.
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