Re: [DML] Serious Megasquirt Question
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Re: [DML] Serious Megasquirt Question



It's not the DML -- it's the United States of America. We have large swaths of sparsely populated territory with very limited support services of any kind. What would have happened if Louie & I broke down in the middle of Alabama on the trip we took to visit you? I 100% guarantee AAA would not have dispatched a company owned service truck to us.

Bill Robertson
#5939

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Farrar Hudkins <fhudkins@...> wrote:
>
> Sorry, Bill. I forgot that on the DML I have to preface everything I say
> with "in my experience" or "in my opinion."
> 
> Farrar Hudkins
> #2613
> 
> On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 12:36 PM, content22207 <brobertson@...>wrote:
> 
> > **
> >
> >
> > Nonsense. Outside of a few metropolitan areas, AAA farms out its roadside
> > assistance 24 hours a day. If you place a AAA call in Laurinburg right now,
> > you are going to get a 3rd party roll back (and all he will do is haul your
> > vehicle -- no mechanical work on the side of the road).
> >
> > Bill Robertson
> > #5939
> >
> > --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Farrar Hudkins <fhudkins@> wrote:
> > >
> > > 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@> 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]
> > >
> >
> >  
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Sent from my laser-guided nuclear-powered refrigerator, operated by its
> crew of hyperintelligent pandimensional cyborg kittens, controlled remotely
> via telekinetic sonic screwdriver.
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>




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