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Roadside assistance

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  1. stopmeandslapme

    stopmeandslapme Well-Known Member

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    Was just looking at my online bank account direct debits to see if any should be cancelled and among them is my annual £160 odd to the AA. I've been paying that for years and not once have I called them. Reckon if I did break down on a motorway I've paid in enough money to have a top mechanic come and sort out the car while a well fit bird noshes me off in the bushes. Am reluctant to cancel because of this. So...

    Are you a member of a Roadside Assistance type organisation?

    Do you think it's value for money?
     
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  2. gas

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    yes and yes :)
     
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  3. Tina.

    Tina. Well-Known Member

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    depends how old your car is. One of mine is covered, one isn't.

    You really should use the comparison sites for that.

    One year, I got it for about 50 for the year (home start) from my own company coz i told them i could get it cheaper elsewhere.
     
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  4. Chief

    Chief Northern Simpleton
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    Not anymore and no.

    You can get it with your car insurance for a couple of extra quid a month. I get mine through my bank account though. Pay a tenner a month for a premium account but get holiday and mobile phone and roadside assistance home and abroad and interest on the account, which is more or less half the tenner anyway.

    <ok>
     
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  5. Sweats

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    Would that be a nat west account if so the roadside assistance isn't worth anything.. It's a recovery service by some random recovery place to a maximum of six miles from where you break down. Which generally means their garage. Happened to us when we came to swansea. Got recovered to Newport. Was hideous.
     
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  6. Chief

    Chief Northern Simpleton
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    No, it's Nationwide and I have used it twice to good effect on her car. No mither both times.

    I don't need it for mine, it's a work car so I'm covered anyway.
     
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  7. gas

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    I'm covered by the RAC

    All the others are for ****s, *****s, celts and alcoholics.
     
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  8. stopmeandslapme

    stopmeandslapme Well-Known Member

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    RAC: isn't that the posho, true blue, tory boy, ukiper breakdown recovery service for toffs?
     
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  9. gas

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    All I know is I don't like the AA ****s and don't even get me started on the Green flag papists.
     
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  10. rogueleader

    rogueleader suave gringo

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    A real man should be able to fix a broken-down car without any assistance from anyone. Roadside assistance is for women,****s and *****s. Why only the other day I noticed the rear left hand brake light on one of the cars had gone. Quick as a flash I was in there, spare bulb, 10mm rachet, bit of elbow grease and know how ... Had her running like a dream again in no time ..
     
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  11. DevAdvocate

    DevAdvocate Gigging bassist

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    160 brick? I've bought cars that cost less.
     
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  12. A.L.D.O 4.1

    A.L.D.O 4.1 1 of the top defendants in Europe

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    I found the AA to be filled with self absorbed tedious ****s so i decided to stay on ra bevvy :D
     
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  13. stopmeandslapme

    stopmeandslapme Well-Known Member

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    Was waiting for someone to make that joke.

    I've been working on some healthcare related software and today as I configured a "Therapist" user I was thinking "Wouldn't it be funny if someone came in and said they had an appointment with The Rapist".
     
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  14. A.L.D.O 4.1

    A.L.D.O 4.1 1 of the top defendants in Europe

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    Funnier if it was "The Papist"
     
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  15. A.L.D.O 4.1

    A.L.D.O 4.1 1 of the top defendants in Europe

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    Oh oh that'll be greenflagged ^^^^^^
     
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  16. Gambol

    Gambol George Clooney's wee brother

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    No and no.

    But then av got a decent motor so it disny matter to me.
     
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  17. jenthesaint1990

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    you are a real man <smooch>
     
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  18. Gambol

    Gambol George Clooney's wee brother

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    <wah>.
     
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  19. rogueleader

    rogueleader suave gringo

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  20. gas

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    ^^^^^^^^^

    Mobility car <whistle>
     
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