Breakdown cover (best vs cheapest)

[taksi]

I have breakdown cover including homestart with MCE fully comp. They even include limited European cover (30 days) as well. Covered on other bikes as well. All this for £146, though I am an old scroat! Still like to make progress on my gen2 fz1 fazer though!


Taksi

[pete786.u]

Don`t talk to me about the AA, got breakdown, recovery and complimentary home start. I got my renewal notification for about £130. I had to get in touch with them as I have a different debit card as the bank detected some attempted fraudulant activity on my old one. When it comes to pay the AA took over £190 out of  my bank account, so I got in touch with them and the cheeky foccers said it was more because it was a new card I`d used.Finally got it down to about £60 but they have taken the complimentary home start off of me and given me complimentery relay instead. So this year I have had four different membership cards sent to me all with different cover on them.

[locksmith]

You have to haggle every renewal with the AA. Look up online at the new customer price and they will match that with no issues.
The AA do have specialist bike units as there's one that lives near me and parks the van outside his house.

As mentioned before accident recovery is NOT breakdown recovery. Your insurance company will recover after an accident, usually quicker than the AA would anyway I'd have thought! And you need relay if you want to go further than the nearest garage.

[fireblake]

I use Auto Aid which is £39 a year and covers my bike,  my car and the wife's car. The draw back is that I have to pay for everything and then claim the money back. I've never tried it but the reviews are very positive

[demic77]

The VW lot seem to like ADAC, seriously thinking of using them for year round Euro cover rather than paying ££ for each trip across the water.

[notoriusb.e.n]

As a BMW rider (for the moment) I am well accustomed to using breakdown cover. I have used the RAC and Green flag, and got better service from Green Flag who actually sent out a flatbed rather than man with a van which is what the RAC have sent out everytime. The free RAC cover you get on an MCE policy isn't enough if you intend to leave your home town at any point so you need a proper policy.

ADAC are definitley worth a look if you are willing - they subcontract out to RAC/AA/GreenFlag as needed for uk policy holders - you will need to go through a german call centre though - but they have english speaking staff there that will sort you out - you cannot apply online though. They automatically give you the "top level" cover of whatever the local breakdown company is as well.