Car breakdown cover tends to be a service that is bought by those who have experienced the inconvenience of breaking down without cover. In short if you have never broken down in an inconvenient place you are unlikely to understand the in convenience, frustration and costs involved in getting your car back on the road.
When is a good time to breakdown? The answer of course is, it is never convenient to breakdown. It will always be when your least expecting it and in a place and a time that will affect your plans. For example if your car was to breakdown on a motorway, what would you do? Well you would either ring someone you know to come and help you out, or you will ring an emergency service from one of the roadside phones. If you ring someone and you are near home, this would be great except for that person who has to leave what they are doing, come to your aid try and fix the car or tow you home. The reality is though that if the police see you broken down on the motorway they will automatically want you off that carriageway for safety reasons, so fixing the car by the road is unlikely. Then you have to assume that your friend will have a towrope and is prepared to tow you. If you decide to ring one of the emergency breakdown phones, how much will it cost for someone to tow you home or to the nearest garage. Well the cost will make an annual membership of a car breakdown cover company seem insignificant. They know you are in trouble, they know you have to remove your car and they will charge what they feel is justifiable charge for this service. Of course we haven't even started talking about being away from home, or breaking down late at night.
Of course if you have broken down before you will already know this and probably have a story that is a lot more dramatic. The ironic thing is that most car breakdown cover companies have cover well under £50 which is well under £1 a week. that is less than a Sunday Paper. So why doesn't everyone automatically renew their car breakdown cover like they would their car insurance? Well this year it will never happen to them, car are more reliable these days etc. To sort this out why not look in your local yellow pages and see how many 24hr call out breakdown services there are locally? That should give you an idea of the size of the market and the actual demand. The demand is from those who thought it would never happen to them and ended up spending many times a typical car breakdown cover charge just for one car breakdown call out.
There are more and more companies offering car breakdown cover now but some have been around for many years. The big names that most people have heard of are RAC or (Royal Automobile Club) and the AA (Automobile Association). These are still the major players with the AA being the largest in the country. Now though some of the insurance companies are also offering car breakdown cover. Companies such as Churchill's, More Than, direct Line, Quoteline and Norwich Union. Sometimes you can get a good deal by buying your car insurance and breakdown cover from the same supplier. These companies often use established breakdown cover companies to provide the service like Green Flag. Autonational are also a player within the car breakdown cover market. At the time of writing the cheapest cover was from £29, a fantastic price for peace of mind.
So if you are still not convinced of the benefit of car breakdown cover? Why not click on the link below and be taken to our home page which will show you what car breakdown cover companies are available. You can then go directly to their sites and order online and, in some cases save money than buying directly over the phone.
Before you go though, there are other benefits car breakdown cover. These are things such as running out of petrol, locking your keys in your car and many more non breakdown related issues. Read through each companies benefits to see what else is in offer for your next breakdown cover policy..