Posted on: 01-02-05 13:07:23
I recently heard of a co-worker who left her car out at night parked at a place that had a dripping water pipe overhead.
Next morning, all the water had frozen into a thick layer of ice all over the car.
It took her almost 3 hrs. just to scrape the ice off the door to get inside the car and turn on the engine.
CAA had to do the rest 
And yes, this was in Toronto 
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"Mah deah, there is much more money to be made in the destruction of civilization than in building it up."
-- Rhett Butler in "Gone with the Wind"
I had CAA, they had 3+ hours wait for tow truck and told me that I will be better off trying to get a tow truck on my own and getting reimbrused.
I used to work for one of towing contractor for AAA while at Univ. Tire change is not a favorite task for tow truck drivers. They also hate it if tire change service call is from a guy. They don't make enough money changing tire for CAA/AAA, they rather tow you and charge CAA base+mileage than change tire in bitter cold outside and get paid less.
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Orginally posted by crenshaw
Rather than stepping out into the cold when you have a flat, you might want to consider joining an Auto Club (and call in a tow truck to take care of the flat).
Incidentally, if you use the Canadian Tire Auto Club, you could get yourself a tow back to a Canadian Tire facility, where the flat would be repaired for free. Besides, for the $60 that you'd pay in annual fees, you get coupons for oil changes
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Orginally posted by AnilKG
I had CAA, they had 3+ hours wait for tow truck and told me that I will be better off trying to get a tow truck on my own and getting reimbrused.
I used to work for one of towing contractor for AAA while at Univ. Tire change is not a favorite task for tow truck drivers. They also hate it if tire change service call is from a guy. They don't make enough money changing tire for CAA/AAA, they rather tow you and charge CAA base+mileage than change tire in bitter cold outside and get paid less.
LOL, yeah sure, the tow trucks are all in business keeping people waiting for 3+ hours.
Incidentally, the Canadian Tire scheme should be pretty good in the case that you mentioned above. Since free tows back to a Canadian Tire location are covered and free flat repair is also covered, it makes sense to have the vehicle towed back to a Canadian Tire facility!
Some of you people go to such trouble trying to make the winter seem like one major hassle!
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Orginally posted by crenshaw
Some of you people go to such trouble trying to make the winter seem like one major hassle!
And some other make all the efforts to sell the Canadian winter to the world
Well, it is not trying to make the winter seem like one major hassle - it is a hassel and even original Canadians hate it. However, what most people are trying to do here is just make others, who are inexperienced, aware of the situations and precautions to be taken.
Chandresh
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Chandresh
Advice is free – lessons I charge for!!
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Orginally posted by chandresh
Well, it is not trying to make the winter seem like one major hassle - it is a hassel and even original Canadians hate it. However, what most people are trying to do here is just make others, who are inexperienced, aware of the situations and precautions to be taken.
Chandresh
Didn’t see any selling propositions in any of my posts. You might have been referring to the ski resorts though, there’s quite a few commercials running on the radio…….
As an extreme weather condition, the discomfort caused by winter is not too different from the heat in the Middle East……….obviously people find ways to work around these things. Unfortunately the tone of many of the posts, makes it almost sound like everyone knuckles down in igloos around here.
If you look at one of the previous posts, there is a suggestion that people wait for 3+ hours for a tow truck. Might be in an extreme case, but can hardly be considered a routine occurrence in Toronto.
Hey,
What're all you amateurs rambling on about?
Here's what the expert on the matter, Punxsutawney Phil, is saying
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=6&u=/ap/20050202/ap_on_re_us/groundhog_day
Btw, on a somewhat related note, if you haven't seen Bill Murray's "GroundHog day", I would highly recommend you do. One of the best movies I've seen.
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Orginally posted by BlueLobster
Here's what the expert on the matter, Punxsutawney Phil, is saying
Oh well, that was PA. We have one of our very own experts here in Ontario
Read on......
http://www.canada.com/national/story.html?id=588a03fe-3087-408f-a85c-23fd5b25931e
