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 the_mcanuff_stuff  Caterham 24 Jan 19 12.34pm |
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Hi all, Need to renew my breakdown service for my car and am wondering if anyone has any tips? I notice a lot of smaller breakdown services charge a lot less for seemingly identical services. And they have decent customer ratings. Or am I not comparing apples with apples and am better off sticking with the AA or RAC?
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| dorking 24 Jan 19 12.40pm |
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I'm with RAC and always found them to be top notch. Make sure you have all the different types of cover though - roadside, recovery, at home, onward travel. Last time I broke down, I think I heard that if you are with Green Flag, it may be half the price, but they just subcontract, in other words they use whatever local recovery company they can find. At least with RAC (and AA)they have their own fleet of recovery vehicles and staff, so they do have a good standard of customer care. I get free Tesco clubcard vouchers by shopping in Tesco's and buying petrol from their petrol stations. You can use these vouchers (multiplied by 3x their face value) towards the cost of RAC cover, so it costs you less in 'real money'
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| the_mcanuff_stuff Caterham 24 Jan 19 1.07pm |
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Originally posted by dorking
I'm with RAC and always found them to be top notch. Make sure you have all the different types of cover though - roadside, recovery, at home, onward travel. Last time I broke down, I think I heard that if you are with Green Flag, it may be half the price, but they just subcontract, in other words they use whatever local recovery company they can find. At least with RAC (and AA)they have their own fleet of recovery vehicles and staff, so they do have a good standard of customer care. I get free Tesco clubcard vouchers by shopping in Tesco's and buying petrol from their petrol stations. You can use these vouchers (multiplied by 3x their face value) towards the cost of RAC cover, so it costs you less in 'real money' Thanks. I will probably go for AA/RAC again, I was just wondering if I'm being mugged off paying the extra.
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| milaneagle Cheshunt 24 Jan 19 1.12pm |
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RAC combined with with TOPCASHBACK Total steal and they are much better that The AA (though i am biased as dad used to work for the RAC :-)) Edited by milaneagle (24 Jan 2019 1.13pm)
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| Fatherken 24 Jan 19 2.09pm |
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I am with Green Flag and have been for many years
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| Spiderman Horsham 24 Jan 19 2.35pm |
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Originally posted by Fatherken
I am with Green Flag and have been for many years Always found them very good. Could also look to see if your insurance includes one. Mine does for a little extra cost
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Pierre  Purley 25 Jan 19 9.09pm |
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The company that is doing rather well at the moment is Autoaid.
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| Tickled pink Cornwall 26 Jan 19 4.31pm |
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Green flag worked very well for us for over four years, always very helpful when needed.
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| monkey Sittingbourne,but made in Bromley 26 Jan 19 4.47pm |
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I haven’t paid for membership for years, I get free AA cover with my Lloyd’s bank account.
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