Breakdown cover - onward travel
Discussion
I suspect there isn’t an answer….& I am almost certainly over-thinking this 
Our drive to the Alps last month was marred by a suspension breakage that caused something of a delay & meant we drove through the night instead of a relaxing two-night pootle down!
Holiday was *awesome* & the car behaved coming home, so all is good….& I feel we will get a new/newer car before next years jaunt!
It did get me thinking.
The AA did a decent job finding a garage who fixed things within 2 days (still cost a grand
)…..
….but I wondered - is there any cover that would have got us an equivalent vehicle to get us to our destination AND get us back several weeks later?
Or identified a garage at a destination who could repair it, & getting us & the car there.
I feel the only real solution is a hire car, but that would cost a lot for a month-long ski trip as we had, to sit parked on the mountain for almost 4 weeks. Maybe one way car hire there & again back.
Like I say….overthinking based on one bad issue in 2 decades of doing this!
Our drive to the Alps last month was marred by a suspension breakage that caused something of a delay & meant we drove through the night instead of a relaxing two-night pootle down!
Holiday was *awesome* & the car behaved coming home, so all is good….& I feel we will get a new/newer car before next years jaunt!
It did get me thinking.
The AA did a decent job finding a garage who fixed things within 2 days (still cost a grand
)…..….but I wondered - is there any cover that would have got us an equivalent vehicle to get us to our destination AND get us back several weeks later?
Or identified a garage at a destination who could repair it, & getting us & the car there.
I feel the only real solution is a hire car, but that would cost a lot for a month-long ski trip as we had, to sit parked on the mountain for almost 4 weeks. Maybe one way car hire there & again back.
Like I say….overthinking based on one bad issue in 2 decades of doing this!
My Austin Healey had a failed big end 20 miles off the ferry in northern Spain.
The naughty Healey was taken away by a truck, we were dropped off at an airport to pick up a hire car, we took that car to Gibralter, then Geneva, then Le Havre where we left it.
That was AA 5 star Euro cover 15 years ago.
Come to think of it, we swapped the hire car exitibg Spain into France.
The naughty Healey was taken away by a truck, we were dropped off at an airport to pick up a hire car, we took that car to Gibralter, then Geneva, then Le Havre where we left it.
That was AA 5 star Euro cover 15 years ago.
Come to think of it, we swapped the hire car exitibg Spain into France.
mikeiow said:
I suspect there isn t an answer .& I am almost certainly over-thinking this
Our drive to the Alps last month was marred by a suspension breakage that caused something of a delay & meant we drove through the night instead of a relaxing two-night pootle down!
Holiday was *awesome* & the car behaved coming home, so all is good .& I feel we will get a new/newer car before next years jaunt!
It did get me thinking.
The AA did a decent job finding a garage who fixed things within 2 days (still cost a grand) ..
.but I wondered - is there any cover that would have got us an equivalent vehicle to get us to our destination AND get us back several weeks later?
Or identified a garage at a destination who could repair it, & getting us & the car there.
I feel the only real solution is a hire car, but that would cost a lot for a month-long ski trip as we had, to sit parked on the mountain for almost 4 weeks. Maybe one way car hire there & again back.
Like I say .overthinking based on one bad issue in 2 decades of doing this!
Yes- aa European breakdown cover. Or at least it did back in 2017. We broke down in Belgium. Car was left at a local garage, we were provided with a hire car to continue the trip to Croatia and back. Our drive to the Alps last month was marred by a suspension breakage that caused something of a delay & meant we drove through the night instead of a relaxing two-night pootle down!
Holiday was *awesome* & the car behaved coming home, so all is good .& I feel we will get a new/newer car before next years jaunt!
It did get me thinking.
The AA did a decent job finding a garage who fixed things within 2 days (still cost a grand
) ...but I wondered - is there any cover that would have got us an equivalent vehicle to get us to our destination AND get us back several weeks later?
Or identified a garage at a destination who could repair it, & getting us & the car there.
I feel the only real solution is a hire car, but that would cost a lot for a month-long ski trip as we had, to sit parked on the mountain for almost 4 weeks. Maybe one way car hire there & again back.
Like I say .overthinking based on one bad issue in 2 decades of doing this!
elise2000 said:
Yes- aa European breakdown cover. Or at least it did back in 2017. We broke down in Belgium. Car was left at a local garage, we were provided with a hire car to continue the trip to Croatia and back.
Interesting, thanks. We have AA breakdown cover, but I m not convinced it will give us a loan car for a month. Maybe I need to read the small print .
I suspect one of the issues may be around "equivalent vehicle" if you have a fully loaded 7 seater and you want the same that's fair enough but if you are on a road trip in a classic 911 then it may become an issue, that being said many of the recovery services have many caveats in their policies, especially for European recovery
mikeiow said:
elise2000 said:
Yes- aa European breakdown cover. Or at least it did back in 2017. We broke down in Belgium. Car was left at a local garage, we were provided with a hire car to continue the trip to Croatia and back.
Interesting, thanks. We have AA breakdown cover, but I m not convinced it will give us a loan car for a month. Maybe I need to read the small print .
elise2000 said:
mikeiow said:
elise2000 said:
Yes- aa European breakdown cover. Or at least it did back in 2017. We broke down in Belgium. Car was left at a local garage, we were provided with a hire car to continue the trip to Croatia and back.
Interesting, thanks. We have AA breakdown cover, but I m not convinced it will give us a loan car for a month. Maybe I need to read the small print .
Just a small caveat with regard to rental cars. I had 2 friends on separate trips holiday in France. One had a terminal engine failure in their Mokka, and another fuel pump/electrical failure in a Cashcow.
The Mokka was to be scrapped as it was 10+ years old, and the Cashcow was 2022 and was to be towed back to the UK at a later date. Both families got EV rental cars as these were the only cars available. Mokka family got a car with only 1/2 charge and with all the charging stops, both of them missed their tunnel crossings and had to pay extra.
The Mokka was to be scrapped as it was 10+ years old, and the Cashcow was 2022 and was to be towed back to the UK at a later date. Both families got EV rental cars as these were the only cars available. Mokka family got a car with only 1/2 charge and with all the charging stops, both of them missed their tunnel crossings and had to pay extra.
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