Its that time of year when you dont want to be left without a car.
If you have a car problem and garage cant book you in straight away and have AA or RAC cover
call them. You pay for there service but you dont use it.
They both have a good track record at repairing cars at side of the road & if not they will get your car to a garage or home.
They have diognostic equipment onboard for checking faults.
Just check what level of cover you have
I would use neither aa or rac the one round me wear tight knicklers and struggle to break a smile or sound helpful greenflag even though ive nvr used them always seem to be quite helpful when ive past fellow drivers in the street
I have RAC have had them for the past 6 years my membership is down to £4.00 a month full cover. Only had one issue with them and they solved it quick that was when one of there patrols broke the dizzy CKP sensor wire. But a quick phone call and an hour later they came out and fixed it at there expence. So not bad for £4.00 a month
Hmm .......... mixed views on this one guys. Whilst I appreciate that annual membership fees can be quite horrendous (depending on level of cover) I have always treated my RAC membership as a kind of insurance. If I cannot fix my own probs either at home or at the roadside with my (in boot) tool kit, then as I would be immobilised I would have no hesitation. But however, to simply call out a AA/RAC patrol to diagnose a recurring problem is I feel a waste of resource & moreover could increased membership costs for all involved.
i have onely used them twice in six years thats why my membership is soooo cheap.
Me and the wife have used Both with equally good results!!
First was with an intermitent dizzy fault, recovered home by AA, from Skipton, chap said he thought it was the optical sensor in the dizzy!! Same fault a couple of weeks later, after I had fit a new dizzy cap and rotar arm, recovered by a local breakdown garage on behalf of AA fron Airdale Hospital.
And this week, after some delay due to bad weather had a visit from RAC, this cover cost us £20 with our NMFU car insurance, who feels we have an Immobiliser problem. I think I'm with him on that one!!
Does anyone know where I can get a new immobiliser from?
If you are paying for something why not use it?
I run a road rally car and have used the AA a couple of times for recovery after running out of talent.
I was going to call them out as I have an intermittent fault bringing the engine management light on and could not find a fault code reader to fit the socket. In the end I found out how to do it so did not call them out.
Always a good back up and I recently joined again after listening to a friend about their horrendous towing charge from the M/way to a local garage.
i have just took out breakdown cover with asda! i even get home cover and its only 6.16 a month!
Not wanting to knock either AA or RAC but a worthy comparison is the German ADAC. Full European cover, including a host of both medical, repatriation of car & driver & travel insurance for 78 Euros. They have interpreters so no issues if you do not speak German.
I use them as I travel throughout Europe.....
If your current account is with Lloyds TSB, if you are using a Gold account, you will get AA roadside for free, if you are on platinum or above, you will even get the home start.
That's what I have. I had left the boot door ajar last time, ran out of battery to start the car in the morning, got the AA guy out for free. It's great, tho he said the battery was too old, not charging up, so he started my car and pointed me to the right direction to get some new batteries
Hi folks
To me Bodie's basic advice is to always consider if the AA or RAC can help is obviously sound if you are already a member. But one more tip. I am a former member of AA and RAC at various times on different cars in the past. When you speak to those AA or RAC dudes who try to get you to sign up as you are walking in the foyer of Tesco - BE PREPARED! They first "try it on ", like any salesperson, with a high quote which will give them maximum commission if you are gullible enough to take it. Look out for one of their adverts in the paper, or a voucher online, which offers, say, basic cover for £35 per year or whatever. They quote you £90 or whatever. You laugh and say you have seen it for £35. They challenge you to prove it. You take the advert out your back pocket, and hey presto their supposedly individualised quote instantly becomes the much lower figure of the advert, or with the voucher! They obviously still make some commission or they would not play.