On Jun 12, 2005, at 21:15, Stacey wrote:
> On the negative side .... but nothing to do with the autoX school
> or the way
> it was run....
> It would have only been a better day had my son's 300zx not had
> some engine,
> oil exhaust smoking problem which occurred on the very first mini-
> course run.
> We decided to not use his vehicle for the rest of the day. Instead
> we shared
> my 97 Z28 Camaro. He did just great in the Camaro. I am glad we
> had 2 cars
> there so we were still able to participate. The big negative here
> is we have
> to figure out what is wrong with the car and pay to fix it.
> Bummer, I hate to
> pay to fix stuff.
After reading that you paid for a tow, I don't know if this is good
or bad news, but my impression is that all the 300ZXs smoke on
course, something to do with overflow from the breather. Hopefully
Carl Merritt or someone as knowledgeable will chip in with an expert
opinion, but all the ones I've seen smoke like chimneys, and it
seemed to be a known and harmless issue to their owners.
> Oh the other negative is that it smoked enough when we left for the
> day that
> we "chickened out" and parked it at the entrance of the coliseum
> and called
> AAA for a tow. The $330 AAA tow fee was an unexpected negative!
> We had it
> towed 38 miles to a Santa Clara shop. AAA apparently only covers
> the first 5
> miles now as a classic member, both AAA and the tow truck driver
> informed us
> and told us about the $10/mile charge. We had to "pay through the
> nose" a
> whopping $10 per mile which meant $330 to get it to the shop. I
> guess we
> could have tried to check around but I thought that AAA could have
> contracted
> for a lower price than that. I thought it would be for free or
> maybe $100 but
> never dreamed $330. Had we hauled it all the way home it would
> have cost
> $560!
>
> Apparently you can pay more for a premier membership that cost more
> yearly but
> you get 100 free miles. I did not qualify for it since I added my
> son this
> year and had a tow once the year or so before which disqualifies you.
>
> I think I might just drop AAA next year. I am pretty disappointed
> with them.
> In 2003 they towed me about 15 miles and did not charge extra. I
> guess they
> changed their policies.
If they changed the policy, it was before 1997 - that's when I bought
a '89 Corvette and upped my AAA to AAA Plus specifically to get the
100 mile tow range in case it died at a Sacto. event. It was all
clearly spelled out in the literature.
KeS
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