AAA Towing Insurance Is A Rip Off.

I've used AAA a bit. Not so much for me... Maybe three or four in the 20+ years I've had it, but it's been good. Once for a flat tire on my truck where I was 80 miles away from home and on a very busy highway with a narrow shoulder. The AAA guy flatbeded me off (free) because he didn't want to change it there either.

But when my kids were living home... and driving POS cars, it was great. Only once could I really complain and that's when my youngest broke a lower ball joint on his Avenger. The car was sitting on the ground and the dumbass with the rollback was going to destroy the car by dragging it up. It was a AAA vehicle, and that's seems to be more common than the private guys. He had called me and I was there when they showed up.

He tried a couple times, and after deciding he couldn't do it (read, us telling him), he tried jacking the car up... Presumably to put a skid under the front. He had taken it out of gear to try pulling it up and since the car was on a hill, it started rolling away. One of us (can't remember who) grabbed a tire chock and tossed it under the rear. In hindsight, it probably would have been better if we let it go, as it was the middle of the night with no one around to hurt, but we didn't. He gave up at that point and drove away, leaving the tire chock.

I started to pick up my phone, figuring on calling some guys I knew in the business, and submitting the bill after. It rang and it was another tow truck guy. He said he heard what was going on and he wasn't busy, so he stopped. He showed up in a black, quiet Chevy truck with a wheel lift, no markings on it. Obviously, a repo guy. Older, really nice guy that took care of business and got the car towed without more damage.

I kept the tire chock.

But, that was the only time I had an issue. Did have another flatbed (independent) break down with my car on the back, but that was actually funny enough to make up for the time wasted... Another independent company showed up and I knew the driver, so it we all stood there, making jokes about it.

I'm still with AAA. My kids are old enough so they aren't covered now. I'm not a fan of playing mechanic on the side of the road with a newer car that probably has some electronic problem that I'm not going to be able to fix. The old cars... I can fix them... New cars, not so much.