Which brreakdown company?

[v8rangie]

Just looking and there is nothing really different about them apart from AA are slightly cheaper.

Just wondering if anyone has good bad points.

i only really want it to get me home if i break down so will i just need the cheap option or the extra ?

[lambert]

I got full rac on any car i'm in for 13 quid a month. Used it twice ever and twice was absolutly fabulous service! :D

[Red Defender]

Britannia rescue - only cost me about 60 quid a year and every time ive broken down they have been with me in 15 min

[datalas]

Err...

GreenFlag all the way, they recover me, costs about £40 a year and haven't done £300s worth of damage to the front of the car and then sent me an invoice for a £600 recovery unlike the RAC.

[Drift]

Go me and her with the AA roadside relay £90 a year for both of us  :D
Validin any car even if either of us are a passenger in the car that breaks down  8)

[damohick]

I'd go with equity red star, got mine with them though adrian flux for about £60 ... I stupidly lost my keys when my car was at the top of a multi story car park and miles from home ... The chap who came out to me does work for all the big companys and he said if I'd been with either of aa or rac I'd have ben faced with a £300 bill.

just my thoughts on the matter

[Drift]

Mrs lost her keys with the AA they opened the car then got it on a truck and the unfortunatly brought her home  :lol:  No charge  :?

[damohick]

he said it was because they had to have 2 guys there nd bring it down from the top on skates ... he told me it would have been £90 per skate a £60 call out for the other chap and then the time it took the second bloke ... He might have lied to me

[Drift]

To be honest I would have paid that... if they left her there  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

[Red Defender]

was with the AA the first time i broke down on the A1 after 4 hours of waiting one of my dads mates drove 50 miles and picked me up then took me the 200 miles home !!! never had a phone call or anything from the AA asking where i was or how i was doing considering it was the middle of November and blinking cold !!! - i rang the following morning and told them what they could do with there policy !!! and every time i get collared in a service station i tell the AA man politely what he can do with his policy and why !!

[Range Rover Blues]

Well the truck will be Green Flag, but it's the caravn club's Mayday rescue.

Not only is it cheaper than any other company for the same cover, but the only one that will:

Turn out for a trailer break down, without charging
recover the car and caravan over about 19' long
recover me to my destination, then if I cannot get the car fixed come and take me home again.

And when we've used them they turn up within an hour.  They also listen to you on the 'phone and send out the appropriate recovery truck, not some little noddy van with a tow rope.

[marjan]

I use these guys, covers me and the wife in any car we drive even if it belongs to someone else.

http://www.motoringassist.com/

[littlepow]

Well the truck will be Green Flag, but it's the caravn club's Mayday rescue.

Not only is it cheaper than any other company for the same cover, but the only one that will:

Turn out for a trailer break down, without charging
recover the car and caravan over about 19' long
recover me to my destination, then if I cannot get the car fixed come and take me home again.

And when we've used them they turn up within an hour.  They also listen to you on the 'phone and send out the appropriate recovery truck, not some little noddy van with a tow rope.

That and you can add extras cars for £10 each. Split mine with my dad. Full cover, with a flat bed recovery pre stated for £30 each.

Although the keep asking if I have a caravan! :oops:

[muddyjames]

I am with the RAC. Been great the few times I have called them out. Caravan is also with the RAC but I got a big discount for being a member of the camping and caravanning club. I got the get me home policy for any car I am in and trailer any size.

[Silvery Thing]

Britannia rescue - only cost me about 60 quid a year and every time ive broken down they have been with me in 15 min

I too buy my cover with Britannia.... I have used them in the past but not for a few years. However when we have needed their help it was great. When my wife broke down once she told them she was on her own with our daughter and they turned up within 20 mins. The guy even had his wife with him to lend female support. I call that a good service :)

[Bush Tucker Man]

Whilst not being a member of any* & possibly 'tempting fate' here??

Colouring my judgement though, is the fact that a few years ago, the AA carried out a survey** & came up with backing the ban on driving unsurfaced rights of way.
Despite being paid by the motorists, they took a stand about removing the right to drive certain roads!!


*Bar the NFU scheme, they'll send an authorised agent out, but you still pay

** Amongst members & the 'general public(non-members)

[Drift]

:shock:  :shock:

Despite being paid by the motorists, they took a stand about removing the right to drive certain roads!!

I think I may ask when the renewal is up and see what the response is, then maybe a change is in order  

[discowoman]

Now with RAC as AA stuffed up 1 too many times - leaving us stranded at the side of the M6 with 4 kids, all because the stoopid wooman at the other end took the name down wrong - eventually recovered by motorway patrol as it was Just inside roadworks, also they had NEVER managed to get us going (even when it was a blocked fuel filter) RAC have also turned up quicker and have only Not managed to get us going once!
RAC also covers HWMBO's bike for free on his card whereas AA wanted extra!!!!

[Ja1983]

i`m currently reliant on "mate with a rope" although adrian flux are offering £45 breakdown, which i`m going to look inot ... its a landrover afterall...

i was merely a young boy when i was put off the aa for life ...dads volvo split a top hose on the way to france, 4 hours we waited on the motroway at night.. me and my mum huddled up behind the barrier while my dad ran around swearing... they finally turned up and i remeber the man been very rude, and then took us to the dodgyist garage i`ve ever seen..... i was only young (my dad had the vintage "t" reg volvo 245 estate at the time.. ) but cant forget how upsetting the experience was.. although i`m sure it probably wasnt that bad, it was just a childs view of it, my dad has been with green flag ever since...

AA also has the same name as the groups who meet to discuss their problems relating to alcohol.. and my views on drink driving are quite firm!  :lol:

[Smego]

Am with GEM took 30 minutes to get to my rangie and then relayed back home with no hassle. even offered to drop kids at parants first.

[Range Rover Blues]

I've had bad experiences with both the big recovery companies, like having to borrow the mechanic's tool and do the job myself because they hadn't got a clue, but mostly it's the waiting for over an hour to be resued only to find they've sent the wrong type of vehicle.  The big recovery trucks are sub-contracted aparently so the call centre don't want to send them out, it counts against their cost-centre or some rot.

I'd recomend Green flag to anyone, used them twice, always within the hour, always the right tool for the job.

[frosty]

being a recovery truck driver id say avoid the rac and aa.. they do a brilliant job but they do have a habit of leaving you hanging around on the off chance one of their recovery trucks becoming free (particularly if your a male in a relatively safe place), then when its apparent that they cant recover you they give someone like me 36 minutes to get there! europe asist also have a maximum of 120 mile round trip clause on a some of the contracts which can leave some people peed off.
   mondial also pass on charges to there customers sometimes.
   green flag have a habit of getting info confused.

   basically there all as bad as each other and you take your chances with whoever!

[Mash]

Totally agree with Frosty there, They are all as bad as each other :)

Most breakdown clubs (as they are known) use contractors. And most recovery firms work for a variety of clubs..We contract for example to AA, Green Flag, Europe Assistance, Brit, Equity Red Star and a couple of smaller ones such as Autohome..

The AA tell us whether to send out a Patrol (Breakdown mechanic) or recovery vehicle. You may be lucky in the fact that you get a mechanic in a recovery vehicle, especially if its a spec lift...