Well there’s a light at the end of the tunnel now. Hopefully it’s not the train! I made some phone calls today. Let me just say if you are military, USAA Auto Insurance is the BEST damned thing since sliced bread. We’ve had them since he got this truck in Alaska, 6 years ago. We had to get full coverage because we financed it, and even though I could have dropped that when it was paid off, at $54/month why not keep it? And it goes down annually.
I called them today, to see if the towing and rental reimbursement on my policy was acident related only. Turns out, we have roadside assistance! Not only that, but I don’t need to do anything to arrange the towing. I just call about an hour before I need it towed and they send someone. even if it’s in my driveway!
Then, My youngest reminded me there was a Firestone shop pretty close to the house. So I called them, to see if they were a full service shop, or tires only. FULL SERVICE BABY! I can have it towed there, and it’ in walking distance. And they work with AER.
All that leaves is getting the AER loan. For those that don’t know, AER is Army Emergency Relief. They will loan you the amount of car repairs for your main vehicle, interest free. A very handy thing since cars refuse to break when you have money in the bank…lol! Hopefully they don’t require more than one estimate, because I’m not getting this sucker towed to 3 places. Plus my only transportation is by foot, and this shop is walkable. So is AER. Bonus there too.
Fingers crossed! Now I can just relax through the weekend.
Doubt that you’ll need 3 estimates. They don’t even do that much for accidents anymore.