GavStyli

im a member of the AA, pay about £80 annually
other night my mate crashed his car and was not drivable but still on 4 wheels on the roadside.
the AA would not pick us up as they dont cover accidents and they only offered us upto 5 mile tow to the nearest garage and at an extra cost of £100.
are all breakdown recoveries the same as this?
if i was to be involved in an accident i would like the car, me and my family towed home at least

Ginge !

gav nobody does it

AA is the best for everything else though

adac ae who id like to join but fuck knows how

RS Bowk

We stacked a lancia bout 3yrs ago now and was undrivable but they sent a low loader out to recover us all the way back home alomst 15miles away!

Seems the AA have changed some what then.

tabetha

I think I was told the AA would recover accident cars about 2 years ago as was one of my reasons for joining, hope this has not changed.
tabetha

Ginge !

they have NEVER done accidents, ive been with them for 8 years or more and was told that straight away !!


bastards also dont cover the ring

but i DO get a rental car for 3 days for every brake down and they are a good company

i need adac details to join though if anyones got em

tabetha

I'm a bit pissed off now as moved to them(AA) after being told they did.
tabetha

Ginge !

never listen to stuff you hear on the internet

tabetha

This was from the AA man at Snetterton Market!!
tabetha

Ginge !

never listen to a man who works in a market,, youi never heard of del trotter

reisskahn

AA dont cover you in an accident But supposedly RAC do regardless of whose fault it is. Said they'll come and recover you car in an accident after i asked them about 10 times to confirm before signing up.

Hope they dont screw me, if it comes down to it

ebit

RAC recovered mine a couple of months ago after a little accident

cossie04

iTrader: (1)

I don`t know about AA, but RAC defenatly do accidents.

This car was totally in the hedge and was recovered all the way home for free....




This was quite recently aswell....

djmillsy

the rac are cunt we ran out of diesel in the 7.5 tonne lorry one night middle of nowhere dodgy fuel tank (it was a quarter full) adn they said we cant come out as its a lorry so i cancelled it

cossydave

Hope this helps, copied from AA website: General Terms and Conditions:

Assistance is not available following a breakdown or accident attended by the police or other emergency service, until the vehicle's removal is authorised. If the police insist on recovery by a third party, the cost must be met by you.
No recovery (including a local tow) is available following an accident;

cheers
Dave

tabetha

Thanks for that cossydave, looks like RAC might get a customer back!!
tabetha

GavStyli

ill be making a call to RAC this week also, AA is getting cancelled.
thanks for the replies

Fiecos Dan

I've used AA for 4 years, but since moved to RAC for last 3 years.


RAC is alot better.

Not called them out for 2 years, but when i have the wait time and service is 100% better than AA.

SS1

iTrader: (3)

make sure your RAC cover then covers you for a car thats over 10 years old

mine does with the AA but only because i pay £120 a year..

it runs out next month and the cossie never broke down