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Road Side assistance AA? RAC ?

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  • 05-05-2006 2:23pm
    #1
    phoenix_nights
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    Does anyone know which organisation is best to go for (and which package) for roadside assistance. Anyone know of any good offers ?

    Cheers.....


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    unkel
    Registered Users Posts: 65,419 ✭✭✭✭unkel
    Chauffe, Marcel, chauffe!


    I've been with the AA for years. I find them excellent, quick to show up, professional and for me with a 100% success rate

    They regularly have offers, but after the first year the membership rate goes up. Membership rates have gone up by more than inflation over the last number of years, so cheap it ain't

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    Wing Walker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 177 ✭✭Wing Walker


    unkel wrote:
    I've been with the AA for years. I find them excellent, quick to show up, professional and for me with a 100% success rate

    They regularly have offers, but after the first year the membership rate goes up. Membership rates have gone up by more than inflation over the last number of years, so cheap it ain't

    Have to agree here. They were quick and friendly when I did have to call them out. Thankfully don't need them too much at the moment.


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    Esel
    Registered Users Posts: 22,306 ✭✭✭✭Esel


    Your insurance company may offer a Breakdown Assist package a lot cheaper - about €40 or thereabouts. The odds are slim that you will ever have to use these services anyway, as long as your car is well serviced and you don't run out of fuel.

    Get one of those air compressors that run off the cigarette lighter and you will probably never have to face changing a wheel either.

    Not your ornery onager



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    unkel
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    Chauffe, Marcel, chauffe!


    esel wrote:
    Your insurance company may offer a Breakdown Assist package a lot cheaper - about €40 or thereabouts

    My insurance company has a breakdown assist package for free. I still choose to use the AA :)

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    Esel
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    unkel wrote:
    My insurance company has a breakdown assist package for free. I still choose to use the AA :)

    It's not really 'free', just built into the price!;)

    Not your ornery onager



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    drdre
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    esel wrote:
    It's not really 'free', just built into the price!;)
    yeah but still its a benifit from the insurance company.i have used it 3-4 times before and have had no problems.they are fast and effiecient.why pay extra to AA or RAC


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    Funxy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 333 ✭✭Funxy


    Id like to hear some more opinions on this. I had to use the AA twice this year. Once just this weekend. The first time i was in a main city and it took them an hour to arrive. But this weekend i was on the motorway and it took them two hours to arrive, which i was very unhappy with :(


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    unkel
    Registered Users Posts: 65,419 ✭✭✭✭unkel
    Chauffe, Marcel, chauffe!


    esel wrote:
    It's not really 'free', just built into the price!;)

    Depends on how you look at it. My insurance premium is the cheapest I could get, so say if I could get the same insurance from another insurer for the exact same price as what I'm getting now, but without the breakdown, then my current breakdown service is for free :)

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    drdre
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    unkel wrote:
    Depends on how you look at it. My insurance premium is the cheapest I could get, so say if I could get the same insurance from another insurer for the exact same price as what I'm getting now, but without the breakdown, then my current breakdown service is for free :)

    yes you just said the same words from my mouth:D .i feel the same as the insurance i have is the cheapest i can find and the benifit i see is free brakedown assistance


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