Best European Breakdown Cover

[suzuki91]

hi all,

 

having had a breakdown recently in the french alps, does anyone have a recommendation for best cover? luckely for me i got the car down the mountain to a village car park where the garage in the next village repaired the car in 3 days.(drive shaft splines worn out)so we made the ferry home ok and could complete our holiday.

[seatkid]

Well at least it was a nice place to break down.

 

If you phone your insurance they may give you a heavily discounted introductory price for cover (usually Greenflag). Otherwise shop around on the internet. Remember to check at renewal time, as with house insurance, they usually hike the price on renewal.

 

How much did the incident cost you? - when you take into account the cost of breakdown cover, excesses, phone calls, claims, exclusions etc. it may not be worth it.

 

Also if you don't go abroad too often, it may be a lot cheaper just to insure the trip rather than take annual cover.

Edited October 8, 2011 by seatkid

[suzuki91]

hi,

 

it was 800 euros including recovery. but it was a trip with others who were sharing the cost so would get the green flag split between the number of passengers.

just leaves the expensive bit of the repair bill...

[suzuki91]

just had a look under my car yesterday for no reason, found the undertray missing,

bloody french garage has it..... did not think to check it before i paid.