When your car breaks down on you on the M5 and you ring for help from your Breakdown cover provider, who actually comes to your aid? If you use RAC for cover, does a truck with RAC painted on the side arrive? Does AA own a fleet of repair shoppes? Not hardly. These companies all contract with local garages for coverage in given areas. In fact, when you have a breakdown, the call out goes to the closest member garage to your location. All of these garages contract with every breakdown cover company. So the repair truck sent by AA is the very same truck and driver sent by RAC, Green Flag Breakdown or even the service your bank or mobile phone provider gives you. Yet when you compare breakdown cover from these firms you will discover a huge disparity of price and service. Some providers specialize in motorbike breakdown cover so they are able to offer better prices for that sector. Others offer special prices on European car return. The variables are infinite but one constant is that some companies are able to offer more service at a lower price. Why is this? Because these companies are not burdened with immense overhead and corporate debt. Also, when you purchase cover from larger companies such as AA or RAC, a huge portion of your payment goes to these larger firms continued advertising budget.
