End of ADAC Plus? - Replacement??
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Neill King \(MH-List\)
Hi all you ADAC-ers, is there any consensus yet on the best/better replacements for ADAC Plus - for either just UK or for Europe?
Before ADAC we had a 5-person personal with RAC Arrival via CCC but that looks very expensive now especially for just 2 or 3 people. We never qualified for the ex civil service deal elsewhere.
I can say I’d like something more motorhome / touring specific that the ‘freebies’ include with bank accounts say. I’m also reluctant to tie breakdown cover to insurance, we’ve often found we wanted to go in different directions on those!
Any up to date news welcome!
Best regards neill@... motorcaravanning@... -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Carol Weaver
Motorhome with Comfort with b/down. Car not and needs sorting There’s a need for an ADAC like policy inUK CAROL
On Mon, 15 Jun 2020 at 13:01, Neill King \(MH-List\) <yahoo@...> wrote:
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peter walker
Hi Neil,
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I find that green flag is the cheapest through the c&MC. Not had to use them in anger though. Was rac arrival but got very expensive and last time I used them we were left stranded for around 12 hours.
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Alan Morris
On Mon, 15 Jun 2020 at 12:33, Carol Weaver <corconx@...> wrote:
Motorhome with Comfort with b/down. Car not and needs sortingOur motorhome is also insured with Comfort, but with the end of ADAC, as SORN has no breakdown cover. The new car, with about 2 1/2 miles since new on March 19th, has it's maker's cover. As for a UK ADAC, the AA and RAC in their original form no longer exist: only as names for different companies. Both having a poor record for slow attendance when requested. Alan.
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Steve Pyke
Hi, We have Comfort insurance including breakdown cover which is now run by DAS so who would come out if needed is anybody's guess. We haven't needed it so far. For the car, once the maker's (Hyundai) five year cover ran out we used Start Rescue for about £40 a year, and cheaper through a cashback site, for UK only. They do short term EU cover. Only used them once for a flat battery - door not shut properly when car left for two days at a station. A local garage came out in half an hour so reasonable service we thought. It's an insurance based scheme but we didn't have to pay and claim back like some. (I've since bought one of those compact jump starter lithium battery packs. Not needed it yet but may do as neither vehicle has moved for three months!) I believe CMC's Mayday service which used to be Green Flag only covered UK as they expect you to buy their Red Pennant package when going abroad. Who owns what these days? We aren't planning to go abroad this year. Take care Steve
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Alan Morris
On Tue, 16 Jun 2020 at 08:59, Steve Pyke via groups.io
<esspyke@...> wrote: (I've since bought one of those compact jump starter lithium battery packs. Not needed it yet but may do as neither vehicle has moved for three months!)Steve it's possibly too late now but both vehicles starter batteries are probably now useless, due to being discharged for too long. You could attempt to recover them by charging them ASAP. Expect to replace both batteries. I'm not sure how your compact jump start system works, but I understand that they require a flat battery to be in a reasonable condition. The jump device probably gives the starter battery a fast boost so that it can provide some current to help in starting. Alan.
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Neill King \(MH-List\)
It might be possible to recover damaged-by-flattening-batteries using a smart charger that has a 'recovery' function / mode - often some kind of pulse action.
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From: motorhome-list@groups.io [mailto:motorhome-list@groups.io] On Behalf Of Alan Morris Sent: 16 June 2020 17:17 To: motorhome-list@groups.io Subject: Re: [motorhome-list] End of ADAC Plus? - Replacement?? On Tue, 16 Jun 2020 at 08:59, Steve Pyke via groups.io <esspyke@...> wrote: (I've since bought one of those compact jump starter lithium battery packs. Not needed it yet but may do as neither vehicle has moved for three months!)Steve it's possibly too late now but both vehicles starter batteries are probably now useless, due to being discharged for too long. You could attempt to recover them by charging them ASAP. Expect to replace both batteries. I'm not sure how your compact jump start system works, but I understand that they require a flat battery to be in a reasonable condition. The jump device probably gives the starter battery a fast boost so that it can provide some current to help in starting. Alan.
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Neill King \(MH-List\)
Of note for drivers of pre-2007 vehicles; Green flag will not (no longer?) cover Europe for vehicles 16 years old on extra premium (or 11 years on standard premium).
Given the current situation any forward strategic planning about breakdown insurance ought maybe to cover 12 or more years so pretty much rules out the pre-2006/7 chassis. Although not likely to affect many of the regular posters here - we do still get regular enquires here for bits for 80s-90s-00s vehicles so plainly of concern for some.
There’s also a potential catch under the section for motorhome limits where it says “Minibuses and transit size vans are specifically excluded from cover”. That could mean that if your Ducato-Transit-Sprinter-Movano etc PVC isn’t listed as a ‘motorcaravan’ on the ‘V5’ you could run into difficulties. This V5 listing topic has been discussed here in the past.
Increasingly looks like we’ll go with a Comfort add-on and separate cover for the car which is likely to be UK only - but since it is mostly driven by Dilys and also with me being rather indisposed at times, it will need to cover almost all eventualities.
And ADAC did all this easily, even when sending out the AA or RAC on their behalf.
What fun it is going to be now!
Best regards neill@... motorcaravanning@... -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: motorhome-list@groups.io [mailto:motorhome-list@groups.io] On Behalf Of peter walker via groups.io
Sent: 15 June 2020 14:49 To: motorhome-list@groups.io Subject: Re: [motorhome-list] End of ADAC Plus? - Replacement??
Hi Neil, I find that green flag is the cheapest through the c&MC. Not had to use them in anger though. Was rac arrival but got very expensive and last time I used them we were left stranded for around 12 hours. Pete
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Carol Weaver
Same situation with us. Comfort plus breakdown and car still ok until March with ADAC but insurance not due until April. So May keep fingers crossed W that month and do it combined next year.
On Thu, 18 Jun 2020 at 18:23, Neill King \(MH-List\) <yahoo@...> wrote:
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