This seems like a great deal. you can get vehicle breakdown cover (for the car not the driver) for £25.99 for a year, and The AA will also throw in a free MOT, which would normally cost around £40 at a garage.
Apparently the offer ends on 28th September. It's also only open to new customers.
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£17.01 TCB
£10 from Quidco
- shuwaz
Apparently the offer ends on 28th September. It's also only open to new customers.
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£17.01 TCB
£10 from Quidco
- shuwaz
For basic cover it's great, it's better than free because of the MOT thrown in.
Or get a friend to help you push it outside 1/4 mile limit.
Is there any limit on the age of the car?
I think it's 10 years and can't see any issue cancelling. May want to confirm before purchasing though
...yeah, cos we're all car mechanics aren't we
I'd prefer to pay my £40 at my local garage for a honest MOT where I won't get ripped off if it genuinely fails. Just read online reviews for National MOT's.
dooyoo.co.uk/tra…re/
As it's been said many times before, these cheap/free MOT offers at national chain garages are usually a false economy.
COLD sorry
Have some HEAT
Totally agree these places Will find faults where there are none. Be warned stay clear.
You can definitely cancel at renewal without any charges. Once you receive the confirmation documents after taking it out you can even call them and tell them you don't want it to go through automatically and they'll stop it for you. Just incase you forget at renewal
Had a similar deal to this through Green Flag last year and got a free MOT through Halfords. Didn't even get an advisory on the test...
Another review website says different
trustpilot.co.uk/rev….uk
Exactly what I was thinking. The only waste is your time in dropping off and collecting your car again.
A point of note. I've just purchased this offer and there is a 28 day validation period before they email you the details for your free mot. It doesn't state this prior to purchase. My MOT is due in just over a month so I've had to contact customer services to see what they can do.
[quote=Derek_Duval]"The offer is valid for 1 Class 4 MOT test at National Tyres and Autocare (standard rate: £54.85) and must be redeemed within 13 months of purchase."
I'd prefer to pay my £40 at my local garage for a honest MOT where I won't get ripped off if it genuinely fails. Just read online reviews for National MOT's.
dooyoo.co.uk/tra…re/
As it's been said many times before, these cheap/free MOT offers at national chain garages are usually a false economy.
COLD sorry
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Ii have done that mistake. I bought a voucher for MOT at their place and ended up paying twice, had to go back to my old standard garage. One of the reasons to fail MOT was: insufficient water supply to the screen wipers WTF?
How can 2 review websites be so contradictory? Here's why
theguardian.com/mon…tes
Trust pilot cannot be trusted.
You have to ask for Ford Blue service and request you want the free Ford Roadside Assistance cover. This is a fixed price service (usually £125) setup by Ford and offered through your local Ford dealer. You also get Nectar points if you have a nectar card. If you have a service plan with your ford dealer then this cover is not included as the service plan is the dealers own plan (nothing to do with Ford). The Ford Roadside Assistance is actually provided by AA
See details: ford.co.uk/Own…ice
I looked at the policy document and it says that if you choose the roadside assistance cover (which this is) then your car should not be more than 10 years old. Am I missing something ??????
just got cover fir my 11 year old car at this price
In addition to the general vehicle specifications set out above, the following terms apply to Vehicle
Membership (Please note: these are not applicable to Personal Membership):
a)
AA breakdown assistance is only available under Vehicle Membership for a vehicle which has
been registered with the AA at the time assistance is requested; and
b)
Where only Roadside Assistance is held, the vehicle must be no more than 10 (ten) years old at
the date of registration with the AA; and
c)
It is possible to change the vehicle registered under Vehicle Membership during the Membership
Year.
the policy is clear, a car over ten years old must have additional cover beyond roadside assistance. you have paid for only roadside recovery (they'll let you buy it), therefore there is no cover for that vehicle. I was a member of a car club where some members were caught out. having said that, there were other members that had no problems on older cars - it may all depend on who responds to the call and what's checked; a little like the requirement for the vehicle to be serviced. if your car looks old, worn out and unloved, they could be arsey.
Type your comment here...
Some people seem to be really naive..
Many MOT checks have lots of room for interpretation. A "slight play on {insert name of cheap rubber bush here}" National/KwikScam and other rip-offs will classify this as "OH MY GOD YOU WILL DIE IN HORRIBLE CRASH AND THE EXPLOSION WILL KILL ENTIRE TOWN" and fail MOT to replace all possible parts that are perfectly safe and would last another year or two without problems.
Not to mention two days wasted on driving between garages to get things sorted.
I got a free halfrauds mot. Was scared to take it there as they'll ask for hundreds to rectify faults and waste my time. They also wanted the car for full day. I drove to my local garage and got it done in 2hrs for £45.
Wrong theres 2 types of membership, person cover or car cover. That offer is for cover of a specific vehicle.
Companies are happy to take your money so you may have paid for it but you are not covered mate. It is always upto the customer to make sure they buy the right policy which this is not. I suggest you double check with customer services during the cooling off period while you can still cancel.
IMHO
This is no where near autoaids cover,This is as basic as any cover can get,They will only take you to a nearby garage worthless in my opinion i would rather pay £40 to autoaid and have full cover for everything.
I agree! Voted Cold.
Brother in law had new front shocks fitted(totally shot) took car 2 weeks later to the same national chain.
They said the car had failed due to excessive travel to front shocks!!!!
Any how he still had receipt in glove box and promptly showed this to the manager.
The red faced manager could not apologise enough and tried to blame it on the guy who carried out the mot.
After a lot of heated words he did get his mot.
Want anymore reasons!!!
Sorry about the rant. But these wee anecdotes are just crazy.
The majority of the 5* reviews are from people who have only every posted 1 review. No one signed up to a review website to leave a positive review for one company. If they want to review services they'll do it for several. The exception to that is leaving bad reviews. **** someone off enough and they'll leave a bad review on every website they can. Moral of the story: don't trust positive reviews if it's the only review the reviewer's ever posted.
one young girl went in just for a puncture,they ripped her rear drums of and said her rear wheel cylinders were leaking,charged her £150 extortionate price !
Anyway got home with my car and found 3 tyres fitted wrong direction of rotation,returned and they swopped around,mentioned at the time will need re-balancing !
set of home car shaking itself to bits,couldn't be arsed to balance them,returned and they balanced them.
next morning soft tyre,to remove the air quickly to swop around they removed the cores of the valves and mixed them up with old ones lying around,new valves required again.
Never again,so dishonest and incompetent at my local branch...