Just looking for a quick answer. Does the car come with breakdown cover from new? Thanks
General Breakdown Cover
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ahmett
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yes for the entire period of the fiat warranty. 2 years.
Only for a year in the uk
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Oh really? Poor uk fiat customers in Greece its 2 years. I think I used it twice in warranty period
Cheers. That's the AA cancelled.
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Correct and a bit measly on the part of FIAT.
We have had mazda's in the past which have come with three years warranty AND breakdown cover, this was Europe wide too which is useful if you go abroad a lot as short term european breakdown policies can be stupidly expensive for the time period they cover.
To be fair it's very seldom we find people in 500's breaking down 
ahmett
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yeap. i broke down because of my dualogic box (not too common on the forum), and my battery (90% town start stop driving).To be fair it's very seldom we find people in 500's breaking down
ahmett
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to be honest i just make sure i get insurance that has breakdown cover included = )
pretty sure it's AA cover.., was last year when I bought my TA,
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charlie - Oxford
Think you can suspend your AA cover when you buy a car with AA cover included.
The AA cover that Fiat gives with the car will only cover that car, not any car as normal AA membership does.
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I keep mine serviced properly, carry a decent set of tools in the boot, replace parts when they show signs of wearing out, and don't try to drive 50 miles with no bars showing on the fuel gauge.
Over the past 30 years, I've had four roadside failures (none of them Fiats); two I fixed on the spot, the third was within walking distance of a main dealer & cost me 86p for a gasket, and the fourth was a clutch cable which snapped just as I pulled onto my drive.
I guess I've been lucky, but I reckon that's about £2000 saved on breakdown service membership.
Over the past 30 years, I've had four roadside failures (none of them Fiats); two I fixed on the spot, the third was within walking distance of a main dealer & cost me 86p for a gasket, and the fourth was a clutch cable which snapped just as I pulled onto my drive.
I guess I've been lucky, but I reckon that's about £2000 saved on breakdown service membership.
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Unfortunately not everybody has the competence to fix a breakdown at the roadside so are happy to pay for a bit of reassurance.
We now pay for ours through our bank along with travel insurance, appliance insurance and mobile phone insurance at just £10 per month.
Shop around and you can get home start, onward travel/relay, emergency accommodation and upto 90 European cover for about £35 per year. Granted that's car specific cover, but that's all I need (technically it's my Dad who owns the policy, my car is added as a 2nd vehicle for an extra £30).
To get personal/any car cover with the same features was around £65 per person
To get personal/any car cover with the same features was around £65 per person
Our AA cover was for a specific car with anyone driving. Worked out cheaper. Other cars in household are less than a year old and have their own cover so 'normal ' AA cover didn't apply.
Yup same here. And, if I completely discount the 4 percent interest the bank pays me on the balance of my current account, the annual fee of £120 is in effect, waived, so breakdown, travel and phone plus additional applicance cover costs me nothing. Who says the British banking industry is broken? :devil:
Glad I have full family cover. Son broke down last night in very remote area near Elgin (north of Scotland). RAC cover, arranged three different recovery vehicles to get him from Elgin to Glasgow, via Inverness and Perth. RAC apparently have no recovery vehicles of their own up there, all subcontracted out to local garages (must have cost them a fortune). Eventually got to Glasgow at 1.45AM. So I for one am glad we have breakdown cover. Use our Tesco Clubcard vouchers to get cheapish RAC cover. Used it three times now in last 13 months. Saved us a whole load of grief. First time was for a catastrophic petrol leak, next time for a timing issue where car refused to start and finally for fecked coil pack. Last two occasions happened on a Sunday when everywhere closed.
Modern cars seem much less reliable than the old machines I drove in the 70's and 80's. These older machines could easily be fixed at the side of the road, not now as too many computer controlled sensors, etc. that are very temperamental, and not serviceable.
Modern cars seem much less reliable than the old machines I drove in the 70's and 80's. These older machines could easily be fixed at the side of the road, not now as too many computer controlled sensors, etc. that are very temperamental, and not serviceable.
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I take it you never drove a classic Mini......I swear I pushed them more than I drove them......
