AA ....more than just a breakdown service?
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We live next door to a lovely lady now on her mid seventies but you'd never know. Husband sadly gone into a home with dementia do she does rely on our help a bit.
She has a 57 plate Megane auto and it has become very troublesome. I have nicely suggested she swaps it but is reluctant to do so. She piled £1000 in for a gearbox and £400 for the MOT last year.
During the past month she has had the AA out 3 times. Firstly one of the rear windows failed to go up after some switch fiddling by her grand daughter. As it was Saturday and looking like rain I gaffer red taped up the 3 inch gap but she decided to call the boys in yellow. The guy really worked hard for an hour to try to get it to work and finally resorted to removing the door panel and hand cranking it. So they turn out not for a breakdown more as a nice thing to help.
Second time last week she sits in the back of the car shuts the door and of course the electric child locks are on so she decides to clamber into the front to get out. Why o why didn't she just press the switch on the drivers door? So she calls the yellow boys out again. They nicely tell her it's 'user error' so not a breakdown again.
Yesterday she asked if I heard her car alarm in the night. Yes..... But didn't know whose as it had stopped before I stumbled to the window. It's been going off at all sorts of times for months. Anyway in the afternoon the yellow van appears again. Nothing found and yet another non breakdown attended. Another trip to the dealer suggested.
I suppose in one way I'm impressed but the AA's diligence but surprised they keep putting out for non breakdowns.
She has a 57 plate Megane auto and it has become very troublesome. I have nicely suggested she swaps it but is reluctant to do so. She piled £1000 in for a gearbox and £400 for the MOT last year.
During the past month she has had the AA out 3 times. Firstly one of the rear windows failed to go up after some switch fiddling by her grand daughter. As it was Saturday and looking like rain I gaffer red taped up the 3 inch gap but she decided to call the boys in yellow. The guy really worked hard for an hour to try to get it to work and finally resorted to removing the door panel and hand cranking it. So they turn out not for a breakdown more as a nice thing to help.
Second time last week she sits in the back of the car shuts the door and of course the electric child locks are on so she decides to clamber into the front to get out. Why o why didn't she just press the switch on the drivers door? So she calls the yellow boys out again. They nicely tell her it's 'user error' so not a breakdown again.
Yesterday she asked if I heard her car alarm in the night. Yes..... But didn't know whose as it had stopped before I stumbled to the window. It's been going off at all sorts of times for months. Anyway in the afternoon the yellow van appears again. Nothing found and yet another non breakdown attended. Another trip to the dealer suggested.
I suppose in one way I'm impressed but the AA's diligence but surprised they keep putting out for non breakdowns.
I've called them out when I could not get a pug 407 estate to lock.
Turns out that it won't lock when the rear glass is open, and it's really easy to catch the button on the keys without knowing it.
To be fair they did have a cheat sheet to go through on the phone before sending out a patrol, and this then got added to it.....
Turns out that it won't lock when the rear glass is open, and it's really easy to catch the button on the keys without knowing it.
To be fair they did have a cheat sheet to go through on the phone before sending out a patrol, and this then got added to it.....
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