I am posting in this forum due to the always creative/informative/entertaining/rediculous/helpful responses a poster usually seems to get. I will explain the situation as if it were my own although it is actually a close friend of mine but I don't want to keep say "his."
Long story short, I have a broke down car near Detroit and I need to get it (undamaged) to Columbus (about 240 miles) and I probably will have to pay whatever it costs to get it here.
I am from outside Detroit but go to college here in Columbus, and recently a bought a used car from a GM dealership here in Columbus. It was a '93 Volkswagen Fox (predecessor to the Jetta I think.) When I puchased the car, I paid a substantial amount extra for a 3 year General Motors warranty (protection plan or something) so that GM would fix the car (despite not making it) minus like $100 deductible. I drove the car for several months without any real trouble. On a trip back to college last weekend from home it broke down. My parents are AAA members and so I got the car towed to a GM dealership/service center near Detroit. They tell me that they can't fix the car accepting the service plan because they have no information about the plan I bought. They would need to get the info and then see if they accept it.
Turns out, the plan had never been filed for by the dealership in Columbus. EDITED AREA: The 3 year plan on a car like this apparently doesn't exist, GM doesn't sell it on either cars this old or cars of other makes, for whatever reason, it doesn't exist. So the dealership says there is a one year warranty that GM would sell on this car, and perhaps they could activate it retroactively and then refund the difference in cost between the 1 year and 3 year. They said they may see if they can, and I don't yet know if this is what they will try to push on me. I was sold and paid for 3 years, I don't want to be forced into 1 year at a price they push on me. My lawyer says he's confident that they are obligated to take the car back and refund the full price. I'm hoping now that this is the outcome, i get my cash back and can buy a different car from another dealer.
So how can I get the car here without paying hundreds upon hundreds to a tow truck? If I rent a pickup or something, what kind of equipment would I need to tow it, what would that cost?
Thanks for any responses, I'll try to add updates, I'm just in a pickle here since I need to have a car.
Long story short, I have a broke down car near Detroit and I need to get it (undamaged) to Columbus (about 240 miles) and I probably will have to pay whatever it costs to get it here.
I am from outside Detroit but go to college here in Columbus, and recently a bought a used car from a GM dealership here in Columbus. It was a '93 Volkswagen Fox (predecessor to the Jetta I think.) When I puchased the car, I paid a substantial amount extra for a 3 year General Motors warranty (protection plan or something) so that GM would fix the car (despite not making it) minus like $100 deductible. I drove the car for several months without any real trouble. On a trip back to college last weekend from home it broke down. My parents are AAA members and so I got the car towed to a GM dealership/service center near Detroit. They tell me that they can't fix the car accepting the service plan because they have no information about the plan I bought. They would need to get the info and then see if they accept it.
Turns out, the plan had never been filed for by the dealership in Columbus. EDITED AREA: The 3 year plan on a car like this apparently doesn't exist, GM doesn't sell it on either cars this old or cars of other makes, for whatever reason, it doesn't exist. So the dealership says there is a one year warranty that GM would sell on this car, and perhaps they could activate it retroactively and then refund the difference in cost between the 1 year and 3 year. They said they may see if they can, and I don't yet know if this is what they will try to push on me. I was sold and paid for 3 years, I don't want to be forced into 1 year at a price they push on me. My lawyer says he's confident that they are obligated to take the car back and refund the full price. I'm hoping now that this is the outcome, i get my cash back and can buy a different car from another dealer.
So how can I get the car here without paying hundreds upon hundreds to a tow truck? If I rent a pickup or something, what kind of equipment would I need to tow it, what would that cost?
Thanks for any responses, I'll try to add updates, I'm just in a pickle here since I need to have a car.
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