Which Roadside Assistance to select this year
It has come time to renew my Good Sam Roadside Assistance plan. However, you now have to pay $149.95 for their Platinum Plan to get coverage for a 5th wheel trailer. I noticed that our Texas AAA has...
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ScottG wrote:
Absolutely none. I've need RSA once in 30+ years of RVing.
I am money ahead even if I need service down the road. I admit I have the luxury of being able to change my own tires though and I understand that some have physical limitations making that impossible.
RSA is an insurance policy or like an extended warranty. It depends on a multitude of factors, but barring physical inability coupled with a high propensity for issues (maybe one has an old bomber with old tires and a bad transmission, but budgets repairs as they are necessary, not pre-emptively), RSA is not generally a good ROI.
BUT back in college, I was (poor) snow plowing, contract plowing with an old beat up Blazer. I knew that thing would be on the end of a tow truck more than once. Bought a year of AAA RSA with towing to cover getting it home. Best $100 I ever spent. But if any of my newer or well maintained vehicles caused me to feel I'd need RSA, I'd be changing it out for something else to drive.
