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   From: michael.trew@att.net   
      
   On 4/23/2022 20:54, Andy Burnelli wrote:   
   >   
   > Personally, I've found that you can "share" the AAA card, as the only   
   > entity   
   > that seems to care if it's "you" calling is AAA but not the truck driver   
   > who   
   > arrives (he just wants to get paid by AAA in the end so he'll take anyone).   
   > (at least in my experience anyway)   
      
   Some drivers are more persnickety.  I drive old beaters, and I usually   
   use a few of my AAA tows per year.  It's well worth it to pay for the   
   middle tier of AAA with up to four 100 mile tows.   
      
   > When a kid gets their first car, I generally gift them a "safety kit",   
   > which   
   > contains, oh, offhand, from memory, the following dozen or so safety items:   
   > 1. HF magnetic light (AA only - I never buy AAA items - ever!)   
      
   Why no AAA batteries?   
      
   > Did I miss anything that you would highly recommend that's in your kit?   
   > (It's always a balance of size versus likelihood of dire need of course.)   
      
   I usually keep multiple car fluids on hand.  Premixed gallon of coolant,   
   at least a quart of oil, and P/S fluid (maybe ATF).  Of course, again, I   
   drive old cars, that tend to spring leaks.   
      
   > The _best_ thing to have in your kit, is the knowledge that you likely   
   > have,   
   > and that I certainly have, of how each of the systems work in a vehicle   
   > (drive train, starting & charging, cooling, steering, braking, etc.) in   
   > that   
   > my cars, by design, are older than my children (who are married with kids),   
   > since that's the last time I bought a new car and none of my vehicles have   
   > _ever_ been to a mechanic (I even do alignment and tire mounting &   
   > balancing   
   > at home)   
      
   I'd love to have a machine to mount and balance my own tires.  I fix   
   most things on cars myself, and there is a satisfaction to that   
   (although it's also relevant to cheap/necessity for me).   
      
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