Road side assistance
I have only used this once and it was for my wife’s car. It was a great service (Mazda) with no problems even though I had caused the break down (confirm twice that the positive and negative are correct - and that’s all I’ll say about that).
I’m not sure when road side assistance started. I seem to remember it in “days of yore” but then it was unreliable and usually considered a rip-off.
The question here is do you, like me, have several choices in assistance? Somehow I have ended up with road side assistance from my insurance company, my manufacturer and from the Good Sam Club.
I guess I can blame at least part of this on my apprehension in driving a B or van or camper down the road. Years ago, (before road side assistance) in a tandem axle, 33′ Holiday Rambler, I broke down on the way home from Disneyland. We were in a convoy of several other cars and about 20 boy scouts. I had to rent 3 cars to get them home. This same coach broke down in New Mexico and I had to fly my wife (x), her mother and two kids home while I waited in Albuquerque for repairs.
A Ford powered Class C stopped several times on the road before I finally found out about a “hidden recall” (do you know about those?) and had the fuel pump replaced.
So, back to the question of several different programs. I guess since the first two are free, I should use the one I am paying for . . . twisted logic? Is Good Sam better than Dodge? Maybe deep in the Yukon it is - I don’t know.
I hope I never have to find out.
