Breakdown Cover

expeditionist

Hi - I would be very grateful if someone could answer this?

Can I get roadside assistance from a breakdown service by joining up at the side of the road when I breakdown?

One of the breakdown servies, used to offer this, but i can't remember which?

Also, as my car is 14 years old, would the age of my car be a problem?

Thanks for your help.

HairyHatMan

Yes, both the big two will allow you to join at the roadside, but they'll charge you over £100 and take you no more than 10 miles away, or to the nearest point of safety, if you're on a motorway. After that, it's £'s per mile.

piggeh

Most of the big firms say you cannot make a claim within 24/48 hours. I'd imagine a £100 charge would be because of this.

You'd be better off fishing out the MSE guide to breakdown cover as one of the deals on there was very cheap.

Keith

For the cost of a years cover via quidco it's worth having.

Last year I found out my in laws had canceled the relay part of my partners cover, but luckily the kind AA man got us home anyway which was nearly 20 miles

expeditionist

OK, thanks, good answer - the situation is that I live in Jersey - a small island 9 x 5 - I'm driving a £300 banger while looking for a more permanent vehicle but the car is truly on it's way off to the banger graveyard and might break down before I find that newer car of my choice - I might never need break down cover if I'm about to buy a new car, but I just want to work out what I would need to do if/when I break down with that old banger - in Jersey, I could probably push the old banger and park it somewhere safe temporarily if it breaks down - but I would need to recover it quickly and I would like to know the cheapest way I could accomplish that post breakdown via a breakdown service.

Hintza

On Jersey just have friends on family on standbye to tow you home. The maximum is going to be in the region of 10-12 miles. Probably not worth having on such a small island.

lisyloo

I don't know if they cover Jersry but you could look at AutoAid which is £36 for platinum cover.
It's a pay and claim policy but has good reports on this site.

Quentin

AutoAid doesn't cover Jersey.

One company that does is First Call GB.