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[Gres]

I had need of Autoaid a few weeks ago, not the LR I hasten to add. They were taken over a couple of years ago and prices have steadily crept up, but remain good. They are now part of some other national recovery group whose name I have forgotten.

We needed a three leg rescue, they forgot to book the second leg and left us stranded for 5 hours at a services.

Whist we eventually got home thanks to the efforts of one of the actual vehicle recovery companies, there has been no follow up, including the weeks preceding the current issues.

We have been with Autoaid for 20 years or more, used perhaps half a dozen times within the family and this was the first and hopefully only incidence of them dropping the ball.

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^ THIS

I've had AutoAid for many years and cannot fault them, even from right back in the days when you paid the recovery yourself and claimed back the cost! They're still breakdown 'insurance' but it's much more conventionally accessed now - you ring the number, the breakdown company arrive. Simple. Extremely effective and outstanding value for money.

I use them for all my classics and moderns for me and Mrs Angello and wouldn't hesitate to recommend them.
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[Gibbo103]

I use RAC but pay with Tesco club card points which cuts the cost by 2/3. I have personal cover for myself, wife and two sons. We all have classics as well as moderns. Service is sometimes slow, but there are lots of benefits. When my sons car (Rover 75 auto)broke down recently, they came out  but could not sort the auto box fault.my son then found an ex rover garage some fifteen miles away who have the relevant t4 textbook. The RAC came back out and took the car to the garage for diagnostics. They also provided a hire car free for three days when my other son broke down in his MG midget on his way to Devon as well as recovering his car.

[Ndrwdz]

Just to resuscitate this topic, as I really should sort one of these asap,  I was going to take up one from Start rescue as discussed, I was unpleasantly surprised to see that they've massively hiked the price from when I last looked from £53 up to £74 !
The Autoaid one seems to have remained at 60 quid for the equivalent cover so no contest there then..

I've just looked at the StartRescue page, and I can't see where you get £74 from. It looks like £49 for standard cover.
Have I missed something?

Andrew

[Porkscratching]

Well when i typed it in £74 is what came up, I'll have another look...

[Porkscratching]

Ok well this is what i get...obviously the 10 miles from home limit is effectively useless, so the next level of recovery is indeed 74quid,   when this was discussed some weeks ago that one was £53...if you've got a link to a different version they do,  please post it !
ps, the initial one I saw called itself "classic car".. I don't see this coming up now, again if you can post a link please do..

[Ndrwdz]

OK, Looks like your price is 'personal cover in any vehicle' whereas mine was for 'vehicle cover, regardless of driver'.

Andrew

[Porkscratching]

Maybe thats the one to go for then !..I'd think that a named "one only" driver would be the cheapest, I'll try the other one..does it call itself classic if you do that then, or is there a different search for that 

[Ndrwdz]

There's a classic car option which is aimed at any car over 20 years old.

Linky

Andrew

[Porkscratching]

Ok typed my vehicle reg in, came up as land rover all correct, and then..
 This Vehicle NOT Eligible For Breakdown Cover....Wtf...
SERIOUSLY.

[Ndrwdz]

Ok typed my vehicle reg in, came up as land rover all correct, and then..
 This Vehicle NOT Eligible For Breakdown Cover....Wtf...
SERIOUSLY.

Sorry, no idea. I've tried all the number plates I can think of and they all offer me regular or classic cover.
I guess you'll need to contact them.
Andrew

[Porkscratching]

Feck 'em....I've now just grabbed an Autoaid policy 59 quid, as recommended by a number of you gents on here..

[artbeeston]

May i suggest trying Adrian Flux for comprehensive insurance (£85 for my series 2) and for breakdown and recovery (£39) which is what i paid for the last twelve months.

[Porkscratching]

When renewal time comes due, end of the year, I will check out the different options that include recovery certainly, at least I'm now covered..

[BettyWhite]

I have just renewed my Autoaid breakdown recovery policy

Total cost £74.99

The headline price is £59.99 but if you want cover for vehicles over 15 yrs old you need to pay the extra. I missed this last year so I would have been right up shaft creek if I had called them out.

Note to self, always READ THE SMALL PRINT.

If you have recovery cover with them it might be a good idea to check.

Good luck
BW

[angello]

The headline price is £59.99 but if you want cover for vehicles over 15 yrs old you need to pay the extra. I missed this last year so I would have been right up shaft creek if I had called them out.

Good spot! I've not seen this before and have just checked the T&Cs and sure enough, page 34 Membership Document RC under 'Vehicles', it excludes vehicles over 15 years old.... which makes it pretty useless for our Land Rovers!

Given that, I checked my renewal schedule which includes eligible vehicles 'regardless of age' - so I am covered for the older stuff and had renewed at the standard price, so it's worth checking that too....

I wonder if the exclusion of the older stuff is limited to new business policies only? I've been with them for years and it's never been a problem, but well spotted and thank you for bringing this new exclusion to everyone's attention - as you say CHECK THE SMALLPRINT!