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Jul 25, 2019 10:05:34 GMT
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It would be interesting to see if recovery will recover an mot exempt car. A mate took his mk5 golf to worthersee one year only for it to suffer engine failure in Germany somewhere. It wasn't until he phoned his breakdown service that he realised his mot had just run out, while rushing to get him and his car ready for the show he'd totally forgot it was due. They refused to recover his car because it wasn't mot'd so he had to pay someone to drive out to Germany in a recovery truck and bring it back. there is a difference between exempt and expired. as long as a car is legally on the road i cant see there being an issue.
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'80 s1 924 turbo..hibernating '80 golf gli cabriolet...doing impression of a skip '97 pug 106 commuter...continuing cheapness making me smile!
firm believer in the k.i.s.s and f.i.s.h principles.
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Jul 25, 2019 11:05:34 GMT
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It would be interesting to see if recovery will recover an mot exempt car. A mate took his mk5 golf to worthersee one year only for it to suffer engine failure in Germany somewhere. It wasn't until he phoned his breakdown service that he realised his mot had just run out, while rushing to get him and his car ready for the show he'd totally forgot it was due. They refused to recover his car because it wasn't mot'd so he had to pay someone to drive out to Germany in a recovery truck and bring it back. there is a difference between exempt and expired. as long as a car is legally on the road i cant see there being an issue. Yes there is a difference, that doesn't mean that a company has to recognise that difference if they don't want to. It would be interesting to see how break down companies deal with it in the real world rather than people giving an opinion on what "should" happen. While some might be fine with it I can also see why some might try and dodge a big expense by using it as a get out of jail free card. I guess only time will tell.
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scimjim
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MOT Exempt Vs breakdownscimjim
@scimjim
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Jul 25, 2019 11:54:21 GMT
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It would be interesting to see if recovery will recover an mot exempt car. A mate took his mk5 golf to worthersee one year only for it to suffer engine failure in Germany somewhere. It wasn't until he phoned his breakdown service that he realised his mot had just run out, while rushing to get him and his car ready for the show he'd totally forgot it was due. They refused to recover his car because it wasn't mot'd so he had to pay someone to drive out to Germany in a recovery truck and bring it back. AA recovered my Scimitar last year (MOT exempt and obviously historic VED) from Brighton to my workshop (12 miles past my home address) - ignition problem which turned out to be a failed dizzy cap. Recovered my SS1 with HGF the other day - on my way to an MOT, so no tax or MOT - didn’t even question it (and took me past home to my workshop again). Didn’t send a van first either time, went straight for recovery on my diagnosis. I’ve had AA gold for years as it covers me, wife and both kids (kids live at different addresses to us), we all drive scimitars as well as modern dailies.
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Jul 25, 2019 12:13:02 GMT
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I wonder if there's a different approach between the companies that run their own fleet, the AA's and so forth, to the ones who simply act as go-between for the customer to the breakdown contractor? AA refused to send me a recovery truck initially years ago, despite their agreement that an oil pump failure was not a roadside repair, so we sat and waited for 5 hrs after the man in the van said" don't know what I'm doing here, can't fix that"
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PHUQ
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Jul 25, 2019 19:24:35 GMT
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Several have an age limit on personal cover (I think the AA did last time I looked, I've been with the RAC for years and check the paperwork every year in case they've snuck it in) but will price car cover according to the vehicle generally- I imagine Green Flag will cover an older car but the particular offer being advertised won't apply and they might not be so competitive. Having done the sensible thing and actually fact checked instead of making spurious, unsubstantiated claims on the internet (a practice best left to the free press...) I can see no such restriction mentioned in AA's small print for their personal cover. They do also do individual car cover (where the car is covered whoever is driving) not just personal cover, I've not looked into the details for that one (since it'd be pretty useless to me). As for recovering an MOT exempt car- of course they will, in much the same way that it's still insured even if it's legally not MOTd, despite what the scaremongers of the internet would have you believe. If it's clearly not in a roadworthy state- especially if that has contributed to the breakdown- then they'd have grounds to not assist but that applies equally to an MOT'd car, for example they won't fit a bald spare tyre. I
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Jul 25, 2019 19:29:59 GMT
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As a pro mechanic, I don't really do breakdown cover, I had GF for several years as part of a bank account add on, never used it , so dropped it. Probably just as well if GF have this attitude to old cars!
But I once happened to be driving a near brand new Metro (600 miles on the clock) on business for a well known BL dealer in Maidenhead. All new Leyland cars in those days had "supercover" which included automatic AA membership.
So on a chilly November morning I set out from Maidenhead bound for somewhere in Essex, plonked the Metro onto the M25 and headed northeast. Somewhere around 10.30 am and the most northerly point of the M25 cruising along at around 65 (well I was paid by the hour) and a power loss becomes evident, accompanied by a lot of clattering and banging that 20 years in the trade told me was the crank and rods falling out with each other. I just about made it to the hard shoulder before a final bang stopped the engine dead, solid! Fortunately within eyesight of a phone. I call in and get a message sent to work saying "it's blown up, what shall I do" and they just said, "call the AA, it's covered" So I did! And emphasised that what was left of the number 3 conrod was in plain sight, it wasn't gonna run again anytime soon! But protocol prevailed and a frozen hour and a half later the obligatory roadside rescue van appeared, towed me off at the next exit and dumped me at a transport cafe to wait for the recovery truck. Which might have been an improvement if i'd not been stony broke and running out of fags! The truck arrives around 4pm! we load it up and set off, but the driver (who kindly donates a couple of fags) is running out of hours on his tacho so we have to swap to another truck and driver and I get back to Maidenhead at 7.15pm almost 10 miserable hours after the engine went bang! I sincerely hope the AA is better now, I could have blagged a mate to get me home quicker than that!
Steve
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Jul 25, 2019 19:53:13 GMT
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My daughter's partner had his '06 Mazda 6 MPS kill its turbo up in Scotland (my daughter and 18month old was with them)and because it was going to be relayed back here (2 days!) they provided a hire car, that was AA as well.
I'm with RAC (Tesco vouchers pay for it) and a few years ago my 88 Scirocco 16v let go of its distributor (on a roundabout on the A43 near Cherwell services with a 38 tonne polish artic' up my chuff, very exciting that was as it loomed larger in the rear view). When the RAC man saw the car he said " When I saw the reg come up on my screen I thought it'd be a right turd but this things great" He took me back to my work and attempted to sort the dizzy with bits from an old one I had there but no luck . He was really helpful and luckily was on standby at the services so response was less than 20 minutes.
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Last Edit: Jul 25, 2019 19:54:06 GMT by duggers
Needs a bigger hammer mate.......
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When my RRC decided it'd rather fill no3 with coolant than diesel, a local recovery agent picked it up and delivered me and it home. We had the same problem as carledo. Tacho hours up. No worries says i, got a large drive and it comes with a cuppa. On the way home he gets another call, drops me and rrc and says he'd got to go.another job. I've got a C+E too, said what about your break? Oh it's a police job, doesn't apply with them!
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MOT Exempt Vs breakdownMercdan68
@forddan68
Club Retro Rides Member 68
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Jul 27, 2019 16:06:49 GMT
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Can’t fault the AA been with them since 1987 Apart from a few months with the rac, who let me down badly when I got a puncture on my sprinter van around 2003...couldn’t crack the wheel studs and they claimed punctures were not covered..b..s..t Went back to the AA it’s for piece of mind for the wife and me when travelling to shows countrywide
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Last Edit: Jul 27, 2019 16:29:16 GMT by Mercdan68
Fraud owners club member 1999 Jaguar s type 1993 ford escort
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