I love AAA. Not always the fastest service (usually pretty good) but always reliable and you break even if you need more than one jump-start a year (and you come out way ahead if you ever need a tow).

Reading manuals: I've done that. Still do: whenever I order a new camera, I download the manual before it gets here and read it. Still compressing the work from 8 hours to a quarter hour.... that's serious automation. Cool.

My sister's been after me for years to get AAA. I know it would be the sensible thing to do--especially as both my car and my brain get older....

I read a manual only as a last resort. In my opinion, most software programs should be more intuitive than that, you know? I mean, I get needing the manual for advanced functions, but not just for "getting started" things.

OTOH, that's probably why my car radio has been displaying the wrong time for the last 10 years. If I'd read the manual, I'd no doubt have learned how to set the clock.