European Breakdown Cover Repatriation.

Sonic ZS · 6th February 2024, 08:28

We're planning to travel over to France later this year in the Tourer and want to make sure we've got decent breakdown cover (just in case....

) with full vehicle repatriation, should something major fail unexpectedly.

However, it seems that all the policies I can find limit the repatriation amount to just the market value of the car. Now, I'd guess that an eighteen year old 75 diesel with 170k will obviously have a relatively small value on their books.

Have any members been able to find a single trip policy which either doesn't have this clause, or one which at least sets a sensible amount to get the car back home ? I'm happy to take a few basic spares with us, which I can fit myself, but my concern would be something like an ECU, immobiliser or clutch failure, which would be very difficult to sort with my limited French and garages that don't know our cars.

The Tourer has had a huge amount of work done to it over the last few years, so I'm not keen to see it left behind for the sake of a specialised repair or unobtainable part (which I've probably got in my shed....

)

Any suggestions for policies or another course of action are welcome, thank you in advance

6th February 2024, 08:28	#1
Sonic ZS Posted a thing or two 75 Conn CDT Tourer, 75 Conn SE V6, 75 Conn V6, 75 Conn CDTi Tourer, ZS 180 Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Devon Posts: 1,986 Thanks: 1,287 Thanked 963 Times in 534 Posts	European Breakdown Cover Repatriation. We're planning to travel over to France later this year in the Tourer and want to make sure we've got decent breakdown cover (just in case....) with full vehicle repatriation, should something major fail unexpectedly. However, it seems that all the policies I can find limit the repatriation amount to just the market value of the car. Now, I'd guess that an eighteen year old 75 diesel with 170k will obviously have a relatively small value on their books. Have any members been able to find a single trip policy which either doesn't have this clause, or one which at least sets a sensible amount to get the car back home ? I'm happy to take a few basic spares with us, which I can fit myself, but my concern would be something like an ECU, immobiliser or clutch failure, which would be very difficult to sort with my limited French and garages that don't know our cars. The Tourer has had a huge amount of work done to it over the last few years, so I'm not keen to see it left behind for the sake of a specialised repair or unobtainable part (which I've probably got in my shed....) Any suggestions for policies or another course of action are welcome, thank you in advance __________________