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[camper4lyfe]

Grrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Got to work late today.

Ok highrider...something for YOU to laugh at.

My truck wouldn't start!

Well, I got it to start while I was sitting in my driveway. Stupid me then drove to Tops and SHUT IT OFF. DOH! With all the rain we had over the weekend, the distributor got a tad wet. Fortunately my dad was driving out to Buffalo today, so he was still in the area. I called him up and he swung by Tops to give me a hand. He watched while I turned my truck over, and saw a pretty nice light show. Apparently I have a cracked distributor cap, so when it gets wet, it doesn't like to run very well. I know what I'm doing at lunch today!

Fortunately, I was only 10 minutes late.

Comments

[chrsmoos.livejournal.com]

Hey. Anytime you need something give me a ring. I'm in town and and have AAA.:)

[metlimos.livejournal.com]

I tried to use my AAA Plus membership on someone else's car but they wouldn't let me.

[camper4lyfe.livejournal.com]

It was early, but now that I know...I will keep that in the memory banks.

I now have a lunch time project. New cap and rotor (probably don't need the rotor, but while I've got it apart, might as well!).

[camper4lyfe.livejournal.com]

I thought it was tied to the driver, not the car?

[chrsmoos.livejournal.com]

Ive done it several times.:) I don't know why they wouldn't let you. Just don't tell them you are not with the car. It can be used on any vehicle

[metlimos.livejournal.com]

If it were tied to the driver, they wouldn't ask you your model / license plate # when you register your car with AAA. The DMV is tied to the driver, the AAA is automotive and tied to the vehicle.

[metlimos.livejournal.com]

Well, the DMV is tied to both.

[camper4lyfe.livejournal.com]

I don't have AAA, so I only know what I've been told by others.

[metlimos.livejournal.com]

If you cheat the system, you tie it to the driver. If you have good ethics, you tie it to your vehicle.

[chrsmoos.livejournal.com]

Hmm. I have in the past driven a vehicl registered to my father for long periods and have never had a problem with AAA, although I dont use the service often. Honestly I don't think it is a question of ethics. Regardless of what vehicle you are driving the service covers you, the driver.:) If it didn't it would say right on your card what vehicle it was for and at that point no one would use it anymore.

[metlimos.livejournal.com]

Call them and ask them if you can use it for your friend's cars. Then post their reply.

[chrsmoos.livejournal.com]

http://www.nyaaa.com/benefits/memoptions.jsp


AAA provides coverage for the stranded member, not the vehicle. This means that as a member of AAA you're covered in any eligible vehicle, whether or not it's the one you own. Even if you're not the driver!

[highrider.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't laugh at you Jeff. Maybe tease you a little. ;)

I actually just replaced my cap & rotor in the fall as a PM @100K. Did the plugs at the same time too. Then I got stuck a few days later with a rough running truck on the thruway. Apparaently the guy didn't push one of the boots all the way on and it came loose from the plug. Guess I should have just done the job myself.

I was going to explain the AAA benefit, but Chris has already taken care of that. I use it just because it's so much easier to call one # when you have a problem and you're out of town in an area you don't know well.

[metlimos.livejournal.com]

Weird, they must have changed the policy from a decade ago... lol. I swear I remember calling back in 1995 and they said that they don't cover someone else's car. Hmmmm.... maybe I was just high at the time.

[camper4lyfe.livejournal.com]

New cap is in my truck. Will go on once I finish eating.

[chrsmoos.livejournal.com]

Haha. Anything is possible, and btw, I wasn't trying to be a know it all.:)
I have used it 2 times for an ex's vehicle, about 3yrs ago. Thankfully I have only had to use it once myself since. Dead battery, in June in the driveway after I had been waxing my car for 2hrs with the radio on.