Best Breakdown cover

zetec452 · 29 Jan 2006 at 18:03

Any recommendations for a decent breakdown company?

The AA seem a bit costly at £104 per annum where as the RAC is £66.56.

Any other companies to consider?

Cheers

[DOD]Asprilla · 29 Jan 2006 at 18:23

There is Green Flag as well.

The wife and I are trying to decide this at the moment as she gets free AA if she upgrades here bank account and I get free Green Flag if I upgrade mine.

The only difference I can see is that Green Flag covers the car, whoever is driving, but AA are offering to cover the person (my wife and we have to pay extra for me) whatever they are driving.

Might be worth checkiong what your bank account offers:

LloydsTSB - AA
Barclays - Green Flag

MrMatteh · 29 Jan 2006 at 18:39

RAC cover the driver too, not the car

eidolon · 29 Jan 2006 at 18:40

Go to moneysupermarket.com and they'll allow you to put your details in and they'll tell you who is the cheapest for you. I think I paid £36 last year for the Puma (which was cool cos we had to use it once when we got a flat tyre at 1.30am and didn't have a jack)

geiger · 29 Jan 2006 at 20:35

RAC give some glass damage cover too which can be usefull if your 3rd party.

Morba · 29 Jan 2006 at 20:42

depends on what you want really, me and the wife are paying over 200 between us

zetec452 · 29 Jan 2006 at 20:43

moneysupermarket.com is a great site. Thanks.

TripleT · 29 Jan 2006 at 20:48

I just get it with my insurance, only about £10 extra and I've never used it yet

zetec452 · 29 Jan 2006 at 20:56

Im pretty sure it wasn't offered with my insurance as im TPFT. I really only need it for a month or so until my company car arrives.

andi · 29 Jan 2006 at 21:34

I had RAC cover last year (was free from BSM) and I'm not going to renew it. It took them 6 months to send me a membership card (and then they sent me 3) and then when it comes to renew they want £50 instead of the £33 it'd cost if I bought it online. Surely I'm supposed to get a discount for being an existing member?

Redrum · 29 Jan 2006 at 22:57

If you forget about the main companies you can get full cover for about £30. This article explains all the services:

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?newsid1095600098,32594,

Muncher · 29 Jan 2006 at 23:33

http://motoringassist.com/

£72 for 2 cars on a joint recovery reclaim policy.

Home Start and all the benefits the others TheAA and RAC provide but for a lot less.

They also do not support anti motoring organisations such as Brake, who Green Flag support. TheAA and RAC are not much better on that front either.