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Re: Breakdown cover
« Reply #15 on: 06 April 2009, 17:01:37 »

AA, as their policy meant I could easily have all 3 cars covered, despite they were over 10yrs old.  Costs £90 for me and Mrs TheBoy iirc for Relay (no Homestart, as not reqd).

No idea how good they are, never had to use them.

When I was at BT, we used RAC, and must say they were bloody awful. 6hr waits for things like punctures was not unusual. That was a few years ago now though...
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Re: Breakdown cover
« Reply #16 on: 06 April 2009, 17:11:34 »

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Mr Dusty and I have just rejoined the AA.
Cost only £29 on line.Well worth it for peace of mind. :-* :-* :-*

That's cheap for both of you :o :o How did you manage that, I keep thinking of re-joining the AA. Left a couple of years ago now but seemed to get dearer to renew than to join ::) ::)


It is the most basic cover,so no relay or homestart.But it is fine for us and is based on the car,so whoever is driving the car is covered.
My Miggy needed to be less than 10 years old in order to be accepted. :-* :-* :-*
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Re: Breakdown cover
« Reply #17 on: 06 April 2009, 17:17:31 »

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Mr Dusty and I have just rejoined the AA.
Cost only £29 on line.Well worth it for peace of mind. :-* :-* :-*

That's cheap for both of you :o :o How did you manage that, I keep thinking of re-joining the AA. Left a couple of years ago now but seemed to get dearer to renew than to join ::) ::)


It is the most basic cover,so no relay or homestart.But it is fine for us and is based on the car,so whoever is driving the car is covered.
My Miggy needed to be less than 10 years old in order to be accepted. :-* :-* :-*

Thanks, so what do you get then? they rarely fix anything at the roadside now. :( It's the relay / recovery bit that we would want, don't need home start either. :) My daily car is separately covered. :y
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Re: Breakdown cover
« Reply #18 on: 06 April 2009, 17:18:39 »

Watch the AA - they have a habit of putting up price after first year. Cancel it, and they always back down  :-X
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Re: Breakdown cover
« Reply #19 on: 06 April 2009, 17:19:26 »

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Mr Dusty and I have just rejoined the AA.
Cost only £29 on line.Well worth it for peace of mind. :-* :-* :-*

That's cheap for both of you :o :o How did you manage that, I keep thinking of re-joining the AA. Left a couple of years ago now but seemed to get dearer to renew than to join ::) ::)


It is the most basic cover,so no relay or homestart.But it is fine for us and is based on the car,so whoever is driving the car is covered.
My Miggy needed to be less than 10 years old in order to be accepted. :-* :-* :-*

Thanks, so what do you get then? they rarely fix anything at the roadside now. :( It's the relay / recovery bit that we would want, don't need home start either. :) My daily car is separately covered. :y
The cheapest is a tow to the nearest approved AA garage.  Thats why I wanted Relay, as I want it towed home...
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Re: Breakdown cover
« Reply #20 on: 06 April 2009, 17:23:19 »

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Mr Dusty and I have just rejoined the AA.
Cost only £29 on line.Well worth it for peace of mind. :-* :-* :-*

That's cheap for both of you :o :o How did you manage that, I keep thinking of re-joining the AA. Left a couple of years ago now but seemed to get dearer to renew than to join ::) ::)


It is the most basic cover,so no relay or homestart.But it is fine for us and is based on the car,so whoever is driving the car is covered.
My Miggy needed to be less than 10 years old in order to be accepted. :-* :-* :-*

Thanks, so what do you get then? they rarely fix anything at the roadside now. :( It's the relay / recovery bit that we would want, don't need home start either. :) My daily car is separately covered. :y
The cheapest is a tow to the nearest approved AA garage.  Thats why I wanted Relay, as I want it towed home...

I've been searching high and low for a company that will let me have nothing but relay... I don't like letting people I don't trust work on my car ::) ::) ::)

At the moment I've just got cover through my Bank account so it'll do :y :y
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Re: Breakdown cover
« Reply #21 on: 06 April 2009, 17:24:33 »

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Mr Dusty and I have just rejoined the AA.
Cost only £29 on line.Well worth it for peace of mind. :-* :-* :-*

That's cheap for both of you :o :o How did you manage that, I keep thinking of re-joining the AA. Left a couple of years ago now but seemed to get dearer to renew than to join ::) ::)


It is the most basic cover,so no relay or homestart.But it is fine for us and is based on the car,so whoever is driving the car is covered.
My Miggy needed to be less than 10 years old in order to be accepted. :-* :-* :-*

Thanks, so what do you get then? they rarely fix anything at the roadside now. :( It's the relay / recovery bit that we would want, don't need home start either. :) My daily car is separately covered. :y
The cheapest is a tow to the nearest approved AA garage.  Thats why I wanted Relay, as I want it towed home...

Yes.If they can not fix the car roadside ,then they will tow it to the nearest garage.Pretty basic but good value.

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Re: Breakdown cover
« Reply #22 on: 06 April 2009, 17:33:26 »

I am with the AA, and have been for a few years.

Have "The Works" plus the parts and labour policy and it costs me £18.29 a month.

Parts and labour policy means that the first £475 worth of work needed to repair an AA diagnosed problem is covered and paid for by them

Can use it up to 5 times a year as well, as its thanks to the AA that our previous Omega, an x reg 2.0CD, had its headgasket repaired quickly and professionally when it failed last June

Highly recommend the AA and the extra policy.

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Re: Breakdown cover
« Reply #23 on: 06 April 2009, 17:50:40 »

My daughter was in the AA & got me to share duo cover with her, when she lived at home thats about 6-7 years ago we bothe paid half the policy . anyway some time last year I got a letter from AA saying you left us sometime ago ??? so why not try us again, so rang them & because my daughter had changed her address they reckon I wasn't covered (get my own card annually) so after discussing this with a stroppy woman on the phone decided to pack it in told daughter seems its something to do with not being under same roof,actually runs out this May.. (but they didnt know that) but as never used them never had reason to see if the card they were sending me was of any use...bye bye for now AA :y
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Re: Breakdown cover
« Reply #24 on: 06 April 2009, 18:41:29 »

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My daughter was in the AA & got me to share duo cover with her, when she lived at home thats about 6-7 years ago we bothe paid half the policy . anyway some time last year I got a letter from AA saying you left us sometime ago ??? so why not try us again, so rang them & because my daughter had changed her address they reckon I wasn't covered (get my own card annually) so after discussing this with a stroppy woman on the phone decided to pack it in told daughter seems its something to do with not being under same roof,actually runs out this May.. (but they didnt know that) but as never used them never had reason to see if the card they were sending me was of any use...bye bye for now AA :y
The joint policies are for people living at the same address, which was made quite clear at signup, and at renewals in my experience
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