AA breakdown insurance

matchless · 20th January 2011, 14:27

How lucky am I! Late last year I took out the AA breakdown cover, on both Mine and the missus car, I originally took it out for her in doors as she owns a 206, probably one of the most unreliable cars around, but couldnt resist the price for both cars. Anyway I am travelling from Bexley to Bournemouth to work at the moment, and just as I set off this morning the dash lights up like the Enterprise. The AA attend and tell me its the alternator and promptly tow it to a garage of my choice to be replaced, so for the £25 excess I am having probably £400 + worth of work done!!
After the year I have had this could have been the worst news possible. Not impressed though with the alternator failing @ 56k (my old 75 cdt did 149k on it original) thought Valeo were a half decent make.

soapy · 20th January 2011, 14:30

My Valeo alternator failed at 54'000 miles on my old 04 contemporary just one of those things,my AA cover like yours took the sting out of it.

20th January 2011, 14:27	#1
matchless Gets stuck in Mazda cx7/1979 T140e Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Kent Posts: 524 Thanks: 103 Thanked 50 Times in 34 Posts	AA breakdown insurance How lucky am I! Late last year I took out the AA breakdown cover, on both Mine and the missus car, I originally took it out for her in doors as she owns a 206, probably one of the most unreliable cars around, but couldnt resist the price for both cars. Anyway I am travelling from Bexley to Bournemouth to work at the moment, and just as I set off this morning the dash lights up like the Enterprise. The AA attend and tell me its the alternator and promptly tow it to a garage of my choice to be replaced, so for the £25 excess I am having probably £400 + worth of work done!! After the year I have had this could have been the worst news possible. Not impressed though with the alternator failing @ 56k (my old 75 cdt did 149k on it original) thought Valeo were a half decent make.

20th January 2011, 14:30	#2
soapy Posted a thing or two Rover 75 CDTi Contemporary Diesel Auto Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: East Yorkshire Posts: 1,671 Thanks: 18 Thanked 13 Times in 12 Posts	My Valeo alternator failed at 54'000 miles on my old 04 contemporary just one of those things,my AA cover like yours took the sting out of it. __________________ "Quantity has a quality all of it's own" Joseph Stalin.