No Road Side Service
We were camping in our class A at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and on Sunday morning when we woke at 6am, out generator stopped because our diesel level was too low. So, we were stuck.. We could ...
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So which service is it that you have, jollyrancher01? "Good Sam Roadside Assistance" or "Travel Assistance"?
Been thinking about this post for the last few days now, milling it over in my head. Living in Central Indiana pretty much all my life, I know how crazy things can get at the 500 race, Memorial Day week-end, and the camping, traffic, and all the stuff going on at the track (fun stuff and the illegal stuff), not to mention the increased heightened security that was going on then and there.
Put it all together, and I wonder if that was just one of those times and places that Good Sam Roadside Assistance felt they simply could not get into. Just passing through the gates, the service company probably would have had to pay astronomical fees, even if they were not staying. That's the only reason I can think of why they might not have come out.
Did anyone from GSRA ever get back with you or did you ever reach out to them again after posting here? It would be interesting to know why you were denied the service, other than the excuse, We can't do that.
About being female? (personally) it doesn't make any difference. If you are going to hang out on these forums, you can expect some tough criticism sometimes.
I don't think your situation had anything to do with being male or female, or 16 years old, or 66 years old either. I think it had everything to do with your lack of RV experience. Far too often, too many of these forum members have forgotten what it was like to be relative new to this life style. They sometimes forget all the blunders and stupid things they themselves did. They don't always admit they did the exact same thing going through a learning curve with their RV's.
You learned some important RV basics through all of this. And that is what really matters. Now that you have put your RV to the test, next time you'll know what to expect. I bet you'll watch your fuel consumption a bit closer (very basic stuff for all of us, but how many of us had the experience when we were new drivers that we ran our first car completely out of gas and was left stranded on the side of the road and had to call Dad to come with a gallon of gas!)..... Probably everyone! (I was 16 ... I remember that well!)
So now you know. You've got experience under your belt. Chalk this up and move forward! .... Yes!!!! Something else WILL happen that will throw you for a loop, at an unexpected, inconvenient time. The important thing is to simply work your way through it. Keep calm, keep your whits, and everything will work itself out ... eventually.
Good luck!
Been thinking about this post for the last few days now, milling it over in my head. Living in Central Indiana pretty much all my life, I know how crazy things can get at the 500 race, Memorial Day week-end, and the camping, traffic, and all the stuff going on at the track (fun stuff and the illegal stuff), not to mention the increased heightened security that was going on then and there.
Put it all together, and I wonder if that was just one of those times and places that Good Sam Roadside Assistance felt they simply could not get into. Just passing through the gates, the service company probably would have had to pay astronomical fees, even if they were not staying. That's the only reason I can think of why they might not have come out.
Did anyone from GSRA ever get back with you or did you ever reach out to them again after posting here? It would be interesting to know why you were denied the service, other than the excuse, We can't do that.
About being female? (personally) it doesn't make any difference. If you are going to hang out on these forums, you can expect some tough criticism sometimes.
I don't think your situation had anything to do with being male or female, or 16 years old, or 66 years old either. I think it had everything to do with your lack of RV experience. Far too often, too many of these forum members have forgotten what it was like to be relative new to this life style. They sometimes forget all the blunders and stupid things they themselves did. They don't always admit they did the exact same thing going through a learning curve with their RV's.
You learned some important RV basics through all of this. And that is what really matters. Now that you have put your RV to the test, next time you'll know what to expect. I bet you'll watch your fuel consumption a bit closer (very basic stuff for all of us, but how many of us had the experience when we were new drivers that we ran our first car completely out of gas and was left stranded on the side of the road and had to call Dad to come with a gallon of gas!)..... Probably everyone! (I was 16 ... I remember that well!)
So now you know. You've got experience under your belt. Chalk this up and move forward! .... Yes!!!! Something else WILL happen that will throw you for a loop, at an unexpected, inconvenient time. The important thing is to simply work your way through it. Keep calm, keep your whits, and everything will work itself out ... eventually.
Good luck!
