:smiley:

I think it's a Fiat! What a surprise.
There's another at the top of the photo too, which looks like it's been abandoned on the pavement.

I have just bought my breakdown insurance .Full UK breakdown inc Home Start and Forward Travel for £27.50p for the year from Quick fit. 30% cashback from Quidco.

for anyone that has a Toyota you can get AA cover including cover in Europe for £68 per year. covers the car. I think it's a good deal and tempted as I have just cancelled my first direct monthly fee that includes breakdown. cheaper options if you don't take your car to Europe.

Cover for my wife and I in any car - renewal price with AA - £263. One quick phone call to cancel and the immediately reduced it to £140. Said no and went with RAC £160 with £84 cashback so effectively £76.
It's a pain but I am switching between AA and RAC each year to get the best price.

(I know green flag or others may be cheaper but I wanted to go with AA or RAC)

Thanks for prices, used to negotiate my renewal with AA. They wanted £162.30 on the letter, called them said that's rubbish and the chap came back with £110, I explained AA \ RAC though cash back £53 \ £55... He explained they can't match cashback price for new customers so I said what can I do to cancel.... He then said he would go and have a word. Came back and offer to do it for £80 which I will take them up on because I don't want to have to cancel and sort out cashback.

Thanks dwattsy21

I'm going to look into the Nationwide FlexPlus Account (mentioned above), however, I need to check if I will be charged fees if any DDs are not paid during the transfer process. Is there anybody out there who has a Nationwide FlexAccount, FlexDirect or FlexPlus account already, who would like to earn £100 (if I'm accepted and everything goes through) for referring me? I've asked some friends and can't find anybody who has one of these bank accounts. Thank you.

Any cheap aa deals

I've had a Fiat Panda 1.3 diesel from new in 2010. Have done 92000 miles in it and other than tires and brake pads etc the only thing i've had to replace is the hand brake cables so your contempt for Fiats is a little off key. The car only cost me £7500 brand new too with a 24% discount online.

I think Quick Fit go on the age of car.i have just checked and mine is as follows. UK Recovery
Homestart, roadside and recovery to destination
£2.65
per month
or
£27.45
per year
My car is two years old.

I have gone to the AA/RAC website but cant see anything about cash backs

Am I missing something?

KWIK Fit is showing me £54.. for full UK recovery..

Roadside
Roadside assistance and local recovery
£2.32
per month
or
£24.01
per year
More info
This cover will provide UK roadside assistance including one hour’s labour and local vehicle recovery (maximum 20 miles); up to six call outs per year, providing your vehicle is roadworthy. You won’t be covered for call-outs within one mile of your home, the cost of any parts/materials/fuel, or any costs associated with misfuelling.
Pay monthlyPay annually
Roadside Plus
Roadside assistance and recovery to destination
£3.41
per month
or
£35.31
per year
More info
This cover will provide UK roadside assistance including one hour’s labour and onward travel for you, your passengers and your vehicle to your destination if your vehicle can’t be repaired by the end of the working day. The service can be called out a maximum of six times per year providing your vehicle is roadworthy. You won’t be covered for call-outs within one mile of your home, the cost of any parts/materials/fuel, or any costs associated with misfuelling.
Pay monthlyPay annually
UK Recovery
Homestart, roadside and recovery to destination
£5.22
per month
or
£54.09
per year
More info
This cover will provide UK roadside assistance and home start including one hour’s labour and onward travel for you, your passengers and your vehicle to your destination if your vehicle can’t be repaired by the end of the working day. The service can be called out a maximum of six times per year providing your vehicle is roadworthy. You won’t be covered for the cost of any parts/materials/fuel, or any costs associated with misfuelling.
Pay monthlyPay annually
UK & European Recovery
Full UK Recovery & European Recovery
£8.91
per month
or
£92.33
per year
More info

In my experience you get what you pay for, I have two cars covered by the AA with full breakdown repair cover for £22pm, recently the fuel pump on my VW Passat broke so called them out, they recovered me to the garage of my choice and payed the £458 for a replacement fuel pump and crank sensor and I was back on the road.

Heat for the pic, nice one!

Just had my renewal from RAC - £114 for 2 including at home... so I called to cancel (no way am I paying that!). Got them down to £60... which is about the same as I could get after cashback.

Goes to show how much they rip auto renewal people off.

AA denies the cash back claims always

I can verify this is a Fiat - a Fiat 126. I own one! Albeit mine is the arguably even more unreliable (if that's even possible) version; the water-cooled BIS. It was my first car...the doors would freeze shut in the winter meaning I'd have to get in by slithering in through the boot. It was so short that in a car park, people would drive into the space only to find there was a car actually parked there! The engine is a pathetic 25hp, 704cc. Someone when taking the details of the car over the phone asked if it was a motorbike because of the pathetic engine size. Eventually a nice hole appeared in the floor providing some air conditioning/wet feet in the rain. The throttle decided to stick which effectively gave the thing cruise control, and the handbrake never really worked in the first place. Yet I felt compelled not to sell the car, but keep it for restoration! Currently sat in storage looking sad :disappointed:

Perfect picture...as guys were taking in Poland Fiat 126p to the scrap yard :smiley:
Hot for this picture!

Test

Nationwide FlexPlus still better with all the perks when you switch.

So, do you get £100 if you don't go through a referral? Then, if you go through a referral, you get an additional £100 for yourself, and the other person gets £100? I can't see on their website any mention of you getting £100 for changing over to their bank account - can you do this if you don't have somebody to refer you?

Also, still confused about DDs unpaid when they are sorting out your new account. It says that if your credit rating is affected, they will amend this - once in the process of changing over your bank account. What about any fees for unpaid DDs with your old bank account which go out during the 7 day period? Are you still able to use your old bank account for the first 6 days of the change over - if not, does that mean that any funds in your old bank account can't be touched for 7 working days whilst they are doing the switch? Thank you.

You've never seen a new car on the back of a recovery vehicle then?!? Modern cars are probably more likely to go wrong than older cars as there is simply more to go wrong!!! My old Escort NEVER failed, you turned the key, it worked, there was no computer checking this and that and no sensors checking exhaust and mix etc.

If you honestly think that new cars are fail proof, you're deluded. It's like any insurance, you can say its all a waste.... until you find yourself in need of it! :smiley:

It is handy to have even with a new car in case some plonker crashes into you or you crash into something/someone (not that I have ever done such a thing :confused:)

Just been looking at Start Rescue which seems cheap to start with. Full Roadside, Home & Recovery for £35 plus 15% cashback , so about £30 per year
Anyone got any experience or thoughts (Helpful ones) about these?

Cashback offer comes and goes, i believe it will next appear on TCB straight after.

'Keep your switch simple
You can choose the date you want your switch to be completed to help you manage your payments.
Working day 7 of your switch is the switch date that you agreed to online, in branch or over the phone. '

The £75 from Quidco expires in 7 days - it says that you must have opened an account and used the transfer process to get the cashback. I was not planning on doing the transfer until around the 17 Feb, due to the dates of my current DDs. Would this mean that I would not be eligible for the cashback if I don't complete a transfer within the next 7 days (surely that won't be possible now)? Would the referral, change over in 7 days and Quidco all need to be done at the same time (and before the next 7 days when the Quidco offer expires)?

Just a heads up for anyone nor aware. Many of these companies, "help" you by auto renewing, be very careful. I got full AA cover last year for around £80 after Quidco, the renewal has just come through and I think it needed a HGV to bring it, £266!!!!! This is for a 14 month old car too, robbing gits!!!

Haha thanks. You snooze you loose lads. Sooo umm off to cash converters??

Thank you.

It's £100 plus £100

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/nationwide-customers-only-share-200-when-recommend-one-current-accounts-a-friend-2322246

Also you have more benefits:

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/25-back-your-next-purchase-100-more-with-amazon-co-uk-nationwide-customers-poss-2341760
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/nationwide-5-gross-4-net-interest-500-pm-max-flex-regular-saver-account-for-main-2375600


Breakdown cover T&C's
http://www.nationwide.co.uk/products/current-accounts/flexplus/insurances-and-benefits#xtab:breakdown-cover

Crap prices quoted AA - £28 - 2 calls outs to car only, no recovery, no nothing - You get what you pay for.The first recovery price is £128 which you will need as an essential if you break down - unless you have your own tow truck. Been checking these prices all week and what is covered all the big names are not covering the essential unless you pay for it.

Usually takes less than a week - full switch.

Type your comment here...
would you only go for unlimited?

I just renewed through KwickFit for £18.58 for breakdown and national recovery for the year. Got the same cover last year but nearly chocked when they sent me a renewal for £87 this year so phoned them up and got it at same price as last year.

£200 if you switch plus £75 Quidco

also

3% AER (2.96% gross p.a.) variable in-credit interest on balances up to £2,500.
Worldwide Family Travel Insurance4
UK & European Breakdown and Recovery Assistance4
Worldwide Family Mobile Phone Insurance4
Extended Warranty Protection, Identity Theft Assistance and Worldwide Emergency Card Assistance4
Commission-free cash withdrawals abroad

and 5.00% gross p.a./AER Flexclusive Regular Saver

all that for £10 a month

Is this the new Top Gear?

I have just bought my breakdown insurance .Full UK breakdown inc Home Start and Forward Travel for £27.50p for the year from Quick fit. 30% cashback from Quidco.

its says kwik fit

Polish Fiat 126p :smiley:





And they will gonna fix it! :smile:

For the many years I was an AA member, I was never recovered by an AA truck. That's mainly why I left, I wasn't getting the 'big name brand'. I can maybe understand it when I'm on 2 wheels, but 4 wheeled transport should be their 'bread and butter'. I was getting the 'bodgett and scarper' recovery vehicles but at the AA premium.

Probably the fastest it's ever been LOL

You get 275 pounds though....

if you take out the sympy attempt "not expecting this to be hot" .... i'll give you heat

Yeah heat for the pic.... :laughing:

Green Flag
Vehicle
Roadside Assistance (unlimited)
National recovery (take you on to destination)
At home
Misfuelling cover
Onward travel (hire car / hotel if can’t be fixed)
£60 - £13.65 = £46.35

Thats from £60 my quote was £100 so cold from me...

Breakdown linked to a banking product does not always offer the same full range of benefits as going direct, worth checking.

haha just beat me to it

Can someone make the thumbnail bigger? Haha

How so?

yes thank you, this is some really great info :smiley:

Just as a FYI, Green Flag also cover non mechanical breakdowns (like having no fuel, stuck in snow/mud/flood, etc), and will recover you home at night and then again to the garage the next day for no extra cost (rather than leaving your car outside a closed garage).

Thanks