after keep putting it off i've decided to join a breakdown company. what are peoples experiances/ recommendations on which one to go for. hopefully the track car will be up and running this year and dont fancy towing it up and down the country without cover
AA are awesome. I will remember forever the time this bloke climbed under my old Golf GTI in the rain with fuel dripping on him and replaced a fuel
hose, all for free. Nice people, and they really try.
Green flag are rubbish. Basically some numpty from a local garage who doesn't care.
Matt
Ive got cover with my insurence, found it the cheapest way, cant even remember who it is but the two times ive used them they've taken me home on
my request, first time with a covered fully demountable truck.
Daniel
i think a lot of people switch between AA and RAC depending on which is cheaper at the time of renewal.
I've always been with AA and found their service good
I bank with TSB and get AA cover as part of my £7 a month charge. Its just nice knowing if it goes tits up you can get someone to fix it.
It was the AA a few years ago when the battery on my BSA gave up - as he got his booster pack out he said "is it positive earth on this
bike?" I said "yes" and I was about to add that it didn't make any difference to connecting the booster when he swapped the leads
in his hands and connected them the wrong way round. 
Fortunately the bang only split the battery case and blew all the plugs out of the top rather than disintegrating totally, and he wasn't injured
- although rather shocked.
I used his entire water supply washing the acid off my chrome and paintwork before he recovered me home.
It was also the AA who jacked up one of my cars thinking that the oil cooler was a chassis member and promptly shagged my oil system
I'm with the RAC now
AA were good when my alternator siezed on the pinto.
But then again they only arranged the recovery guy who was from a big local firm who have a good rep anyway. They didnt send a bloke to have a look, I
reckon they realised I knew what I was talking about.
I too am looking for breakdown cover. But am a bit unsure. I need recovery cover but if i was to be recovered i would want it to be taken stright home
not to some garage close to where i broke down.
Rob
check that they will recover your trailer for you as well as the car on it and the tow car.
Not all do
RAC are crap, take ages to turn up, even with my disabled missus who needs certain attention due to MS. Never had such a bad company, changing to AA when membership runs out.
you won't get the service that the AA used to give, they don't even salute as they pass me any more.
Don't know what the world is coming to......
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RAC are crap, take ages to turn up, even with my disabled missus who needs certain attention due to MS. Never had such a bad company, changing to AA when membership runs out.
AA - Hard to Beat
Sunday before christmas, deepest darkest wales, the bit not covered with snow and ice at the time. Son's Astra stops, he phones the AA breakdown
and then me, I set off to pick him up - busy sunday evening lots of roads closed what hope has he of being picked up quickly? Every hope as it turns
out - AA van arrives within 25 minutes and confirms ECU dead. Tows him to service area to get picked up by relay, they pass me as I am looking for him
so I follow the van into service area. As they pull in AA relay lorry pulls out from rest area and loads him up to bring him home. He arrrives home
just 40 minutes after expected.
They are not the cheapest but this experience is typical of the last three times we have needed their help over the last five years. You will find
their service hard to beat. Somehow with this level of service it doesn't hurt quite so much when you reach deep into your pocket.
Repair of the Astra not such good news, Main stealer still not fixed it and the bill currently at £700 with more parts to be delivered
"tomorrow" whenever that is? God save us and our wallets from main agents!
Regards
Keith
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Originally posted by roadrunner
I bank with TSB and get AA cover as part of my £7 a month charge. Its just nice knowing if it goes tits up you can get someone to fix it.
The RAC and AA give the same service, it just depends on the patrol who comes out to you so you can't really judge a breakdown service from 1
good or bad experience.
I'm an AA patrol and we have some very very bad patrols who couldn't give a crap about you or your car but we also have some excellent
mechanics that will try their best to get you going and save you a fortune on repair bills. The RAC also have good and bad patrols. Both companies
now run a bonus system that has destroyed the way members are treated because some patrols are trying to do as many jobs as possible and cutting
corners to make more money. If you get a patrol who doesn't care too much about the bonus system (has realised the carrot keeps getting further
out of reach) and maybe cross his palm with silver a little you can virtually get what you want. I wish i could tell you more how they are run as
there are so many negatives to this industry but i would probably lose my job.
The only real difference between the two is the amount of patrols, the AA is the bigest in the UK. Go with one or the other but please don't
think about any others, there is a reason why they are cheaper trust me.
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Originally posted by roadrunner
I bank with TSB and get AA cover as part of my £7 a month charge. Its just nice knowing if it goes tits up you can get someone to fix it.
ahh but they will only take you 10 miles
trust me i know
Dave do the AA cover kitcars? and will they take me straight home instead of to a garage with the relay package as i am a mechanic and would want to
fix it myself.
thanks
Rob
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Originally posted by COREdevelopments
Dave do the AA cover kitcars? and will they take me straight home instead of to a garage with the relay package as i am a mechanic and would want to fix it myself.
thanks
Rob
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Originally posted by COREdevelopments
Dave do the AA cover kitcars? and will they take me straight home instead of to a garage with the relay package as i am a mechanic and would want to fix it myself.
thanks
Rob
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Originally posted by Davegtst
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Originally posted by beaver34
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Originally posted by roadrunner
I bank with TSB and get AA cover as part of my £7 a month charge. Its just nice knowing if it goes tits up you can get someone to fix it.
ahh but they will only take you 10 miles
trust me i know
Depends what bank account you have with LTSB. A gold account will only get you a local recovery but with a platinum account you get alot more. You can always upgrade to relay by ringing the AA.
cheers McLannahan and Dave, Think i will go for the AA.
Thanks
Rob
If you do join the AA have a look at this page. It's my 'personal' page and apparently it's the best prices you will get from the AA. We also have a membership target to get every quarter so if you do join up through this page it keeps my boss of my back for a while.http://www.theaa.com/patrol/69593
I've previously been with Green Flag and had absolutely no problems. The advantage of not having (many) of their own patrols is that they get
someone who's actually close to where you are, rather than having to wait for a branded service to come. The 2 or 3 times I had to call them they
came promptly and recovered me home with no probs. On at least one of the times, then recovered me to home in the evening, then came back in the
morming and took the car to a garage.
Currently with Auto Aid (cheap at £35 a year for self + spouse for any car including kits). It's a pay and reclaim service and I haven't so
far had to call them out, but you can't go far wrong with the price.
Money Saving Expert has some info and may help you get a better price
whichever one you do choose.
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Originally posted by COREdevelopments
cheers McLannahan and Dave, Think i will go for the AA.
Thanks
Rob
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Originally posted by Humbug
I've previously been with Green Flag and had absolutely no problems. The advantage of not having (many) of their own patrols is that they get someone who's actually close to where you are, rather than having to wait for a branded service to come. The 2 or 3 times I had to call them they came promptly and recovered me home with no probs. On at least one of the times, then recovered me to home in the evening, then came back in the morming and took the car to a garage.
Currently with Auto Aid (cheap at £35 a year for self + spouse for any car including kits). It's a pay and reclaim service and I haven't so far had to call them out, but you can't go far wrong with the price.
Money Saving Expert has some info and may help you get a better price whichever one you do choose.