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Title: Best Breakdown cover?
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 19 April 2010, 13:25:21
Hi All,

I'm considering getting breakdown cover and have had a quote from Greenflag for £75 for Recovery, and The AA is £69 for Relay....

I'm leaning toward Greenflag as they use local garages and refuse to use the RAC as they were rubbish when I was a member a few years ago...

I was just wondering what other peoples experiences are and if anyone has any advice?

Cheers  :y :y :y
Title: Re: Best Breakdown cover?
Post by: TheBoy on 19 April 2010, 13:27:07
I'm with AA (joint policy for me and the old bag, in any car (my car is too old for a car policy)), £91 relay.

No idea how good they are, never used them.


Tunnie's Towing Services works OK, but occasionally you have to repay the favour....
Title: Re: Best Breakdown cover?
Post by: tunnie on 19 April 2010, 13:28:48
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Hi All,

I'm considering getting breakdown cover and have had a quote from Greenflag for £75 for Recovery, and The AA is £69 for Relay....

I'm leaning toward Greenflag as they use local garages and refuse to use the RAC as they were rubbish when I was a member a few years ago...

I was just wondering what other peoples experiences are and if anyone has any advice?

Cheers  :y :y :y


hope that includes full European breakdown cover!

I pay £70 a year with German based ADAC (German version of AA)

Call AA in this country, but if i am in any European country i ring them, and fully covered. When with RAC i had stupid quotes of triple my annual payment for a weeks cover!
Title: Re: Best Breakdown cover?
Post by: TheBoy on 19 April 2010, 13:33:45
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Hi All,

I'm considering getting breakdown cover and have had a quote from Greenflag for £75 for Recovery, and The AA is £69 for Relay....

I'm leaning toward Greenflag as they use local garages and refuse to use the RAC as they were rubbish when I was a member a few years ago...

I was just wondering what other peoples experiences are and if anyone has any advice?

Cheers  :y :y :y


hope that includes full European breakdown cover!

I pay £70 a year with German based ADAC (German version of AA)

Call AA in this country, but if i am in any European country i ring them, and fully covered. When with RAC i had stupid quotes of triple my annual payment for a weeks cover!
Is that just recovery to nearest agent, or recovery to any destination, including repatriation if necessary?
Title: Re: Best Breakdown cover?
Post by: tunnie on 19 April 2010, 13:42:24
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Hi All,

I'm considering getting breakdown cover and have had a quote from Greenflag for £75 for Recovery, and The AA is £69 for Relay....

I'm leaning toward Greenflag as they use local garages and refuse to use the RAC as they were rubbish when I was a member a few years ago...

I was just wondering what other peoples experiences are and if anyone has any advice?

Cheers  :y :y :y


hope that includes full European breakdown cover!

I pay £70 a year with German based ADAC (German version of AA)

Call AA in this country, but if i am in any European country i ring them, and fully covered. When with RAC i had stupid quotes of triple my annual payment for a weeks cover!
Is that just recovery to nearest agent, or recovery to any destination, including repatriation if necessary?


Full details here via translation (i have the plus membership)

http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.adac.de%2Fmitgliedschaft%2Ftarife%2Fstandardtarife%2FInfos_ADAC_Plus_Mitgliedschaft.aspx%3FComponentId%3D7663%26SourcePageId%3D10022&sl=de&tl=en

Basically its towed to a garage, if its not repairable within 3 days, they ship it back home covering all costs. They even cover hotels while your car is being fixed  :o
Title: Re: Best Breakdown cover?
Post by: neilr on 19 April 2010, 15:16:06
i use aa  and have done since 97 cost £11 a month and have used them about 3 times mainly for relay.Dont use RAC their crap.
Title: Re: Best Breakdown cover?
Post by: TheBoy on 19 April 2010, 15:24:36
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i use aa  and have done since 97 cost £11 a month and have used them about 3 times mainly for relay.Dont use RAC their crap.
Ouch!

I pay £91 for joint cover, with relay.
Title: Re: Best Breakdown cover?
Post by: Seth on 19 April 2010, 15:37:43
Green Flag Mayday here through the Caravan Club.

Both vehicles covered for 130 quid :y

RAC jacked-up their quote massively >:(
Title: Re: Best Breakdown cover?
Post by: TheBoy on 19 April 2010, 15:55:33
Or for one-off tows, that young Jedi provides a quality towing service, although the 'customer entertainment' music is a bit 1980s Stock, Aitken and Waterman style....
Title: Re: Best Breakdown cover?
Post by: neilr on 19 April 2010, 16:01:00
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i use aa  and have done since 97 cost £11 a month and have used them about 3 times mainly for relay.Dont use RAC their crap.
Ouch!

I pay £91 for joint cover, with relay.

I also have my daughter on this
Title: Re: Best Breakdown cover?
Post by: Kevin Wood on 19 April 2010, 16:19:47
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Or for one-off tows, that young Jedi provides a quality towing service, although the 'customer entertainment' music is a bit 1980s Stock, Aitken and Waterman style....

I was surprised to see you get into Darth with him when you had a quiet silver bullet to ride in.  ;D

Kevin
Title: Re: Best Breakdown cover?
Post by: TheBoy on 19 April 2010, 16:50:28
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Or for one-off tows, that young Jedi provides a quality towing service, although the 'customer entertainment' music is a bit 1980s Stock, Aitken and Waterman style....

I was surprised to see you get into Darth with him when you had a quiet silver bullet to ride in.  ;D

Kevin
He wouldn't let me get in to Silver Bullet.  I think he was afraid I would overtake him ::)
Title: Re: Best Breakdown cover?
Post by: saltyone on 19 April 2010, 17:20:50
  :y:ythe AA £150.00 relay/roadside/home start and mechanical breakdown warranty x5 claims per year up to £500 per claim . you only pay the first £25 towards any repair costs

used it on my jag for a faulty airflow meter/lambada total bill £485 . but AA paid £460  well worth it
Title: Re: Best Breakdown cover?
Post by: Jim on 19 April 2010, 18:12:47
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Hi All,

I'm considering getting breakdown cover and have had a quote from Greenflag for £75 for Recovery, and The AA is £69 for Relay....

I'm leaning toward Greenflag as they use local garages and refuse to use the RAC as they were rubbish when I was a member a few years ago...

I was just wondering what other peoples experiences are and if anyone has any advice?

Cheers  :y :y :y


hope that includes full European breakdown cover!

I pay £70 a year with German based ADAC (German version of AA)
Call AA in this country, but if i am in any European country i ring them, and fully covered. When with RAC i had stupid quotes of triple my annual payment for a weeks cover!
Tunnie how do you pay for this cover and what address to you use??
Title: Re: Best Breakdown cover?
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 19 April 2010, 18:52:26
Yes, thats interesting Tunnie, how'd you do that? Do you have a Deutchland address Mine Herr?? ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Best Breakdown cover?
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 19 April 2010, 18:56:06
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Hi All,

I'm considering getting breakdown cover and have had a quote from Greenflag for £75 for Recovery, and The AA is £69 for Relay....

I'm leaning toward Greenflag as they use local garages and refuse to use the RAC as they were rubbish when I was a member a few years ago...

I was just wondering what other peoples experiences are and if anyone has any advice?

Cheers  :y :y :y

Avoid....what do you think would happen if you had been on holiday for a week, arrived back to your car at 1 in the morning with a 1 year old and a 3 year old to find you have a flat battery.

I had been a member for 8 years.

The answer is basicaly......sod off, you need home start cover!

And for a charge of 120 quid they could give me a jump start but it could be three hours as I was not a priority.

Crap company.
Title: Re: Best Breakdown cover?
Post by: henryd on 19 April 2010, 19:13:56
AA for me,I have four cars in total so works out cheap for me and the boss  ;D
Title: Re: Best Breakdown cover?
Post by: plym ian on 19 April 2010, 19:51:51
I use rac never had problem with them. Still registered at my old address so i dont have to pay extra for home start as well ;D ;D
Title: Re: Best Breakdown cover?
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 19 April 2010, 20:10:01
These are interesting, found them on www.gocompare.com

www.covermybreakdown.co.uk
www.firstcallmotorbreakdown.co.uk

The service is probably reflected in the price, but I'm abit price sensitive these days!!  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Best Breakdown cover?
Post by: omegaman2 on 19 April 2010, 21:10:39
greenflag,i get it with zurich insurance
Title: Re: Best Breakdown cover?
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 19 April 2010, 21:18:05
Just found another cheapie at:-

www.startrescue.co.uk

How bad could it be................ ::) ::) ::)