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Wanted: breakdown cover

Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2020 2:10pm
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burganvillea

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hi having just bought a car in spain, does anyone know if there is a break down service that would speak english.

Dazz

Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2020 2:24pm

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Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2020 2:24pm

It's normally included in your car insurance

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Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2020 2:31pm

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Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2020 2:31pm

Do they repair your car at the roadside like the AA or RAC would?

Dazz

Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2020 3:23pm

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Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2020 3:23pm

They did when we had to call them out last year, they replaced a faulty battery. I'm not sure how in depth they will go. Saying that in my experience the AA don't do a great deal anymore.

jimtaylor

Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2020 4:22pm

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Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2020 4:22pm

A car insurance policy includes mandatory breakdown insurance but this doesn't cover roadside assistance - it just covers the removal of your vehicle to a location you require; obviously normally a repair garage.

Most grúa drivers will fix simple problems, like a jump-start if you've got a flat battery, or fuel if you run out. Some will go a bit further if you cross their palms with silver.

If you want roadside assistance, then look at RACE - but don't expect English to be spoken. How many RAC or AA men speak Spanish?

https://www.race.es/

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Dazz

Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2020 5:46pm

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Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2020 5:46pm

With the policy on my cars & bikes, which are fully comp, I get "gold cover" breakdown cover, which includes roadside assistance throughout Europe.

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Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2020 7:15pm

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Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2020 7:15pm

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See  what a grua bill would be without it ….!!!!!

paulsav

Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2020 9:54am

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Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2020 9:54am

Dazz wrote on Fri Feb 14, 2020 5:46pm:

With the policy on my cars & bikes, which are fully comp, I get "gold cover" breakdown cover, which includes roadside assistance throughout Europe.

Whose cover do you have please, it sounds good?

Pauline.

BerylLFC

Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2020 1:46pm

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Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2020 1:46pm

All car insurance here in Spain has breakdowns included and are very good 

Golandrina

Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2020 3:21pm

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Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2020 3:21pm

When I had a flat tyre last year I pulled off the N332 as much as I could (I was not far from the airport turn off) and phoned the number shown on my insurance policy because I could not find the spare wheel.   I managed to advise the person who answered of my location and was advised that the grua should be with me in about one hour.   It was actually about 45 minutes later when the lorry arrived.    He sorted out where the spare tyre was and changed it for the damaged one.   No charge.   I then finished my journey and then returned to my home town where I took the car to my local repair garage.   As the tyre could not be repaired (damaged too much) and another of the same make was not available I had to have 2 new tyres.

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