ohara Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 When I bought our 320d touring to tow with I rang the AA to make sure my existing policy would fully cover me if I was towing. I knew I had basic breakdown cover and as it turned out I wouldn't have been covered so while on the phone upping the cover their sales guy offered me something called breakdown repair for £150 including upgrading my breakdown cover (it's like a warranty but for some reason they can't sell it as a warranty). I don't usually buy stuff like this but since the car had 135,000 miles on it and it was a new car to me, I thought I'd go for it for the first year just in case. Anyway last month the starter motor started playing up clicking but not turning over. It was hit and miss for a while but yesterday it finally packed up. So I called the AA out he confirmed it as the starter motor and now my car is sat at my local garage awaiting a new one fitting at a cost to me of the £25 excess that the cover has... While I was waiting for the patrol man I rang round for some price's and got £265 fitted!!!! So when it's done I'll be £90 up and have free AA for a year . Thinking of newing the cover next year... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 Yeah, it's pretty good cover that. I have it on mine. They only pay the first £500 of any claim if you immobilised but still peace of mind and worth the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan 24v Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 I thought it was limited to 10 yrs old or 100k miles??? Seems not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 I thought it was limited to 10 yrs old or 100k miles??? Seems not. They've changed it now. It used to be that but now you just pay a bit more if your car has done over 100k miles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_330CI Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 Might see if the RAC do this too. Not many repair bills go over £500 Only thing to be wary of is that this is insurance, if you keep making claims they will eventually charge you more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 I think with the AA it's something like you're allowed 4 claims in 24 months or something along those lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_330CI Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 I had a snotty letter from the RAC years ago because I used their breakdown cover about 3 times in a year. They said I'd have to pay more per year. I guess thats the pitfall of owning a Renault lol. Went Japanese after that then German now. Last time I used them was to fish the MR2 out of a bush I'd spun into Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
