MB Roadside Assistance vs. AAA?
Bobcat
should I also join the AAA? I know MB does
not cover towing but AAA does.
Both cover flat tires, jump-starts, gas...
MB says it's available for Mercedes of ANY age...
Has anyone ever used their service on a 40 or 50
yrs-old MB just to see if they really are covered?
Thanks for any advice!
Bobcat
BillR20296
Has anyone ever used their service on a 40 or 50
yrs-old MB just to see if they really are covered?
>>
My 420SEL is 14 years old and the other day I left my rear light on for 24
hours. The battery drained and would not start. I called the toll-free number
and out comes a truck and started me right up.
I don't plan to own my car for another 25 years but I'm almost positive that if
you owned a 1955 Mercedes They'd come out just to see that fine automobile.
george...@my-deja.com
billr...@aol.com (BillR20296) wrote:
> << MB says it's available for Mercedes of ANY age...
> Has anyone ever used their service on a 40 or 50
> yrs-old MB just to see if they really are covered?
> >>
>
> My 420SEL is 14 years old and the other day I left my rear light on
for 24
> hours. The battery drained and would not start. I called the toll-
free number
> and out comes a truck and started me right up.
>
> I don't plan to own my car for another 25 years but I'm almost
positive that if
Is this only for the original owner or do subsequent owners get treated
to this same service? I saw the sticker in the glovebox but assumed it
was not meant for me. maybe i should call them next time?
George
> you owned a 1955 Mercedes They'd come out just to see that fine
automobile.
>
>
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BikrT
billr...@aol.com (BillR20296) wrote:
> MB says it's available for Mercedes of ANY age...
> Has anyone ever used their service on a 40 or 50
> yrs-old MB just to see if they really are covered?
>
My grandmother's 1971 220D decided not to start one very snowy and chilly
morning in Stow, MA (45 min from Boston) when we had stayed over at her
grand-daughters/my niece's without haing the engine block heater (oooops!).
She first callled AAA. They said it would've been 60-90 minutes for the first
available truck, so then she called MB's roadside assistance - they were there
and had us on our way in 20 min. I was impressed...
T
Lee Sharp
|Is MB Roadside Assistance enough, or
|should I also join the AAA? I know MB does
|not cover towing but AAA does.
|Both cover flat tires, jump-starts, gas...
|MB says it's available for Mercedes of ANY age...
|Has anyone ever used their service on a 40 or 50
|yrs-old MB just to see if they really are covered?
First, the MB Assistance will tow as well, but only to the nearest MB
dealer. Understandable, since the dealers support the service. :-) Any
Mercedes of any year, driven by any person is covered. No cards... No
approval... Is there a star on the hood? OK.
Lee
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Michael Trei
>In article <20000211181859...@ng-fs1.aol.com>,
> billr...@aol.com (BillR20296) wrote:
>> << MB says it's available for Mercedes of ANY age...
>> Has anyone ever used their service on a 40 or 50
>> yrs-old MB just to see if they really are covered?
>> >>
>>
>> My 420SEL is 14 years old and the other day I left my rear light on
>for 24
>> hours. The battery drained and would not start. I called the toll-
>free number
>> and out comes a truck and started me right up.
>>
>> I don't plan to own my car for another 25 years but I'm almost
>positive that if
>
>
>
>Is this only for the original owner or do subsequent owners get treated
>to this same service? I saw the sticker in the glovebox but assumed it
>was not meant for me. maybe i should call them next time?
I have used this service for 30+ year old cars several times.
Michael Trei
M100 Group www.M-100.org
1970 300SEL 6.3
1969 300SEL 6.3
1979 300D
Harvey Louzon
'they are not reliable.'
h
MCBRUE <mcb...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20000214213359...@ng-ca1.aol.com...
> uh - hate to throw cold water on the MB service lovers out there - BUT MB
DOES
> NOT TOW YOU (or your MB car) to the nearest dealer. My previous 400 E
broke
> down. I had bought it used. It lost a fuel pump relay which caused it to
stop
> on the freeway. MB would not even come out to look at it as it was a 100
mile
> round trip from the nearest dealer. Said they would have to charge $86/hr
and
> had no way to tow me in. So I used AAA and got it done. In fact, since I
have
> started driving MBs I have gone to the highest level of AAA since no other
> brand of car I have ever driven has stranded me. And the old MB did strand
me
> twice in very bad locations and twice more in my own little trailer here
under
> the bridge. So take a word of advice and carry AAA and some other car
insurance
> also if you want to drive these MBs. I do. MBs are just not reliable and
the
> dealers do not really care much about it. There is always some other rich
old
> geezer or some rich young couple who will buy one for the appearance.
>
> mcbrue tripleinsuredly under the bridge in the trailer down by the river
>
> 96 S420
Bobcat
free upgrade to the first class seat next
to the tow truck driver? <grin>
MCBRUE
some other things free too, I think.And the little black label for your bumper
shows plus coverage or something. First class seating next to the truck driver
is included with all forms of AAA insurance, but only when they are towing
(trailering) an MB according to my sources at Heavy Carl's. Also have some
coverage on my regular car insurance now. The MB is NOT AS RELIABLE as other
cars - sorry, just wish they were! They are durable. They are expensive. The
old S class is beautifull. They have a nice ride. The old S class has a nice
big drivers seat. They are safer in collisions than most other cars. They are
not good at steering - too easily distracted from where they are supposed to
go. They run rough at weird times and Hanz und Franz can find nothing to do
about it. And they WILL STRAND YOU ON THE FREEWAY - they are NOT reliable. Just
wish they were.
mcbrue beenstrandedly under the bridge in the trailer down by the river
96 S420