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31st January 2021, 22:17 | #21 |
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I have it as an extra on insurance with LV. Paid off as the clutch slave failed a few weeks back when I was nearly 100 miles from home (during the brief lockdown reprieve).
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Plus worldwide travel insurance for holidays. mobile phone insurance and if I remember correctly key insurance and stuff ( check on that) So for about £160 a year you'd both be covered for your cars, holiday travel, phone and whatever else the policy covers. Half the price of what you've been quoted for just your current breakdown deal. https://www.nationwide.co.uk/product...reakdown-cover Last edited by bendrick; 1st February 2021 at 13:18.. |
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1st February 2021, 13:43 | #23 |
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i got my own recovery truck so if your ever in need of help i can give you my details
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1st February 2021, 14:01 | #24 |
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I have personal cover for myself and Deanna on a joint membership with the AA for £119 but did get it on a black friday deal. The previous year was just over £100.
The cover includes home start, national recovery and if they can't fix the car at the roadside they'll recover it to any location of my choice in the UK. Personal cover works out much better when you have a few cars, as we're covered in any car we're in. I've only had to call out the AA once, and they were good and arrived in around an hour which I thought wasn't bad considering I wasn't an emergency breakdown as I was safely parked in a carpark. Previously I was with RAC, had to call them out twice and were quick and great both times. Just AA offered a cheaper deal so switched to them a couple years ago. |
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1st February 2021, 16:45 | #26 |
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I used to be with the AA years ago but rather went off them when I called them out and had to give the AA guy one of my spare fuses for his van!
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1st February 2021, 17:24 | #27 |
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I phoned the RAC on the way home from work with every intention to cancel They matched the AA offer, gave me free key insurance and 3 months free cover. I should of probably went with the AA on principle but happy with the new quote. Hopefully now I won’t need to use them.....
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5th February 2021, 22:46 | #28 |
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I am looking at the moment but the company I have been with , Green Flag, wont cover cars over 15 years old, and 2 of mine the 75 and Freelander are both over that so no point me renewing with them.
I have been on the comparison sites but not yet found anything suitable either by covering all 3 cars I have, or going down the personal route and insuring myself and swmbo for any car we are in either driving or as a passenger I am finding that it pays to look at the small print for example advertised "Home Start" is if you are at least 1/4 mile from your home when you breakdown, " National Recovery " means that they will come out anywhere to attend to you, but may only then take you 20 miles max to a garage for repair, not back home or to a garage of your choice, even when it says they will recover you anywhere, it usually adds if a suitable garage cannot be found, so what does that mean ? I guess I am like a lot of owners on here I just want the assurance that if one of my cars breaks down anywhere in the UK and cant be fixed by the roadside, I know I can get it back home where I can then decide if I can fix it myself or draw on friends to help or take it to a local garage that I know and trust but at the moment I cant find a policy that guarantees that national recovery means they will take me anywhere in the UK I choose, which in effect would only be back home. My 3rd car is a Jag and in the event of breakdown I wouldn't want to be taken to a main Jaguar garage, their labour rates are £150+ per hour Footnote: I have now found what I want with both RAC and AA and both are £18 per month so just need to decode which one to go for. When I looked at the comparison sites earlier AA were not part of them and although there were quotes from the RAC, they did not provide the same cover as I can get by going direct
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7th February 2021, 00:30 | #29 |
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I agree Trebor, it is a minefield checking out what is what with breakdown cover.
As we have 4 cars and a motorcycle In the household, I went for a personal cover. I plumped for GEM Motoring assist, as they came across as the most transparent, with:- Cover is for any age vehicle. National breakdown is to a destination of your choice. Home start and within a quarter of a mile is included. No automatic renewal. Top rated in surveys. It might not be for everyone, but for around £80 pa it suits my needs.
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