Jonathan Kamens wrote:

> Note also that with standard AAA membership, the amount of towing you
> get for free is limited to a few miles.

You get four 7-mile tows. Plunk for the next level up, which gets you four
100-mile tows. Hell, if you're only 7 miles from home you can probably push
it yourself :-)

> If you ask the two-truck
> driver to tow farther than that, you'll pay by the mile at rates set
> by the driver (i.e., not by the AAA).

I once asked a guy what he charged. $7/mile. That afternoon I upped my
membership.

> >And will the tow truck also take me back home?
>
> That's not included in the AAA service. The driver may agree to take
> you home, but he's free to charge you whatever he wants to do it. You
> can usually ask him to call you a cab, though. If you're in a remote
> location, it might be wise to ask him to stay with you until the cab
> arrives. You should consider the distance from your house and the
> remoteness of the location when deciding to where to ask the driver to
> tow your car.

If your home is within 7 miles he'll tow you there if that's what you want. I
once wanted the guy to just tow me up to the top of the hill, I could make it
from there, but he said no, it had to be a real place, so he towed me to his
station and we pushed it from there. Yeah, on the freeway again!

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