[s-cars] How many AAA ramp trucks does it take...

[Peter Golledge]

Had some fun once with AAA and changing a spare on a 200TQA.  My wife got
sick of waiting and started the Tyre change herself, got to the point where
the wheel was off when AAA turn up.  

Driver offers to put on wheel... Can't figure out that the hub has rotated
slightly and wont allow the wheel bolts to thread in.  Insists then that the
car is undriveable and that another truck with dollies must be sent at our
cost.

Wife politely tells AAA driver that she will sort it, he leaves in huff.  A
phone call to me and we got things back on the road.  Now she knows to
thread the pin into the hub before wheel removal.

I've had a great AAA experience also though... The ramp truck driver who
offered to help with the disabled LT-1Q was an former engineer who was
fascinated why/how anyone would stuff an LT1 into an Audi 5000TQ.  He
quickly realized this was not going to be a regular out of gas/flat tire
call when he saw the pile of parts in the carpark I'd removed trying to
identify a no start condition.

-----Original Message-----
From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Peter Schulz
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 8:26 PM
To: Ian Duff
Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [s-cars] How many AAA ramp trucks does it take...

Thanks Ian...
She & kids home safe, waiting for AAA to get the car home too..

Thank goodness for running  spare audis (check my sig. file ;-)

-Peter


At 10:21 PM 10/2/2007 -0400, Ian Duff wrote:
>Kim need some local help?
>-Ian.
>
>On 02 Oct, 2007, at 21:41, Peter Schulz wrote:
>
>>To tow my wife's S6 wagon with a broken tie rod????
>>
>>I'm on travel, I get a call from the Mrs who asks if its ok to drive 
>>the wagon < 1mile home with a broken passenger side front tie rod...
>>
>>Of course I say "no".
>>
>>She calls AAA, says that the car has a broken tie rod and needs a ramp 
>>truck.
>>
>>1st truck shows up, realizes quickly that the passenger front wheel is 
>>stuffed in the wheel well and the car won't budge (evidently the 
>>stuffed wheel means its also stuffed in gear or something like 
>>that)...
>>
>>driver calls AAA dispatch...
>>
>>2nd ramp truck shows up.....
>>no dollies.
>>
>>At least he drives the wife and kids home...
>>
>>2 hours after the first call she's STILL awaiting the car (having it 
>>sent home)
>>
>>ARGH!!!
>>
>>-Peter (who's wife's car ALWAYS has issues when I'm gone (last 3 cars 
>>that she's driven!)
>>
>>
>>-Peter Schulz
>>Chelmsford Ma, USA
>>http://www.naaclub.org/
>>
>>1995.5 S6 Avant Emerald/Ecru
>>1995.5 S6 Avant Silver/Platinum
>>1991 200 20v Q Avant Titan Grey (for sale)
>>1991 90 20v Q Red
>>1991 CQ silver  (eS2 recipient)
>>
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