what european breakdown cover?

[robbydee]

simple question who do you use? opinions?

[James_N]

good question, im going to need some for le mans. Suggestions as to the best ones would be ace

Thanks also.

[stigproducts]

Try your insurance company, see if you can add it on. It might work out the best deal.

[nuez]

The guy I'm driving down with has organised his through the AA.

Although it may not have been the cheapest, it is worth looking through the small print. Some other companies will only do 'roadside repairs' and/or take you to the nearest garage rather than a no questions asked tow service back to the U.K.

Just depends if you are happy with a random French garage repairing your pride and joy.

[xjsjohn]

Second calling your insurer, you may be covered already.

I am with Footman James. After SPA last year (incident where the Ardennes forest took aversion to all my cooling pipes at 120mph) i was stranded on the hard shoulder. Called them and they managed the whole recovery and if we needed it would have had a hire car delivered to the spot to get us home too.

and this is all included in my policy and did not affect my renewals either!

edited to say - no quibbles at all about repatriation and to a garage / location of my choice too. (did take 2 weeks, something to do with a lot of high performance Brit cars broken down on the way to Belgian GP last year !! but this is P&J not daily driver, so no worry for me, could be an issue for some though)




>> Edited by xjsjohn on Thursday 27th April 08:37

[andypowell]

Im sure there were some promo codes going around last year for the AA or RAC ? They get swamped with calls on the run up to Le Mans so the lady told me last year

[neilsie]

nuez said:

Although it may not have been the cheapest, it is worth looking through the small print. Some other companies will only do 'roadside repairs' and/or take you to the nearest garage rather than a no questions asked tow service back to the U.K. .

unless you are on a bike, where you will come back asap and the bike will follow sometime later in the next fortnight or so. They have a van which does a tour of europe every week picking up broken bikes.

[f308 man]

DON'T LEAVE HOME WITHOUT IT

I broke down on the way down last year (water pump failure)
I had AA Euro cover.
Due to the age of the car the premium was almost £70.
I had no complaints regarding replacement car, customer care etc.
However, I do understand the RAC offer discounts for car club members.
I could have left the car for collection by others, and was told the same ..."three to four weeks before your car will arrive home to the isle of man".
I decided to have the car trucked to calais, drove her on/off the ferry and met another truck in dover for the few mile trip to a friends spot, where i carried out the repairs.

This year i have changed insurers. My new policy includes european recovery/breakdown cover, however, i will be checking the small print before setting off .....SIX WEEKS TODAY !!!!

cheers, d

[remal]

i added euro cover to my RAC cover this year. went from 140 to 225 for the year with the wife, mother and myself on the policy

[NJW 77]

Just checked with the AA (I'm a member) and its going to cost me £29 for European cover for 5 days over LM. Seems fair

They seem to have the cerb down a saloon though

[Tyre Smoke]

I'm with the RAC, but the best (and cheapest) deal was with Direct Line. Purely by chance the car is insured with them, but I forgot to mention this when asking for a quote

[lensey]

NJW 77 said:

Just checked with the AA (I'm a member) and its going to cost me £29 for European cover for 5 days over LM. Seems fair They seem to have the cerb down a saloon though

I got an online quote and they wanted £56 for five days I think I best call them and get a quote.

[mxdi]

just done ours through AA (£36)

[dj_rog]

try these guys: www.quotelinedirect.co.uk/breakdown/

cost me £56 for 12 months of European wide cover including home start and all the normal stuff...

[tjdixon911]

Mines Included with my Bank account (well I think it is at least!)

I know my travel insurance is included....

hmmm better check and make sure.

[Graham L]

I've been looking at this recently and while Direct Line were the cheapest I found, their cover doesnt seem to be anywhere near as good as the AA's - who quoted me about £60...principle difference was in DL's £250 limit on repairs, while AA's was a couple of grand.

[tjdixon911]

tjdixon911 said:

Mines Included with my Bank account (well I think it is at least!) I know my travel insurance is included.... hmmm better check and make sure.

Damn! good job I checked! The (the AA) want additional £61 which seems to be the going rate!

Will have to tap up my passenger to go halfs!

[A10ARF]

As my car is only 10 years old, mine was around £30 odd quid as an AA Member for last years trip

[ncjones]

5 days with insureandgo for £16.76. What's the catch? T&Cs seem OK.

[Tyre Smoke]

ncjones said:

5 days with insureandgo for £16.76. What's the catch? T&Cs seem OK.

Got a weblink/contact details?

Ta