Breakdown cover madness
Discussion
So lancaster insurance cover my car and took breakdown with them as well.
I now have a trip to Germany and wanted to make sure I was covered in Europe, I'm not.
I asked to upgrade and was told they couldn't do anything and call "silver knight " to add.
After 3/4 of a day and several calls later it would seem its "impossible" to ammend and add European coverage. Lots of sloping shoulders.
Anyone have experience of this and advice other than spending £100 on a totally new policy?
Thanks in advance.
I now have a trip to Germany and wanted to make sure I was covered in Europe, I'm not.
I asked to upgrade and was told they couldn't do anything and call "silver knight " to add.
After 3/4 of a day and several calls later it would seem its "impossible" to ammend and add European coverage. Lots of sloping shoulders.
Anyone have experience of this and advice other than spending £100 on a totally new policy?
Thanks in advance.
zedx19 said:
Last time I went to the Nurburgring, which was admittedly a few years back, I took out a policy with ADAC which was very cheap. I would suggest getting a quote with them for European Breakdown Cover, they also covered you in the UK as well.
ADAC are no longer taking on UK customers - it stopped about 3 years ago, IIRC.I'm with rescuemycar.com - full Euro coverage for both of us in any car, £136ish
I always take out breakdown cover with this company BUT I have never had to use it, so can't speak from experience. £65 for European breakdown
It's a 'pay yourself, claim it back' model. Reviews online are ok.
https://www.quotelinedirect.co.uk/breakdown-insura...
It's a 'pay yourself, claim it back' model. Reviews online are ok.
https://www.quotelinedirect.co.uk/breakdown-insura...
Bill said:
Isn't this entirely normal? IIRC the AA give you two days in Europe included with your policy and any extra you need to pay for.
I don't have any problem with paying for the extra cover, I do however refuse to accept that I can't amend a policy I currently pay for.A valuable lesson has been learned though, always take full European breakdown when purchasing a policy even if you think you will never need it.
V8Bart said:
I don't have any problem with paying for the extra cover, I do however refuse to accept that I can't amend a policy I currently pay for.
A valuable lesson has been learned though, always take full European breakdown when purchasing a policy even if you think you will never need it.
Fair enough. We've just moved to a co-op bank account that has it (and other bits) included.A valuable lesson has been learned though, always take full European breakdown when purchasing a policy even if you think you will never need it.
One of the chaps in the barge thread recommended these people a while back
https://www.msminsurance.co.uk/personal-insurance/...
Haven't used them myself but their European cover looks quite reasonable.
https://www.msminsurance.co.uk/personal-insurance/...
Haven't used them myself but their European cover looks quite reasonable.
I struggled to get European cover for a four day trip to Spa with my 23 year old TVR Griffith last month. I hadn’t got any breakdown cover with my insurer.
Due to the car being over the magical 15 years old, few providers were interested.
I eventually got cover from the RAC for £80. My UK breakdown cover is actually with the AA but even with their existing member discount they were more expensive than the RAC.
Due to the car being over the magical 15 years old, few providers were interested.
I eventually got cover from the RAC for £80. My UK breakdown cover is actually with the AA but even with their existing member discount they were more expensive than the RAC.
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