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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: terry paget on 26 November 2020, 16:08:40
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For decades I have enjoyed AA membership with my TSB Platinum account as long as I maintained a certain balance, Lloyds did it too. The account came with a £20 per month fee, waived if I maintained a certain balance. Now they are withdrawing the waiver. Do any other banks offer free AA membership?
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I have a Nationwide account, £13 per month and including breakdown... Not AA though...
Your insurer might offer something or contact the AA direct if you're happy with the service.
I was with Lloyds until 2015... The only thing I miss is the AA membership. Wouldn't use Lloyds to change a fiver now... Vile bunch of shysters >:(
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Im with Autoaid. Just under £50 a year iirc. Used them a few times and cant fault them.
Always found the AA / RAC expensive and rumoured to be over rated.
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Barclays travel pack gives both of us (joint account) RAC cover and British and European travel insurance for £14 a month. RAC cover is comprehensive, ie. home start, onward travel, etc.
Of course, they know I'll never have to claim because my astra diesel will never let me down.
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The AA do have offers and apparently price match on renewal.
Always found their service pretty good tbf ;)
Given TPs hooptie fleet, decent breakdown cover is a must :D
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Barclays travel pack gives both of us (joint account) RAC cover and British and European travel insurance for £14 a month. RAC cover is comprehensive, ie. home start, onward travel, etc.
Of course, they know I'll never have to claim because my astra diesel will never let me down.
RAC have a maximum free tow distance for call outs within a mile (ish) of your house, never had this issue with the AA, even in the Taxi ;)
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Barclays travel pack gives both of us (joint account) RAC cover and British and European travel insurance for £14 a month. RAC cover is comprehensive, ie. home start, onward travel, etc.
Of course, they know I'll never have to claim because my astra diesel will never let me down.
RAC have a maximum free tow distance for call outs within a mile (ish) of your house, never had this issue with the AA, even in the Taxi ;)
As I said earlier.....it's academic ;D
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You and your new cars :P
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Im with Autoaid. Just under £50 a year iirc. Used them a few times and cant fault them.
Always found the AA / RAC expensive and rumoured to be over rated.
I did a lot of Autoaid work. If I typed out my experiences of just how appalling every job was we'd need a new swear filter.
AA & RAC are best if you expect the car to be fixed, although that's not common with modern cars. They don't have many patrols after 20:00, so expect a sub-contractor after hours.
Greenflag are OK.
Best by far is Brittania Rescue.
If you tow a caravan use the Caravan Club scheme, as all the others offer very limited cover for the trailer(they won't deliver to two destinations like your house/garage and the trailer storage)
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I cancelled my RAC membership when the RAC motorcyclists stopped saluting. >:(
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I cancelled my RAC membership when the RAC motorcyclists stopped saluting. >:(
Yeah, it's two fingers now :(
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I have Autonational Rescue. £60 p a.Their service was excellent when i stuffed the Desmond. :'(
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We have NatWest Platinum. £13pcm I think that includes definitely national, but I think also European breakdown.
It also includes mobile phone cover, that was more than £13pcm on its own for the two of us. :y
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We have NatWest Platinum. £13pcm I think that includes definitely national, but I think also European breakdown.
It also includes mobile phone cover, that was more than £13pcm on its own for the two of us. :y
We ring the RAC and quote 'Barclays travel pack'. I wouldn't like to try that in French France, even though it says you can.
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I flick between the AA and RAC depending who is the cheapest. Generally pay around £100 for 15 months for joint membership - we don't cover the individual cars, just get joint membership which covers any car.
Beware that some policies do not cover cars older than a certain age (including all Omegas), yet happily take your premium.
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Fortunately Nationwide did cover my TD when the PS pump failed. :y
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Im with Autoaid. Just under £50 a year iirc. Used them a few times and cant fault them.
Always found the AA / RAC expensive and rumoured to be over rated.
I renewed my Auto-aid recently
it's nearer £60 now ,
but they do recover older cars :)
Auro-aid was recommended here before by many and was on the Martin Lewis money show
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I have been with the RAC now for over 20 years. The odd occasion I have needed to use them they were very good; although on an evening call out, the contractor they appointed were very poor and told blatant lies to excuse a poor attendance time / incorrect recovery type of vehicle sent.
I always contact them at renewal and invariably get big discounts.
I have stuck with them as they cover the driver not specific vehicles, so my 'fleet' is covered. Some cheaper recovery companies only cover specified vehicles which is no good for me.
My daughter in law has a Citroen C4 Picasso auto (shame on her, I know...) which kept displaying a gear box fault, and the dash display occasionally coming up with a full red screen. She took it to Citroen (against other advice / suggestions) who whipped the gearbox out to repair some allegedly faulty electrical component (never said what) at a cost of towards £2000.
The fault returned regularly, but Citroen refused to acknowledge the fault was the same, claiming the fault codes were different. I havent seen the invoice so I'm not certain what they alleged the fault was. The last time it happened she called out the RAC, and they quickly diagnosed some 'bad' (??) wiring at the rear of the car, and effected a repair at the roadside. She wasn't very specific about where or what he did and I haven't seen the diagnosis sheet, but needless to say she has raised the issue with Citroen to try and get some recompense, but she's not holding her breath. She won't take on board suggestions or accept advice, so I have stayed out of it.
Two morals - don't trust Citroen, and second - my full marks for the RAC. The fault has not returned since, so I give 10/10 for the RAC :y
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Over 50 odd years of motoring I have done both RAC and AA in the past, neither are now "clubs" they are commercial limited companies, existing to make a profit for their shareholders, a retrograde step IMHO
I'm now, and have been for nearly 20 years, with Green Flag, through the Caravan Club, as most of the "main stream" recovery/repair/assist companies do NOT cover anything you are towing, and that element is important to me. I've only had to call them out 4 times in 20 years, but on each occasion they have been excellent.
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Autoaid also cover drivers rather than vehicles, and dont specify anything about old cars.
They recovere my 28 year old 190D twice in the same year.
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Auto-aid policy also states
"If your vehicle breaks down any attached caravan or small
trailer will be entitled to the same service as the vehicle as
long as it is attached to the vehicle by a standard 50
millimetre (2 inch) towing coupling.
Trailers can only be covered if they are not more than 3
metres (10 feet) long and used for private purposes."
for the shed draggers amongst us ;D
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Auto-aid policy also states
"If your vehicle breaks down any attached caravan or small
trailer will be entitled to the same service as the vehicle as
long as it is attached to the vehicle by a standard 50
millimetre (2 inch) towing coupling.
Trailers can only be covered if they are not more than 3
metres (10 feet) long and used for private purposes."
for the shed draggers amongst us ;D
which is the same as GF, AA & RAC. The Caravan Club policy adds lots of useful extras, like taking the van to your storage and the car home which is counted as two separate destinations and is not part of a normal policy.
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Auto-aid policy also states
"If your vehicle breaks down any attached caravan or small
trailer will be entitled to the same service as the vehicle as
long as it is attached to the vehicle by a standard 50
millimetre (2 inch) towing coupling.
Trailers can only be covered if they are not more than 3
metres (10 feet) long and used for private purposes."
for the shed draggers amongst us ;D
I suspect professional pikeys like Entwood need to cover more than 3m for his mobile roadblock ;D