Last Sunday I had a lovely day out of London driving to Hampshire. It was the last day of the games so I avoided driving on the M25 and headed back into London via the A312. As soon as I caught sight of white smoke billowing out from beneath the bonnet I pulled over. It was 7:15 pm. Oil everywhere and spouting from somewhere near to the crankshaft. I called out AA and the guy arrived 2 and half hours later. Not an AA man but an agent/contractor. He said the car needed a flat bed and even though he was driving a flat he said it was not big enough.
I offered him my AA card and he went to tell me he could not give a monkeys if I was a member or not and that I should have called Green Flag as all of the regular AA guys do not work weekends and do not like call outs to the M4. A couple of hours later, another contractor came and he was nice as pie, although he must have had a really bad day as he looked like Noddy Holder from Slade and his breakfast was still on his beard. I was his last job and he did a good recovery to the garage. I am not having a rant but did feel the AA had not lived up to the usual standard. The problem with the car, was the c/case bung had disappeared and the breathing system was all blocked up.
I offered him my AA card and he went to tell me he could not give a monkeys if I was a member or not and that I should have called Green Flag as all of the regular AA guys do not work weekends and do not like call outs to the M4. A couple of hours later, another contractor came and he was nice as pie, although he must have had a really bad day as he looked like Noddy Holder from Slade and his breakfast was still on his beard. I was his last job and he did a good recovery to the garage. I am not having a rant but did feel the AA had not lived up to the usual standard. The problem with the car, was the c/case bung had disappeared and the breathing system was all blocked up.
