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Le Mans breakdown cover
theconrodkid - 18/5/12 at 07:07 AM

Off to Le Mans next month and i would like some breakdown cover while i am on the other side of the channel.
my UK cover wont cover my car as it is 22 years old so has anyone got any recomendations?
i did try 2gether,they quoted £17 but it seems to have risen to £62 when i tried to buy on line today

Tatey - 18/5/12 at 07:18 AM

Have you tried your insurance company? (if different from 2gether), I recently bought European breakdown cover for my car until the end of Aug for £22 through elephant, which includes tow home, hire car, emergency accommodation and onward travel.

steve m - 18/5/12 at 08:44 AM

John

I tried this last year, when i was driving my m8's xk8 (chris wilkie tours) and as you say car was well over 10 yrs old
i couldnt find anyone who would quote us, so we just went, and came back!
worst thing that happened was a tail light earthing problem

have a fab time,

steve

Bluemoon - 18/5/12 at 08:54 AM

quote:
Originally posted by theconrodkid
Off to Le Mans next month and i would like some breakdown cover while i am on the other side of the channel.
my UK cover wont cover my car as it is 22 years old so has anyone got any recomendations?
i did try 2gether,they quoted £17 but it seems to have risen to £62 when i tried to buy on line today


From memory 62 squid will be fore a years EU cover.. Maybe the £17 was a different one off policy (phone only maybe)??

[Edited on 18/5/12 by Bluemoon]

Tend to agree Chris, if you have access to the recovery then it's not much of a worry. Recovery is the part that is expensive, then the insurance is worth while.

Cheers

Dan

[Edited on 18/5/12 by Bluemoon]

mangogrooveworkshop - 18/5/12 at 09:32 AM

Its lemans your going to not the rust 2 rome tour .......did it make it to stoney and are you going to rag the t**s of it .....
if it hasn't broken down yet its not likely to break down if you take it easy. We run junkers across continents.

You just leave it behind and get another wrecker ....
one of my mates left behind rally cars was involved in a robbery as a get away car ....... they were stupid to use it as it was shagged as he ragged it 4k.

ChrisW - 18/5/12 at 10:54 AM

Wouldn't worry too much Johnski.

I've tried getting breakdown insurance before, but being 1992 and modified the quotes are silly.

Besides, enough of us are mechanically minded and between us we have enough tools to botch most stuff to get the car home. Worst case we'd just have to park it up and come back with my Audi and a trailer to collect it. £50 trailer hire, £100 ferry ticket, plus diesel depending on how far away it is. It's not a big enough risk vs the cost of the insurance in my opinion.

Chris

theconrodkid - 18/5/12 at 07:21 PM

cheers for the replies peeps,the hamsters are working overtime at the weekend,i would rather be safe that sorry and leave my beloved sushi to the vaiguries of a french garage.
2gether have been in touch and i await the outcome