Re: 1990 Honda Accord - drivers door won't open
 

"Tegger" <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote
> Call AAA and tell them you're NOT a AAA member. Ask them
> how much to come
> over and open your door for you. Just say you trust them
> to get in quickly
> and without damage, which is why you're calling them.
>
> OP wanted a cheap alternative to bodyshop or garage. I
> gave him one. I
> guess I should have considered the morality of the one I
> gave before doing
> so.

Screw morality, since it varies with people's moods. My
argument is based in something black-and-white: Mass
economics which depends in no small part on people
cooperating.

We gotta live together. Cheapest way of living together en
masse is to cooperate with certain rules designed to make
things as inexpensive en masse as possible.

I would very much be inclined to call AAA and ask how much
to open my busted door. It is an emergency in that one
cannot get out of the car while sitting at a traffic light.

We do have a major safety issue here. I wonder whether Honda
might even cover this under warranty.

Re: 1990 Honda Accord - drivers door won't open
 

"Tegger" <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote
> Just call AAA and tell them the truth: You ARE a AAA
> member. You have a
> non-emergency situation. Your car door is stuck shut
> because something
> broke inside of it. You need to get the door panel off
> before you can
> get inside the door to fix it. You trust AAA to be able to
> get inside
> the door quickly and without damage and pop the latch
> open, which is why
> you're calling them. How much would they charge to come
> over and do it?
>
> Never hurts to ask.

Indeed. Just like going to the doc's office or hospital
without insurance and asking if they give a discount for
paying cash.

Many docs and hospitals in the U.S. now do. Today more
haggling over prices takes place in U.S. medicine than in
the street markets of Mexico.

And please spare me how this is not a problem in Canada. :-)

Re: 1990 Honda Accord - drivers door won't open
 

Elle wrote:
> "Tegger" <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote
>> Call AAA and tell them you're NOT a AAA member. Ask them
>> how much to come
>> over and open your door for you. Just say you trust them
>> to get in quickly
>> and without damage, which is why you're calling them.
>>
>> OP wanted a cheap alternative to bodyshop or garage. I
>> gave him one. I
>> guess I should have considered the morality of the one I
>> gave before doing
>> so.
>
> Screw morality, since it varies with people's moods. My
> argument is based in something black-and-white: Mass
> economics which depends in no small part on people
> cooperating.
>
> We gotta live together. Cheapest way of living together en
> masse is to cooperate with certain rules designed to make
> things as inexpensive en masse as possible.
>
> I would very much be inclined to call AAA and ask how much
> to open my busted door. It is an emergency in that one
> cannot get out of the car while sitting at a traffic light.
>
> We do have a major safety issue here. I wonder whether Honda
> might even cover this under warranty.

In a 1990 car? I doubt it.

In some cars, you need to have a door open to get inside the door. Not
all, though.

Jeff

Re: 1990 Honda Accord - drivers door won't open
 

"Elle" <honda.lioness@nospam.earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:13qjht7okarqv07@corp.supernews.com...
> "Tegger" <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote
>> Call AAA and tell them you're NOT a AAA member. Ask them how much to come
>> over and open your door for you. Just say you trust them to get in
>> quickly
>> and without damage, which is why you're calling them.
>>
>> OP wanted a cheap alternative to bodyshop or garage. I gave him one. I
>> guess I should have considered the morality of the one I gave before
>> doing
>> so.
>
> Screw morality, since it varies with people's moods. My argument is based
> in something black-and-white: Mass economics which depends in no small
> part on people cooperating.
>
> We gotta live together. Cheapest way of living together en masse is to
> cooperate with certain rules designed to make things as inexpensive en
> masse as possible.
>
> I would very much be inclined to call AAA and ask how much to open my
> busted door. It is an emergency in that one cannot get out of the car
> while sitting at a traffic light.
>
> We do have a major safety issue here. I wonder whether Honda might even
> cover this under warranty.

Well, non functioning brakes on a 15 year old vehicle is probably a more
"major safety issue" and I doubt they will cover that under warranty...

Re: 1990 Honda Accord - drivers door won't open
 

"Jeff" <kidsdoc2000@hotmail.com> wrote
> Elle wrote:
>> "Tegger" <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote
>>> Call AAA and tell them you're NOT a AAA member. Ask them
>>> how much to come
>>> over and open your door for you. Just say you trust them
>>> to get in quickly
>>> and without damage, which is why you're calling them.
>>>
>>> OP wanted a cheap alternative to bodyshop or garage. I
>>> gave him one. I
>>> guess I should have considered the morality of the one I
>>> gave before doing
>>> so.
>>
>> Screw morality, since it varies with people's moods. My
>> argument is based in something black-and-white: Mass
>> economics which depends in no small part on people
>> cooperating.
>>
>> We gotta live together. Cheapest way of living together
>> en masse is to cooperate with certain rules designed to
>> make things as inexpensive en masse as possible.
>>
>> I would very much be inclined to call AAA and ask how
>> much to open my busted door. It is an emergency in that
>> one cannot get out of the car while sitting at a traffic
>> light.
>>
>> We do have a major safety issue here. I wonder whether
>> Honda might even cover this under warranty.
>
> In a 1990 car? I doubt it.

In 2001 the auto retractor on my driver's side seat belt
failed on my 91 Civic. Turns out it has a seat belt
warranty. I did not pay a cent to have it fixed. It was not
a cheap fix, based on how long it took them.

> In some cars, you need to have a door open to get inside
> the door. Not all, though.

Speculation is drowning substantive discussion lately here.
I doubt it, too, but it's worth checking the warranty or
making a call.

Re: 1990 Honda Accord - drivers door won't open
 

"Nick Cassimatis" <nickpc0spam@nc.rr.com> wrote in
news:47a9d338$1$1107$4c368faf@roadrunner.com:

> "Tegger" <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote in message
> news:Xns9A3C57945FE6Dtegger@207.14.116.130...
>>
>> We had to use that cross-border compatibility just this past summer.
>>
>> We'd driven down to Virginia, Maryland and Washington DC for summer
>> vacation. At one point we were at Tyson's Galleria mall in McLean,
>> VA. After some shopping we went back to the car, only to discover the
>> keys were locked in. Oops! Called CAA in Canada, was switched to AAA.
>> AAA dispatched a guy who took an hour to get there (it was busy that
>> night), then was into the car in 10 seconds.
>>
>> The hour's wait wasn't so bad. We just went for supper at Legal
>> Seafoods of Boston in Tyson's Galleria. We were finished and paying
>> our bill the instant the AAA guy phoned to say he was ten minutes
>> away. Perfect timing.
>>
>> Worst part is my wife won't even allow the photos of that incident in
>> the picture album of the vacation! She's embarrassed because she's
>> the one that left the keys on the back seat.
>>
>> By the way, I highly recommend Legal Seafoods of Boston. The food was
>> excellent and the service impeccable.
>>
>>
>>
>
> He could have been 2 miles away when dispatched, and still taken the
> hour to get there - that local area can have some of the worst traffic
> I've ever seen.



You got that right.

But in this case, he was in DC when the dispatcher called him. He had to
drive all the way over to McLean from there.



> I can't imagine it the day after Thanksgiving
> (biggest shopping day of the year).
>


VA had a brief "tax holiday" during the August "Back to School" period.
We were right in the middle of that. The malls were nuts.


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Re: 1990 Honda Accord - drivers door won't open
 

Tegger <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote in
news:Xns9A3CCB2763A74tegger@207.14.116.130:


>>>
>>> By the way, I highly recommend Legal Seafoods of Boston. The food
>>> was excellent and the service impeccable.



By the way, there is somebody I know who follows this group but chooses
not to post. To him: We really meant to go to the Daily Grill, but never
made it... Next time. And there will be one!


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Re: 1990 Honda Accord - drivers door won't open
 

Tegger wrote:
> Grumpy AuContraire <Grumpy@ExtraGrumpyville.com> wrote in
> news:cviqj.556344$kj1.226863@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net:
>
>
>>
>>Tegger wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Grumpy AuContraire <Grumpy@ExtraGrumpyville.com> wrote in
>>>news:3M8qj.200916$MJ6.1339@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>OK, I gotta ask... Who do youse Canadians know about AAA???
>>>>
>>>>JT
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>We have CAA, which the Canadian equivalent. CAA and AAA share duties,
>>>so a CAA membership is good for the US and a AAA membership is good
>>>for Canada.
>>>
>>
>>Ah thanks... For enlighting the ol' grump!
>>
>
>
>
>
> We had to use that cross-border compatibility just this past summer.
>
> We'd driven down to Virginia, Maryland and Washington DC for summer
> vacation. At one point we were at Tyson's Galleria mall in McLean, VA.
> After some shopping we went back to the car, only to discover the keys
> were locked in. Oops! Called CAA in Canada, was switched to AAA. AAA
> dispatched a guy who took an hour to get there (it was busy that night),
> then was into the car in 10 seconds.
>
> The hour's wait wasn't so bad. We just went for supper at Legal Seafoods
> of Boston in Tyson's Galleria. We were finished and paying our bill the
> instant the AAA guy phoned to say he was ten minutes away. Perfect
> timing.
>
> Worst part is my wife won't even allow the photos of that incident in
> the picture album of the vacation! She's embarrassed because she's the
> one that left the keys on the back seat.
>
> By the way, I highly recommend Legal Seafoods of Boston. The food was
> excellent and the service impeccable.
>
>


BTW, speakin' of Boston and food, if you ever get to that neck o' the
woods, don't miss a meal at Durgan Park. It's an experience of a lifetime!

JT

Re: 1990 Honda Accord - drivers door won't open
 

Grumpy AuContraire <Grumpy@ExtraGrumpyville.com> wrote in
news:Gdtqj.559078$kj1.129115@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net:

>
>
> Tegger wrote:

>>
>> By the way, I highly recommend Legal Seafoods of Boston. The food was
>> excellent and the service impeccable.
>>
>>
>
>
> BTW, speakin' of Boston and food, if you ever get to that neck o' the
> woods, don't miss a meal at Durgan Park. It's an experience of a
> lifetime!
>


Durgin Park
http://www.durgin-park.com/menu.asp

Thanks. Passing this on to the wife. We LOVE good restaurants.

And Boston is one of our next US venues.


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