Your AAA Is Now Useless

That's right: your AAA is now useless!

With snowstorms in January and a third hitting this weekend, many have exhausted their AAA benefits. If they need service now, they must pay for towing, battery jumps, lockout service or fuel delivery,

Being stuck on the side of the road is bad. Being stuck on the side of the road in a snow/ice storm is worse. Being stuck on the side fo the road in a snow/ice storm and your motor club won't come to your aid is the WORST!

So, again, your AAA membership is now useless! They will not come get you if you have called them for help in four of the previous storms!

What do you do NOW! You sign up with a motor club that has unlimited road side assistance and will even help you if you are in an accident. You will receive emergency travel assistance, reimbursement for a rental, meals and lodging if you are in an accident You will even be paid if you go to the Emergency Room and are hospitalized. They will even pay for your attorneys fees if you are charged with any nuber of moving violations. The motor club you NEED is the Motor Club of America (MCA).

Get your coverage now before the next storm hits! Visit my website http://www.mcanorthamerica.com and watch the short video that fully explains the benefits of an MCA membership.

Joede Brown
Independent MCA Representative
http://www.mcanorthamerica.com
573-569-9MCA (9622)

Hurricane Isaac and Your Car

I live in New Hampshire and from about 2005 to about 2008, every Mother's Day, we would have massive rain. Combined with the snow runoff, our town and surrounding areas would become flooded. Now there is Hurricane Issac headed to the Gulf. Floods and cars don't mix but because we place such a premium on our vehicles, some people, out of desperation may do anything to save their car.

I had a job delivering papers one year to make some money while unemployed after giving birth. I had a Blazer and even though many towns were flooded, I thought I was superwoman in my truck and decided to deliver the papers as normal. No one told me that FEMA had declared New Hampshire a state of emergency and the potential for more flooding was imminent. There was one section in which the water came over my tires and I realized I was not touching the road. Thankfully, I came to some high ground, found the back high road, abandoned my duties and drive home. I was terrified at losing my life but even more so at losing my car because it was how I got to work, did work and took my children to their doctor and school.

It is said that only two feet of water is needed to make a car float away. My daughter is 6 and she is taller than two feet. Rushing water is a very strong force. With every foot that the water level rises, you car loses the affect of 1500 pounds. If you car weighs 5000 pounds, at three and a half feet, your car will seemingly weigh nothing. If your car is floating away, please do not try to jump into it to steer it back to your home. Your weight does help but your 150/200 pound frame can do nothing to mitigate the force of 5000 pounds.

Once your car has dried out, you will need to take it to a mechanic. (My Blazer was considered totaled after it no longer worked as soon as I had it inspected). The brakes are the number one issue everyone thinks about but that is NOT the issue to be concerned about. The transmission in a car is meant to remain dry. That's why it has a hood: to protect it from the rain. If enough water gets into the transmission, no amount of drying out will fix it. A new transmission will be in order.

There really isn't much we can do to change the weather or it's power. If you have a garage, park your car in it. (Trust me, most of the stuff parked in there can probably be thrown out anyway). If your car is outside, find some bungee cords and tie it to a fence or other structure that can withstand the might of the water as it rises.

I pray you are all safe in the next few days.

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