best brakedown services?

[stompin-sarah]

after recently spending hideous amounts on gettin my car recovered because it broke down im looking for some sort of cover

who is the best for this? aa? rac? green flag?? others?

also if you have got brakedown cover which one have you got and what does it include?

[Claireeyy]

i have aa cover through my bank. dont pay much for it. covers any car I am in

[kristel10589]

I use RAC and nobody else. AA just try and get as many call outs 'seen to' each day to meet their targets, this means they find you and tow you to a garage before even trying to sort the problem.

[stompin-sarah]

thanks for the advice :)

[Woody91]

Im with RAC costs me £70 but im covered in any car and if i need to be towed theyll tow me where i want e.g. home, garage or intended destination.

[adam19]

im with RAC,
am paying £7 a month and covers me any car im in :) catch it on a good deal and its good :D not that expensive either , but worth it if ya own a saxo ;);)

[stompin-sarah]

yeah i broke down last weekend for the 1st time and in total the car has cost me 952.00 to get repaired and recovery etc etc :( needless to say i was NOT happy :)

[Bound]

yeah i broke down last weekend for the 1st time and in total the car has cost me 952.00 to get repaired and recovery etc etc :( needless to say i was NOT happy :)

£952!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What the hell happened?

[stompin-sarah]

£952!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What the hell happened?

well the head gasket went and it needed skimming oil change coolant and bla bla bla

but also had to pay for the recovery as they recovered it to a police compound and wouldnt let me have the car back till i paid it :( they were also charging by the day :(


and then on top of that it cost me 330 for mot.....

strangley enough though it went in for mot on tuesday and wednesday then 3 days later on the saturday the headgasket went ????


so total price spent on the car in that week was 952.00 :(

[kenny]

well the head gasket went and it needed skimming oil change coolant and bla bla bla

but also had to pay for the recovery as they recovered it to a police compound and wouldnt let me have the car back till i paid it :( they were also charging by the day :(


and then on top of that it cost me 330 for mot.....

strangley enough though it went in for mot on tuesday and wednesday then 3 days later on the saturday the headgasket went ????


so total price spent on the car in that week was 952.00 :(

bloody hell thats alot of cash. in saying that it was about £1300 ish for my mr2 to go thru its mot :wall:

im with the RAC aswel :y:

[stompin-sarah]

looks like RAC its going to be then :) thanks for all advice guys....

and yeh kenny i cried :( lol

[adam19]

952 , ohh alot of money to pay especially the way the world is today with hardly not alot of money around :O

[stompin-sarah]

i know if the head had gone b4 the mot then i wpuld of probabaly just scrapped the car and bought something else lol

but because i had already spent 330 on it 3 days previous i decided to get it fixed :(

[kenny]

i could of cried when i was spending money on mine. was soul destroying to say the least.

[Jordysport]

im with RAC got international cover and it covers Me not the car, so i could be driving any car, or be in the passenger seat of any car and still be covered.

[NICK2506]

I use RAC and nobody else. AA just try and get as many call outs 'seen to' each day to meet their targets, this means they find you and tow you to a garage before even trying to sort the problem.

that happened when i was with a mate who had to call out the AA.

im with the RAC and the other week my car overheated....i was told the thermostat had gone by a garage where ti overheated and they said not to drive it. the garage also said could be head gasket....the garage were like dont drive it at all....called the rac to get a tow home and the guy was a proper decent bloke and said he wasnt leaving till he got my car working...he got it working and turned out nothing was wrong...he bled the system etc...
very very good service imo.

[666]

im with aa and never had a prob with them, came out,fixed a prob in the loom in no time, only ever towed me when i blowen the engines

[NICK2506]

im with aa and never had a prob with them, came out,fixed a prob in the loom in no time, only ever towed me when i blowen the engines

you make it sound like its a regular occurance lol :P

[stompin-sarah]

you make it sound like its a regular occurance lol :P

hahaha mybe it is?? lol

[666]

lmao was, out of 27 cars i have sold 5, (still got 3) gives you an idea of how hard i drive (1 had 3 engines replaced), none were killed via crash

[Dalescarface]

Im with the aa, something like £30 for a year, covered any breakdown or homestart for whichever car i was on. Recently got towed about 15 miles for free when my rover gave up! And the aa have always been pretty good for me anyway

[stompin-sarah]

lmao was, out of 27 cars i have sold 5, (still got 3) gives you an idea of how hard i drive (1 had 3 engines replaced), none were killed via crash

bloody hell lol

[666]

and you fault you has it bad lmao

[stompin-sarah]

i know yeh i feel much better now thanks :y: lol

[666]

thats ok, on the pluss side, new car every few months (wether i like it or not lol)

[stompin-sarah]

yeh there is that i suppose lol :)


hmmm? can ya come n drive my car for a bit please... then i can get new one lol

[666]

sounds like your doing ok without my help;)

[stompin-sarah]

OI!


hahahahaha

[saxokid100]

All i can say on this is the AA are mint..............:y::y:

[potatopete]

I got free Green Flag cover when I renewed my insurance. Used them once, about 4 months back, very impresssed with them, specially as cover was FREE!

[dj_russell]

i used to be with the aa always found them to be quite good in coming out but it seemed they never wanted to fix my car just tow it home unless i was miles away then it was another matter,

im with greenflag though now after that prick high up in the aa spoke out about young modded car drivers i took my money elsewhere and he can stick his breakdown up his arse.