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Car Breakdown Discussion

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  • Hi,
    I have just been looking various breakdown websites and cashback sites to try and find some cheap breakdown cover.

    RAC are currently offering a £25 fuel card on selected policies. A single membership has been quoted at £39.99, but with the £25 fuel card not a bad price at all!!

    :j

    T x
  • smileyme wrote: »
    Hi,
    I have just been looking various breakdown websites and cashback sites to try and find some cheap breakdown cover.

    RAC are currently offering a £25 fuel card on selected policies. A single membership has been quoted at £39.99, but with the £25 fuel card not a bad price at all!!

    :j

    T x


    Have a look at the rac again, but go through topcashback.com and see the cashbak reward you would recieve..... you might ending up getting (effectively) free cover! ;)

    JC
  • barafear799
    barafear799 Posts: 174 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    Hi
    My RAC renewal has come through. I only have basic roadside cover and they are quoting me just over £50. However, my car is 13 years old, so this limits my options to go elsewhere - can anyone suggest an alternative - I don't really want to go down the route of Gem or Autoaid (ie: paying and reclaiming).

    Many thanks
  • jules01
    jules01 Posts: 127 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    No idea if there any good or not but have been mulling a few options at the moment and Kwik fit breakdown insurance seem pretty cheap,maybe worth trying them for a quote...
  • nemesis0001
    nemesis0001 Posts: 6 Forumite
    The Green Insurance Company.

    I just took out full UK breakdown cover with them for £28.80 for the year! Thats a bargain in my book.:)
  • Just got an email from "Free Recovery Plus" offering 12 months free cover for :

    > FREE UK-wide vehicle recovery
    > FREE UK-wide vehicle repair

    > FREE like-for-like replacement vehicle
    > FREE physiotherapy treatment
    > Specialist legal support
    > Covers ALL your family's vehicles
    > Covers ALL your family members


    Too good to be true?
  • Just got an email from "Free Recovery Plus" offering 12 months free cover for :

    > FREE UK-wide vehicle recovery
    > FREE UK-wide vehicle repair

    > FREE like-for-like replacement vehicle
    > FREE physiotherapy treatment
    > Specialist legal support
    > Covers ALL your family's vehicles
    > Covers ALL your family members


    Too good to be true?

    This is an accident recovery service only and not breakdown cover
  • mikey72
    mikey72 Posts: 14,680 Forumite
    And it won't be free, there'll be a claim mangement company involved, and charging to someones insurance where they can.
  • Amongst my Tesco clubcard vouchers received a few weeks ago was one for '40% off on RAC breakdown cover'. Offer valid until 31/12/12.
    I decided to use it, that is, until I read the 'small print' on the back of the voucher.
    Who wrote this?
    " Discount on single personal based cover with payment on a continuous annual basis for the first year of membership only."
    And " Excludes Roadside."
    I didn't use it. This is voucher, to me, is worthless.
    :(
  • I have an old Austin mini - I get free breakdown including 3 months Eurocover, unlimited mileage, agreed value with 2 drivers on the policy for £122 - plus I am recycling!

    :j
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