What roadside assistance do you have? AAA or something else?

[Anonymous]

NOT included with car insurance. Basically I'm looking for jump starts, tire, towing if needed.

[Anonymous]

And of course, how much do you pay

[Anonymous]

AAA. I can’t remember what I pay but I also have 5 drivers on our membership.

I’ve always been happy with them.

[Anonymous]

AAA, it's great! It feels almost too good to be true considering how much we've used them.

[Anonymous]

I’ve had AAA since I started driving as a teenager.

I’m 65 now.

Plenty of help over the years with broken down cars. Good discount rates for travel, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve had AAA since I started driving as a teenager.

I’m 65 now.

Plenty of help over the years with broken down cars. Good discount rates for travel, too.

I pay $127.50 a year, by the way.

[Anonymous]

I had AAA for years until I started working for the Police and realized their response time is crazy. 1-2 hours at times.
They contract with tow companies that aren’t necessarily the closest.
If the Police call a tow for you the max time is 30 mins.
I usually have a dog or kid in the car and time is more if an issue than a tow bill.

[Anonymous]

AAA and love it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had AAA for years until I started working for the Police and realized their response time is crazy. 1-2 hours at times.
They contract with tow companies that aren’t necessarily the closest.
If the Police call a tow for you the max time is 30 mins.
I usually have a dog or kid in the car and time is more if an issue than a tow bill.

how does this work? You just call the police and ask for a tow? I didn't know this was a thing. How much is the tow?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had AAA for years until I started working for the Police and realized their response time is crazy. 1-2 hours at times.
They contract with tow companies that aren’t necessarily the closest.
If the Police call a tow for you the max time is 30 mins.
I usually have a dog or kid in the car and time is more if an issue than a tow bill.

The police have a contract with towing comapnies so each one is on call for a certain block of tiem each week, and that includes a defined response time. It ensures there is always a tow company to call any time day or night if there's an accident they need cleared. However, those tow companies aren't necessarily cheap and the vehicle owner pays.

[Anonymous]

AAA it covers the person (i.e. drivers) no matter what car htey drive, even a rental car or driving a firend's car. The roadside from auto insurance covers the specific car. Depending on your family, one may work better than the other.

[Anonymous]

Road side assistance with your car insurance is the most cost effective way to do it if most of your driving is local and you don’t own 10 cars. It is just $15-20 per year per car. I used mine quite a lot in DMV over the years for jump starts, lockouts, running out of gas, towing. If I was planning a trip to a remote location I would probably get AAA.

[Anonymous]

I managed to lock myself out of my car with the motor running one winter day a few decades ago when I was traveling in Philadelphia, and AAA got there plenty quick, thankfully.

[Anonymous]

My farm bureau insurance covers local and travel, and will cover trailers/animals which AAA will not.

[Anonymous]

Never had any. Have just paid the rare times we’ve needed it. Don’t need to insure things you can easily afford.