swill_omnibus
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Registered: 12th Dec 07
Location: : S. wales Drives: Dodge Caliber
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Well if you have just road side assistance as long as your more than 1/4 away from your home then they'll take you to the nearest garage of the AA's choice or somewhere of your choice providing it's no further.
And if you'd been in an accident, should have called your claimline and they would have send one out for you and then took the vehicle to one of the insurers bodyshops etc etc
And it depends what level of cover you have with your chosen breakdown service, if you have relay, and you break down 100 miles away from your home and you want to be taken home, they'll do it, though cause of driving hour restrictions may be subject having to swap drivers half way through etc
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l15ter
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Registered: 1st Feb 08
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yea but the body damage was bad, was just a front bumper cracked, was all sub frames and shit..and calling claimline aint going to work when the 3rd party
but can see where im getting from, over 2 hours to take him less than half a mile away just to then be told they cant do anything about it..he reversed with one wheel drive quicker than he got recovered
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fir3vip3r
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Registered: 14th Jun 06
Location: Stevenage, Hertfordshire
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um aa covered had two sepearte cases with them and theyve been spot on both times.
arrived when they said and one of the guys that picked me up had a cossied fiesta, was a right legend. 
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Robbo
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As said, AA aren't crash recovery... thats for your insurers to deal with in fairness
Lets be honest its much of a muchness between AA/RAC and Green Flag et al
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swill_omnibus
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Registered: 12th Dec 07
Location: : S. wales Drives: Dodge Caliber
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Think it's down to personal experience aswell also, some people have good and some bad experiences to be honest.
But having either AA or RAC you can't go wrong at all though in fairness.
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Robbo
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Registered: 6th Aug 02
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Yup, I've always been with AA and never had reaosn to change
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
Location: Bedfordshire Drives: Ford Fiesta
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I'm with AA 'cause I get Homestart, Roadside & Relay for £25  additional name on dad's policy ftw.
Top Tip: If you're at Uni, register your home address as where your parents live. That way, when you're at your 'home' at Uni, its classed as roadside etc.
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Fad
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Registered: 1st Feb 01
Location: Dartford Kent Drives: 330cd
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Been with the AA since 2001 starting to think its bloody expensive havent really used it for years
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cunningham
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Registered: 25th May 05
Location: Lochore, Fife
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i get the AA through my bank pay something liek 15 quid a month for all diffrent things AA phone insurance travel insurance and lots of other cool wee things
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swill_omnibus
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Location: : S. wales Drives: Dodge Caliber
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Yea that deal through the bank is good in fairness, only flaw with it is you don't get discounts with the AA but that's if you want your car insurance with the AA that is and you on;y get 10% anyway, but personally theres much cheaper companies out there, and their rubbish for modified cars anyway! lol
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davieslim
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Registered: 15th Sep 08
Location: Glasgow City
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with the rac, its your name on the card but its the car thats actually covered, when a patrol comes to the breakdown he will look at the car if hes unable to repair the car, depending on the cover you have he will arrange for the car to be recovered, whether you have an engine conversion or not doesnt matter the only thing the patrolman will be looking for is if the cars able to get on the rtd with any hassle or if the vehicle needs to be recovered by flatbed, rac's only issue would be with lowered cars, bodykitted cars with lack of ground clearance as it makes it difficult to recover.
i get rac cover for free from my work its a perk of the job really, used it once cause i locked my keys in the corsa 25 mins later i had the keys in my hand
david
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stubbsy05
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RAC FTW
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
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My mate has RAC and they won't recover him more than 10 miles. Bloody useless as he works 40 from home.
I have AA and they came out and recovered it because I was a passenger.
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
Location: Bedfordshire Drives: Ford Fiesta
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Yeah, my AA is for me, not the vehicle, so I can be in any car.
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swill_omnibus
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Yea ditto here, only just getting it like as i don't want a local company "JUST" recovering me as both times it could have been fixed personally!
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
Location: South East Kent Drives: E46 M3
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I have RAC and can't fault it. I think I used it 7 times on my old bike, twice on my Corsa and now once on my Fiesta. Never told them about a new vehicle so it's down to my name. Surprised they haven't cancelled my policy tbh 
They also suck in a way, as even though I told them my Corsa had blown it's engine, they still were adamant it could be fixed. After a mini argument on the phone I just said to them fine send one out but you're wasting my time and your money. Bloke arrives, turns it over, says yeah your engines gone and sends for a recovery truck. That was annoying as it wasted an hour 
Other than that I can't fault them.
And also, they recovered me when I crashed my old bike, so they are crash recovery too.
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davieslim
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Registered: 15th Sep 08
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ian you mate must be a tightarse to just have roadside, i dont get it why agree to pay for roadside then moan when your outwith the terms of your agreement
Graham88 it a pain when you know its dead but they insist on a patrol coming out,to then be told yes its broken and have to wait about 60mins for the flatbed to arrive, but most people work on a worst case senirio its deffo a buggered engine and you go out and its something simple, well not all the time lol
and we recover lots of things other then cars lol
david
[Edited on 14-10-2008 by davieslim]
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
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You're from South Glasgow, I broke down in Kirkintilloch on Saturday, the RAC still haven't returned my car, piss take tbh
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deano87
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The alternator went on dad's car and he had it booked into BMW to have it repaired. So he drove it without the alternator light on and got as far as he could.
He just told the AA on the phone that don't send a patrol, he just needs recovering 2 miles to the BMW garage where it's booked in. 30 minutes later a flat bed contractor turned up
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davieslim
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i live in south glasgow and work for the rac who are based in kirkintilloch lol
david
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Graham88
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quote:
Originally posted by davieslim
i live in south glasgow and work for the rac who are based in kirkintilloch lol
david
 I was picked up by your firm I think. Driver name James?
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davieslim
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Registered: 15th Sep 08
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yeah i seen his truck in your pic in the first post lol
car must be home by now surely?
david
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p4uls corsa
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i was with the rac for 3 years and used them about 6 times i only once had an rac van out to me other firms every other time
both aa and rac its the person thats covered not the car
im now with the aa and have used them 3 times arrived very quick and all been aa vans
[Edited on 14-10-2008 by p4uls corsa]
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Graham88
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quote:
Originally posted by davieslim
yeah i seen his truck in your pic in the first post lol
car must be home by now surely?
david
Oh yeah
Got home at 1:30 today, was picked up at 10:30 on Saturday 
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Mertin
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Registered: 12th Oct 05
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My mates with AA, he took me 60 miles today for my check in to go offshore, just turning into heliport he though there was an odd noice, and noticed he had no boost. (1.9 gt tdi golf)
He pulls away, no turbo and smoke everywhere :L
AA came and picked him up, towed him to a VW specialist garage which he reccomended and hes also going to claim off his AA insurance for the repair. They cover up to £500 of the repair bill, hes looking at £500 at least from the garage for the new turbo.
Iv just been pricing AA cover for myself
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