Every morning whether it is hot and sunny of -10 degrees below I see drivers with their windows down, elbows out of the window and a cigarette in hand. Well it seems it has now been added to the highway code as something you should not do whilst driving. (more…)

I was in my local Asda superstore a few days ago and was inetersted to find a leaflet offering breakdown cover. Of course on closer inspection theis Asda breakdown cover was actually provided by the RAC.
This got me thinking into why would someone buy breakdown cover branded as Asda, rather than RAC. To be honest I have not compared the prices against the normal RAC premiums, but I can’t see the RAC shooting themselves in the foot by allowing Asda to sell their service cheaper than they sell it themselves. (more…)

Well i’ve eaten a few Big Macs in my time, but I never knoew McDonalds were into car breakdown recovery.

It was only when i saw this TV advert that I got the connection, Car Recovery rather than breakdown. IO have no idea how old this TV advert is, but it is worth a watch even if it isn’t really motor related.

You get a replacement man not a car.

Well we never know when we might need breakdown cover and when the snow is on the ground is no exception.The problem is though, how do you get your car on to the breakdown recovery truck, if it is really slippery?

Here is an example, from I think the AA breakdown cover service.

Another example of how life can change in a heatbeat was the shocking news that ex rally world champion had died in a helicpter crash. It appears he was flying his son as their freinds when his copter came down in his own estate in Scotland where he lived.

He was known as the first British Rally World Champion and became world famous with the video games sold in his name. he influenced new motor racing fans to brave the weather and see this exciting sport first hand and in a way brought to rallying what Hamilton is bring to F1 now.

Just like the disapeaance of Steve Fossett it is difficult to get your head around how people who do dangerous things for a living either go missing or die doing something which should be relativly safe. There are no breakdown cover patrolmen for helicopters in the sky, you have to get them on the ground before you can repair any breakdown and it may be that was the cause of the crash. A mechanical failure of some sort as witnesses cliamed they heard strange noises form the aircraft.

It would have been a cripling blow for his family and the other familes who lost children on this flight. We focus on Colin beacuse of who he was but we must remember the other children that were on this flight. This is another reminder that life can change and will change everyday and you should prepare for every eventuality but not be controlled by it.

I can only say I was shocked when I heard the news, suddenly the Mclaren saga seemed less important and priorities were reset of what is important. Motor sport may appear to be ruled by money, but nature has a way of reminding us, that this is not so. You can put as much money into motor racing you like, but without the people you have nothing.

It only seems like yesterday that Colin won the world championship when in fact it was 12 years ago, it still has a place in my heart.

Well the 100$ fine rocked the motor racing world when emails found being sent within the Mclaren camp sealed their fate. the already rocky relationship between Alonso and Hamilton now seems to have spilt ove to Alonso and Dennis. It seems it was Alsonso that told Dennis he had emails on his sytem relating to the allegations and if he got number 1 status would not make them public. (more…)

The whole principle of inusrance and what includes breakdown cover is that things just happen when we don’t expect them, to people you would not expect and in a way you would not expect.

An example of this, is the sad dissapearance of Steve Fosset the man famous for breaking many world records including flying, hot air balloonng and many more. (more…)

Well i have chacked my rankings and the unique hits an one is the same and the other way down. This is showing me that breakdown cover is just not on the menu this September and the priorities of getting the kids back to school are more important.

Unplanned Breakdowns Occur

I can’t remember this iccuring last year, but to be honest even last week is a blur to me. What I have noticed is the increased traffic in the early hours. The queques to get out of the estate in the morning are back and everything seems to be a rush again. Ironically it is in these circumstances that unplanned breakdowns occur, when we are in a hurry and everthing seems to get in our way. (more…)

It has been quite a challnge recently regarding this breakdown cover blog. Ever since I introduced the catorgaries on the right hand side of here, my indexing of the pages have disapeared. I asumed I needed more links and worked harder but with no new results. Eventually tonight i found what might be the issue and that is duplicate content something Google does not like. (more…)

As we now know, most breakdown cover is provided by insurance companies, take RAC breakdown cover, this is owned by Aviva that own Norwich Union Insurance.

So if you buy a Norwich Union breakdown cover policy, who do you think comes to your rescue? You have got it, the RAC do. Equally they are not going to compete with each other on price either as effectivly they are the same company. (more…)