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<blockquote data-quote="Peter Holmes" data-source="post: 151391" data-attributes="member: 302"><p>In my experience breakdown cover is utterly appalling, I had it as part of my Footman James policy, at the time they were using the RAC.</p><p></p><p>Early on last year on a glorious day we decided to visit Stoke Bruerne, one of the last legs of the fantastic 99 Int Rally, on the way home, late afternoon I picked up a screw through through my brand new tyre and tube, with obvious results.</p><p></p><p>Immediately my wife was concerned, she had fairly recently just gone onto a targeted drug therapy for leukaemia (CLL) and her drugs were back at home.</p><p></p><p>But I was not concerned, after all we had full roadside recovery, when I rang them the telephone handler was great, used “just three words” to pinpoint our location, and I think she was able to do this using my mobile phone signal, all very reassuring, even more so when she asked if we had any medical conditions that would prioritise our recovery, obviously the answer was yes.</p><p></p><p>After about 4 hours, and numerous phone calls later, and with Sue now climbing the walls, I bit the bullet and asked a good friend of mine to pick Sue up a get her home ASAP, which was great, probably a 100 mile round trip for him, a good friend indeed.</p><p></p><p>I continued to wait for about another hour, now turning chilly and pitch black, I had chosen a cross country back lane route home, then a cretin from the RAC calls me to inform me that he was on his way soon, but due to the overwhelming pressure of calls that evening he would not be able to fulfil the contract of me and motorcycle being fully recovered, they would have to get my bike to an unspecified storage facility, and then hire a taxi to take me home, leaving me to sort out the bike whenever.</p><p></p><p>Well that was never going to happen, and I told him so in no uncertain terms, and told him to cancel the call out and not to bother</p><p>He was sort of apologetic in a conciliatory sort of way.</p><p>I was quite willing to sleep beside the bike on the grass verge and wait till daybreak.</p><p></p><p>But my Son became aware of my predicament and immediately set off from Sonning Eye in his panel van to get me and the bike home, which was a great relief, isn’t it wonderful to have great kids, but I do let him ride my Vincent’s when he wants.</p><p></p><p>So what did I learn, well lots really, if you are on important medication, do not leave home without it, don’t rely on any recovery service, especially if it is with the RAC, never leave home without some method of fixing a puncture, and then inflating the tyre afterwards.</p><p></p><p>All in all a truly dreadful experience, in protest I changed my insurance company whom I been with for literally years, But whom ever I am with, I would never rely on a recovery service again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Peter Holmes, post: 151391, member: 302"] In my experience breakdown cover is utterly appalling, I had it as part of my Footman James policy, at the time they were using the RAC. Early on last year on a glorious day we decided to visit Stoke Bruerne, one of the last legs of the fantastic 99 Int Rally, on the way home, late afternoon I picked up a screw through through my brand new tyre and tube, with obvious results. Immediately my wife was concerned, she had fairly recently just gone onto a targeted drug therapy for leukaemia (CLL) and her drugs were back at home. But I was not concerned, after all we had full roadside recovery, when I rang them the telephone handler was great, used “just three words” to pinpoint our location, and I think she was able to do this using my mobile phone signal, all very reassuring, even more so when she asked if we had any medical conditions that would prioritise our recovery, obviously the answer was yes. After about 4 hours, and numerous phone calls later, and with Sue now climbing the walls, I bit the bullet and asked a good friend of mine to pick Sue up a get her home ASAP, which was great, probably a 100 mile round trip for him, a good friend indeed. I continued to wait for about another hour, now turning chilly and pitch black, I had chosen a cross country back lane route home, then a cretin from the RAC calls me to inform me that he was on his way soon, but due to the overwhelming pressure of calls that evening he would not be able to fulfil the contract of me and motorcycle being fully recovered, they would have to get my bike to an unspecified storage facility, and then hire a taxi to take me home, leaving me to sort out the bike whenever. Well that was never going to happen, and I told him so in no uncertain terms, and told him to cancel the call out and not to bother He was sort of apologetic in a conciliatory sort of way. I was quite willing to sleep beside the bike on the grass verge and wait till daybreak. But my Son became aware of my predicament and immediately set off from Sonning Eye in his panel van to get me and the bike home, which was a great relief, isn’t it wonderful to have great kids, but I do let him ride my Vincent’s when he wants. So what did I learn, well lots really, if you are on important medication, do not leave home without it, don’t rely on any recovery service, especially if it is with the RAC, never leave home without some method of fixing a puncture, and then inflating the tyre afterwards. All in all a truly dreadful experience, in protest I changed my insurance company whom I been with for literally years, But whom ever I am with, I would never rely on a recovery service again. [/QUOTE]
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