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- From: an4929@anon.penet.fi (gonzo)
- Subject: AAA and motorcycles...NOT!!!
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.173715.13397@fuug.fi>
- Sender: anon@fuug.fi (The Anon Administrator)
- Organization: Anonymous contact service
- X-Anonymously-To: rec.motorcycles
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 13:01:56 GMT
- Lines: 41
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- I had always suspected that AAA would not deal with motorcycles, but
- recently, when a friend had his car towed, AAA asked him if he wanted
- a towtruck or a flatbed (it seems that at least in some sections of
- the country, you can request this). Well, I've had my bike towed
- before on a flatbed (although it looks pretty lonely up there by
- itself, all sick and not working well), so I decided to give them a
- call. I got a lecture for five minutes by the person manning the
- emergency phone saying that the second A in AAA stands for
- automobile. My conversation went basically like this:
-
- operator: Triple A emergency road services, may I help you.
- me: yes, hello, do you by tow motorcycles?
- operator: No sir, we do not. We do not tow motorcycles. If you
- were to read your tripel A by-laws, you would realize that
- we do not tow motorcycles. No, we do not tow
- motorcycles. We can not tow motorcycles, we work with
- four wheeled vehicles only.
- (It was at this point that I wanted to call a friend with an ATV and
- really piss her off. She did say four wheeled vehicles).
-
- Anyway, the next towing service I called was an AAA affiliated tower
- that used a flatbed. I didn't use him, because he was too expensive,
- but please, tell me why AAA will not let me use their membership that
- I paid for, for towing, when the place I called was AAA affiliated.
- Is there any sort of AAA for motorcycles (you know, cheap or free
- towing, help on the road, gas if you run out, etc, etc, etc)?
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- Peace, love, and tomatoes,
-
- Bill
-
- "I believe in a long, prolonged period of derangement", followed by a
- long, hot bath, plenty of starchy foods, and some rest.
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