AAA Road Side Assistance

I had the membership for a good while now. Never had any problems until this year. So I went from DC to SC and my tires were down in the border of VA and NC. Call them for help using my primer membership. It was 11pm. Took then until 1^st next day. OK that’s fine. We got toll to the close by shop. But of course nothing was open. So we had to get hotel and food. My membership was covered for food and hotel if I breakdown 100^th less away from home! Oh OK I was like calling and calling so I finally know how to file the reimbursement. Then I was able to get back on my trip after all that trouble. It’s was a shame. I filed my claim right after I came back back in September 2015. Then today almost Christmas 2015 they call me back tell me I was not gonna be covered or reimburse for broken tires! Great! No one told me that when they try to sell me the package! ! Now I thought I could get some money back for what a great insurance company in sign up for no! Nothing! It’s all bullshit to get u sign up but after tolling your car for you they won’t say hey you have these money you can claim for! There are many great companies out there who will come toll ur car for u and reimburse your money FAST! I’m done with this shitty company! Also when they call me they said your were staying at a hotel before you break down. Then I was so mad they even make up lies! I can’t believe it. No one call me follow up with my accident or claim I have to call and get transfer million time before I get to the right person. I don’t need to spend my money with this bad company.

I’ve used them twice already in 4 months. First time was thanks to Paul being my passenger at 4 am when I blew a tire doing a U-​turn in D.C. Second time made me grateful that I subscribed on my own before the cold snap hit.
Sooo, yeah. Wednesday morning my carpool folks thought it was clear enough on the streets to let me drive to work on my own.
Slid off the icy road.
Hit a newspaper box.
And the one behind it.
And the sapling behind them.
And ran over the sapling.
And finished with the 2-​foot thick oak tree behind it.
A block from home.
Go ahead, make your «LOL asian female drivers» joke.
I sat there, stunned, and my first call was to AAA. Second call to my dad so he could get his «I told you so» done with about not taking the spinout driving class. Third to Paul for reassurance. At which point I found out that people generally think you’re dead if you stay in your car after something like that happens, so they helped me out the passenger side.
Sadly, the highlight of morning for me was when the tow truck driver arrived, got out to look at the state of my car with me. Then another girl swerves out of my complex, and crashes into the tow truck. The intersection isn’t a bermuda’s triangle of bad karma, just a reason for me to shake my fist at Reston Association’s snow trucks.
Great service, even if the driver was hard to understand because of a language barrier. Dispatcher initially cited an hour wait, but 95 Towing was there in 20 minutes. Side note: traffic cops and tow truck drivers should be banned from asking, «How are you doing today?»
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Locking your keys in the trunk: 3 seconds.
Waiting for locksmith: 30 minutes.
Watching as he jimmies open a passenger door: 6 disturbing seconds.

AAA road side assistance is something I will never go without. They can be lifesavers! Granted, you pay for their service and hope you never have to call them… but when you need them… they are there!
Last night I hit something along the lines of a pot hole. It messed up my steering and I did not feel comfortable driving my car, so I pulled off the highway at the first exit, took out my beautiful AAA card, and called for a tow truck. They let me know that it would be sometime within an hour for my tow truck to arrive. It took 15 minutes. (Note: time it takes the tow truck to arrive is all a crap shoot based on how many drivers they have, how many calls they have in, and where the drivers are located. Lucky for me, I was the first call of the new shift and got a driver quickly).
The tow driver was very nice, very knowledgeable, hooked up my car, and transported us about 30 miles away to a service shop. On the ride there, the driver was nice, held a good conversation, and explained things to me about my car. When we got to the service shop, he even jacked my car up a little more to look at it with me and try to explain what I *might* have done to the car.
I always feel like I’m in good hands with AAA — they’ve rescued me a few times over the years