European Breakdown Cover

European Breakdown Cover

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Tinker15

Original Poster:

175 posts

281 months

Monday 3rd August 2015
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I've had European Breakdown Cover on my 1998 Chimaera through my insurance with Manning. With my new cover starting 3rd September they tell me they can no longer offer breakdown cover in Europe due to the age of the car. This is unfortunate as I'm currently in France with the car and will not return until 13th September!

Has anyone experience of any Insurance Company offering car insurance including European breakdown cover on a car of my vintage or anyone offering cover as a stand alone product?

Many thanks in advance.

Bill

67Fox

452 posts

110 months

Monday 3rd August 2015
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Hi Tinker, I had no problem getting 3 months (at a time, max 4x per year) european brakdown cover on my 1993 Chimaera. I used RH classic insurance in Brentwood, Essex.

http://www.rhclassicinsurance.co.uk/

SteveSPG

2,120 posts

201 months

Monday 3rd August 2015
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my cars always have euro insurance cover....classicline, never had an issue with tam, griff, him, cobras etc.

thicksliced

130 posts

200 months

Monday 3rd August 2015
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Just insured my 46 year old Vixen with Classicline and European breakdown cover is included.

sgrimshaw

7,311 posts

249 months

Monday 3rd August 2015
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+1 for ClassicLine.

Changed to them from Mannings last time.

magpies

5,129 posts

181 months

Monday 3rd August 2015
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if all else fails the a dedicated breakdown service like LV Brittania is very good (I have an S1 which has needed one rescue when the bolt joining the gear stick linkage to the gearbox input shaft broke)

Great service and not expensive like RAC / AA

Mr Plow

1,193 posts

227 months

Monday 3rd August 2015
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Another vote for RH Classic insurance.

I had to use the Euro breakdown service in May when I got stranded in Belgiuum, all good :-)

Tinker15

Original Poster:

175 posts

281 months

Monday 3rd August 2015
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Many thanks for all the replies. Looks like I'll be trying RH and ClassicLine for a quote.

Bill

sgrimshaw

7,311 posts

249 months

Tuesday 4th August 2015
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Also worth a look is MSM Breakdown/Recovery, used to be only for their insurance customers - now available to all.

http://www.msminsurance.co.uk/personal-insurance/m...


Mellow Yellow

885 posts

261 months

Wednesday 5th August 2015
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Did you get anywhere with this? I have a 1965 vehicle insured with RHClassics (just bought by Hiscox BTW), it's a great policy but only available for cars over 20 years old. If I could get my 99 Griff on the same policy I would. I doubt you'll have any joy with just breakdown cover as you are already on the continent. Best bet might be ADAC, I've seen a lot of praise for their cover but they won't issue new policies to UK addresses (due to partnership agreement with a UK organisation), if you have an address in France you should be fine and once you're a member yo can just keep renewing, it includes breakdown cover in the UK.

Tinker15

Original Poster:

175 posts

281 months

Wednesday 5th August 2015
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Mellow Yellow said:
Did you get anywhere with this? I have a 1965 vehicle insured with RHClassics (just bought by Hiscox BTW), it's a great policy but only available for cars over 20 years old. If I could get my 99 Griff on the same policy I would. I doubt you'll have any joy with just breakdown cover as you are already on the continent. Best bet might be ADAC, I've seen a lot of praise for their cover but they won't issue new policies to UK addresses (due to partnership agreement with a UK organisation), if you have an address in France you should be fine and once you're a member yo can just keep renewing, it includes breakdown cover in the UK.
So far the best deal appears to be with ClassicLine who have quoted a price including European breakdown cover which is cheaper than my previous insurer quoted without. I tried RH but for me their quotation was excessive to say the least. This may, of course, just be my particular circumstances.

I do have an address in France so ADAC could be something to look into in the future.

Bill

Only 38C in our bit of France today!