<VV> towing fees

[Ron]

We've used AAA several times and found it very worth while.  Now I wouldn't 
leave home in an almost 50 year old ca without it.
RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "The Robbins" <therobbins82 at gmail.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 12:21 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> towing fees


>I have the AARP Motor Club deal but want to get something else for the non
> Vairs, I was thinking AAA. Is AAA a good way to go ?
>
> The Vair is covered by Haggerty and I know I get a flatbed and what it 
> will
> cost if anything.
>
> Joe R
> BBRT
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
> [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of
> gswiatowy at rochester.rr.com
> Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 2:07 PM
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: Re: <VV> towing fees
>
> Last May, even one of my vairs ended up being flatbedded home.
> Broke a belt, and didn't have any tools.........and I usually take a small
> tool box car to car depending on which one I have.
> Many of my collector cars over the years have.
> T-bird with a bad fuel pump
> Starter on a Dodge
> corvair with blown oil pressure switch
>
> My wife is a rural route mail carrier, more than once she has been pulled
> out of a snowbank after getting sucked in.
>
> I hear all the time of people paying through the nose for a tow.
> That's why AAA is a great insurance policy.
> Even paid the extra for my kids while they were still under my roof.
> That way I didn't have to drop everything and come to the rescue.
>
> Gary Swiatowy
>
>
>
> ] On Behalf Of Harry Yarnell
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 6:54 AM
>> To: corvair
>
>> Subject: <VV> Towing fees
>>
>> Been awhile since I've had to have a hook come get me, but Saturday, I
> lost
>> an idler pulley and flipped belt along I-95 (non-corvair). The rollback
> that
>> fetched Carol and I charged $1.50/mile TO (no load) the breakdown, and
> $3.00
>> loaded. $55 hookup fee also.
>> I don't remember tow companys charging fees TO the breakdown; is this
>> something new?
>> What have others paid for tows?
>> This tow was about 30 miles.
>>
>> Harry Yarnell
>> Perryman Garage and Orphanage
>> hyarnell1 at earthlink.net
>
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