Motoring Breakdown, choices?

[Caspar]

To AA or not to AA! Or maybe RACe to RAC! :pp


Ok, I'm buying a new car and need to get some breakdown cover for it.

Who do you recommend?

It's on a 53 plate so don't need the full works...just roadside assitance and take home/garage if I breakdown.

The AA quote the basic package as £41 for the Option 100

The RAC quote £34 for their Single cover - roadside


Which do you recommend, do you have?

Any others I could try?

[Neil]

What happens in the (unlikely I know) event that the car doesn't start at home?

Try your car insurance provider. I get Green Flag with home start, recovery and european cover for about £70. I think if i just had roadside its leass than £30.

The proof in the pudding is calling them out, i had a brake failure and got them to take my car to the garage as its illegal for the breakdown company to do roadside repairs to brakes. I must admit they did miss the one hour deadline so i got the £10 payment they make but i was at home so wasnt bothered. I dont think id be as happy if i was on the side of the road in winter, but then again it might have been an exception to the norm.

[paulyoung666]

Originally Posted by Neil

What happens in the (unlikely I know) event that the car doesn't start at home?

push it around the corner , there is a limit of how close you can be to your property , i am not sure what it is though

myself i have had the rac and aa , prefer the rac

[Nugget]

I've got More Than breakdown insurance that costs me £6.90 a month for cover at Home, Roadside and European (although I do pay slightly more because of using Direct Debit instead of one annual payment ).

They've been very good, especially when my petrol tank fell of at my parents and they got me, my girlfriend and the car back to Grimsby

[Julian]

What sort of car is it m8... nearly all cars come with breakdown cover from new which is valid for at least a year.

[Caspar]

Originally Posted by Neil

What happens in the (unlikely I know) event that the car doesn't start at home?

Be annoyed and do the below!

Originally Posted by paulyoung666

push it around the corner , there is a limit of how close you can be to your property , i am not sure what it is though

1/4 of a mile

Originally Posted by Julian

What sort of car is it m8... nearly all cars come with breakdown cover from new which is valid for at least a year.

It's 53 plate (reg'd last Sept 03) New Vectra 2.2 SRi

I've just spoken to Vauxhall and becuase it's <12months old it's still got the Vauxhall Assistance, well 6months left, on it

So that's a wrap, cheers guys


p.s. Vauxhall Assistance is the full AA package AFIAK.

[Julian]

Originally Posted by Caspar

It's 53 plate (reg'd last Sept 03) New Vectra 2.2 SRi

I've just spoken to Vauxhall and becuase it's <12months old it's still got the Vauxhall Assistance, well 6months left, on it

So that's a wrap, cheers guys


p.s. Vauxhall Assistance is the full AA package AFIAK.

Nice one.

[Caspar]

oh and it's Silver!

[Julian]

Originally Posted by Caspar

oh and it's Silver!

Ahhh you've given it a name already....
And you bought it on credit using the Loan Arranger?

[Bifta]

AVOID the RAC like the plague! They ripped my g/f off more than once with claims of this is wrong, that is wrong, this needs replacing .. that'll be 60 quid please. As I recall there was a fairly lengthy bit on Watchdog about them forcing new batteries (at inflated prices) on gullible customers.

[Caspar]

Originally Posted by Julian

Ahhh you've given it a name already....

LOL, but no...

Originally Posted by Julian

And you bought it on credit using the Loan Arranger?

I'm buying it using sweet, tears and tons of elbow grease! :pp


More commonly known and Beg, Steal or Borrow! :pp

[paulyoung666]

Originally Posted by Bifta

AVOID the RAC like the plague! They ripped my g/f off more than once with claims of this is wrong, that is wrong, this needs replacing .. that'll be 60 quid please. As I recall there was a fairly lengthy bit on Watchdog about them forcing new batteries (at inflated prices) on gullible customers.

yes i saw that programme , cant remember what it was called though , mind you there is good and bad in all companies , bit like ntl really

[Ramrod]

We've used the AA for 10 years no. So far they have been very good.

[SMHarman]

Originally Posted by Caspar

To AA or not to AA! Or maybe RACe to RAC! :pp


Ok, I'm buying a new car and need to get some breakdown cover for it.

Who do you recommend?

It's on a 53 plate so don't need the full works...just roadside assitance and take home/garage if I breakdown.

The AA quote the basic package as £41 for the Option 100

The RAC quote £34 for their Single cover - roadside


Which do you recommend, do you have?

Any others I could try?

On a 53 plate the Mfrs cover should still be in place. When that expires you can usually get a good deal for the cover to be extended.

Green flag have always been good / fast IMHO, Direct lines cover is provided by them. My car is currenly AA (part of the extended wwty), they were great when it died completely (needed new direct injection casette), original driver took me to the airport for the loan car, pickup truck waited until we returned (car cannot be towed apparantly), all sorted nicely.