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landroverkeith:

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--- Quote from: "defenderdan" ---I'm surprised you had to wait 2 hours on a hard shoulder, that should be a priority call. I'm also surprised the police didn't have you moved off at your own cost by one of their subcontractors. They usually want things cleared off the hard shoulder asap.
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Or you get the Wannabe Police (Highways Officer) putting cones round you...
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Yup got 2 of the highway officers within ten mins of each other both took me number to ring me in 30 mins if i wasnt of the shoulder...

Pete5844 as was:
How come that their first question is always"do you have relay sir".This means that if your answers yes there's no way I'm gona try and fix it cos I may get dirty I'll call a tow truck.Gone are the days when they would almost rebuild your engine at the side of the road and be happy to help. :evil: Pete

snezza69:
I have mentioned this before, but I broke down in France and my recovery (ADAC) towed the car to a local garage, put my family and I up in a hotel for 2 nights and then flew us home (to Germany).  They then towed the car home too.  All this for about €70.  Thats about £50 a year!

No complaints and a really cracking service!

Recommend them to all.

Range Rover Red:
I split a rad hose earlier this year and the RR dumped its coolant all over the A1 on my very first laning trip :oops:  - the car spent the day on the pub car park.

When we came back for it at the end of the day, we rang the RAC and explained what had happened, they said the car was undriveable and they would get it home.  A van turned up after about ten minutes, the driver did't even get out - he knew full well that there was nothing he could do to fix it and he would have to call out a flatbed.  We eventually got home about three hours later, and nearly missed the pizzeria.  It was all down to politics - if the call centre called out the flatbed, it would go down as a black mark against them, so they fob off the black mark on to the van.

I'm now with Caravan Club Mayday (Green Flag - but they say there is no length or weight limit on the caravan as opposed to ordinary Green Flag) - so far I haven't had to test their competence ... :(scared):

(Watch it go and break down next time out now I've said that!)

muckmoses:

--- Quote from: "Pete5844 as was" ---How come that their first question is always"do you have relay sir".This means that if your answers yes there's no way I'm gona try and fix it cos I may get dirty I'll call a tow truck.Gone are the days when they would almost rebuild your engine at the side of the road and be happy to help. :evil: Pete
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I'm with the AA.  Recently at the hight of the holiday season I was with my Son Jack and one of the injector pipe unions cracked (90TD). This eventually led to air in the system and a complete dead stop.

I called the AA told them the problem and waited for the relay.  Jack and I had some lunch and played 'Dopey Baby'  )He jumps off something I catch him and put him back on and shout dopey baby and he jumps off again).  We had some lunch and Jack did a nappy.  I had just finished it and the AA man turned up.

Had a look got a hack saw out cut the end off the pipe, put an new union & olive on the pipe and off we went - Off I went back to the trial.

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