http://www.breakdown-cover.net/blog Breakdown Cover issues, including reviews, advice, personal thoughts and maybe a bit of humour! Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:24:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We are in the States this week in what is supposed to be sunny Florida. But although warmer than the UK, it is as hot as it should be. Anyway this is not a holiday, but research for another vehicle based sites and business, we are helping with. Of course ... http://www.breakdown-cover.net/blog/right-in-a-sunny-state/ I am now on the M18 going North, not knowing if my car will make it, but for some reason I just want to get home, not ring any breakdown cover company. However as I take the turn off to the A1m, some more bad news, it seems the A1m ... http://www.breakdown-cover.net/blog/continuing-with-the-trip-from-hell-2/ Living in the North East I had a business appointment in South West Midlands for 2.00.pm. Driving down the M18 I saw the sign saying that the M1 was closed from junction 26 to 27. I knew a service station nearby, so I stopped looked at the map (as the ... http://www.breakdown-cover.net/blog/a-trip-from-hell-part-1/ A bit more digging into the road safety poster seen in Leeds Bradford Airport, brought up Green Flags own campaign. But once again the year does not match but the time of year does. It seems Green Flag had another road safety week in 2007 from 5th to 11th November, which ... http://www.breakdown-cover.net/blog/more-road-safety-week/ As I came through the tunnel taking me to the arrivals areas in Leeds Bradford airport I saw a huge banner with a Green Flag Breakdown truck saying these words “Have a safe Journey”. Most travellers never raised an eyebrow, just walked by thinking about just getting home or ... http://www.breakdown-cover.net/blog/road-safety-leeds-bradford-airport-2/ We are so used to our brand names here in the UK, that we are probably unaware that there is a Royal Automobile Club down under in Australia also. It is also called the RAC and offers pretty much what we do over here, but with some strange additions. For example ... http://www.breakdown-cover.net/blog/royal-automobile-club-aussie-style/ You would think for such a small place there would be little need for that metal box called a car. The first thing you notice is that all the registrations begin with the letter G and even though they are a UK colony with British army, British police forces, you ... http://www.breakdown-cover.net/blog/gibraltar-and-its-rock/ It is hard to promote why breakdown cover could be an important purchase in terms of saving you money time and stress. Well this is written when America votes for its next President, and election that is probably one of the most important in USA history based on the events ... http://www.breakdown-cover.net/blog/what-is-important/ For those patriotic Formula One fans out there, if there was a time to have a nervous breakdown, it was the last 2 laps of the Brazilian Grand prix last Sunday. With a clear position to have enough points to win the world championship, he gave way to let Vettell ... http://www.breakdown-cover.net/blog/congratulations-lewis/ One of the upsetting jobs breakdown recovery vehicle companies have to do is remover cars from the scene of an accident, sometime where someone of many have lost their lives. This tends not to be something the national breakdown cover organisations do not get involved with as they do not ... http://www.breakdown-cover.net/blog/ncap-testing-of-cars/