OK, so that might be a little bit dramatic but this weekend when the unthinkable happened I definitely thanked our lucky stars (i.e., my mother who planned for the worst) that we have AAA. What happened? Our brand new Fit wouldn’t start in the Lowe’s parking lot. Of course this happened on the one day that I forgot to charge my phone so it  had one tiny little bar of battery and as for Peter’s phone, Peter might as well not even own a phone. I called my mom asking what to do and she said, “Call AAA!!” As much as we love Lowe’s, sitting in the parking lot was one of the last ways that either of us wanted to spend our Sunday afternoon.

I called AAA while chanting in my head to my phone, “Please don’t die! Please don’t die!” Only thirty minutes later we were up and running. AAA told us that our poor Fit had a faulty battery so the next morning we had to have him towed to the dealership. It was a huge pain but luckily AAA was there to facilitate the process for us. Our battery was replaced and since the car is still under warranty we  never had to open our wallets.  I know we would’ve survived without AAA but their kind employees made the experience a lot more tolerable–the tow truck even drove us to the dealership.

If you don’t have AAA, I highly recommend them. The price per year is very affordable and the membership comes with miscellaneous perks like discounts on hotel accommodations, rental cars, and restaurants!

You’ll be happy to know that our Fit is feeling much better now. I hope he doesn’t get sick again soon! Have you ever been saved by AAA?

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