Are Roadside Assistance memberships worth it?

[Anonymous]

Depends. I have a Mercedes, and they will come and change tires, etc for free. I assume most other luxury brands have the same type of service.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I used roadside assistance through my auto multiple times. It is cheap and quick in the DMV but I heard that AAA is more reliable in less populated areas. Also, my auto reduced roadside benefits recently, free tow only up to 15 miles now. Also, it wont cover a rental. So, if I was planning a cross country trip I’d probably get a AAA membership.

AAA covers rentals?
Can you combine AAA with hotel loyalty status?

[Anonymous]

AAA has kind of weird politics. More geared towards sprawl than to our environment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Depends. I have a Mercedes, and they will come and change tires, etc for free. I assume most other luxury brands have the same type of service.

Same for our new Tahoe. Just push the On*Star button by the interior lights and they call free General Motors roadside for you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In my state, AAA has DMV services by appointment at their offices. We walked in and were seen right away. I just discovered this and it was amazing.

The last few times I went to the DMV I made an appt and didn't wait at all. One was even a pop up DMV in the local library.