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Brian UK
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It's all in the small print, especially in Europe. Nationwide/Britannia will only take you to the nearest garage and will only do more once they have established they cannot fix it. Well that's the way I read it.
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iansoady
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No, they offer a full recovery back to the UK. Section D6 of the policy. They also provide excellent benefits if the vehicle can't be repaired in the same day (section D3). I always read these things very carefully as we take a caravan to France most years, towed behind our ageing Discovery, and many policies have very restrictive size / weight / age criteria.
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Ian
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Brian UK
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Just had my copy of the Which magazine, and they do a survey of breakdown services, though only referring to UK cover. Best was GEM Motoring Assist @ 80% Then AA @ 78% Saga Breakdown @75% LV Britannia @74% Nationwide (LV) @ 73% RAC comes in at 66% along with Green Flag. Worst is Aviva @ 49%. Interestingly, NFU Mutual comes in at 71% and is provided by RAC.
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Mike H
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That's normal procedure for RAC and always has been AFAIK. Someone has to look at it first then decide if recovery is needed. I had need to use them couple of weeks ago for a rear wheel puncture. Interestingly it went straight to recovery without the interim first patrol visit, which, because it was a sidecar outfit, was done by car transporter (subcontracted). Note if it's a puncture they will only recover to a bike shop for repair or to home | dealer, because they are not allowed to mess with brakes, and of course motorbike wheels cannot be removed without disturbing brakes. HTH |
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iansoady
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I gave up on Which years ago as their recommended products never seemed to live up to their reputation. I was a member of GEM for many years and was quite pleased with the service. As I remember, it was one of those where you paid first and claimed back afterwards.
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Ian
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Brian UK
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GEM have two services at different prices. Pay and claim or more standard breakdown. If you have tubeless tyres, the RAC repair on the spot.
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Mike H
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Last June was staying in a hotel near Doncaster, Sunday morning one of the guys had to call out RAC for a rear tyre puncture, was tubeless, so could be plugged, BUT, RAC guy said if I do, you cannot exceed 40 mph and 50 or 60 miles distance, I think, but the guy lived in Reading 180 miles away, needed to use motorways etc. to get there, so useless. So was recovered instead.
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iansoady
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Why didn't he just tell the RAC man he was just going to ride it down the road? A properly fitted plug should be almost as good as a tyre-off repair.
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Ian
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Brian UK
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Yes they said the same to me when I had them repair a tubeless tyre. Just them covering themselves. The plug they fitted was still fine a thousand miles later.
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Mike H
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Yes probably should have said I'm only up the road in Pontefract.
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