BMW roadside assistance or RAC/AA breakdown cover?

[MrBeEmW]

Which one is it better to go for and why? BMW say they only take you to bmw garages whereas RAC/AA can take you anywhere depending on cover. What do you recommend? Car will be under extended warranty

[danb79]

IF it's under extended warranty, IMO, makes sense to keep it with BMW Roadside Assist

[sortedcossie]

I get too good a deal for stand alone so I exclude BMW Roadside.

If I had nothing in place I'd use it.

[DanL]

MrBeEmW said:

Which one is it better to go for and why? BMW say they only take you to bmw garages whereas RAC/AA can take you anywhere depending on cover. What do you recommend? Car will be under extended warranty

On the face of it, the BMW assist should be seamless - collect you and the car, drop you at your BMW dealer and be booked in for a repair.

If the AA pick up and drop off the car at your house, you’ll still have to get the thing from there to the garage to be fixed…

[mmm-five]

I have the BMW Assist option on my extended warranty (about £7/month more IIRC) as it covers my European jaunts as well.

I find AA and RAC too expensive/restrictive for their European cover (my other cars are now 20+ years old) - and even trying to add it onto my bank account breakdown cover the extra is punitive.

[sortedcossie]

that's a good point on the older cars, many of the mainstream won't touch cars below 14 or 15 years now.

[hilly10]

We had an accident in Spain, BMW assist were there in 20 mins they took it to a local BMW dealer, they then decided to repatriate the car. All was painless with no cost, fantastic service.