Mayday/ Green Flag - recent experience...👍

Given the logistics of that operation, I think things ran as well as you could have hoped for, David. Now it’s ‘only’ the repair to organise.

I saw a news item this morning where the RAC allocated a breakdown call out in Orkney to an RAC operative in Devon…..🤷🏻‍♂️

indeed, TW.  I don't know what we'd have done without them.

Just had another update phone call from them.... Apparently, they are in front of schedule and the car was due to arrive today.  I expained to the gentleman on the phone (I think he was from Scotland), that it's a Bank Holiday today in England and the garage would be closed.  He's arranged for the car to be kept overnight at a local recovery company, and to be delivered to our local repairers tomorrow.

David

You couldn’t really ask for more, David, unless it’s to pay the garage bill for you 😀

We had a similar experience once when our 4250kg coachbuilt MH had to be carried home from near Loch Lomond with our car trailer on tow behind while we drove home to Cornwall in our Ford Ka along with our dog and as many of our worldly goods as we could cram on board. That’s not something I’d want to repeat. 

That is extreme. Mind, back in the 90’s, we had double trouble whilst on a trip down to Dorset. Range Rover had some fault, I can’t recall what now, but Green Flag duly turned up and quickly sorted us out whilst we were on the M1. Couple of days later, we were happily on a pitch at Crossways, and a different issue with RR happened. We got the same Green Flag rescue chap, who was based in Leeds! Again, thankfully, nothing major. Then the blasted vehicle wouldn’t come out of steering lock. I think we just hammered in into submission on that occurrence. It was “moved along” traded in for a Defender after we got home.

Glad you got home DSB, hope the repairs go ok.🙂

Indeed, TW.  I think the Green Flag have been really good.  Glad they sorted you out too....

On the subject of paying for the repairs....  😀  Look out for the 'Just Giving' charity donations page... (joke!) 🤣🤣🤣  

David

Thanks TTDA.  The car should have arrived at the garage in Tamworth now... I'll ring them and check in a mo.  Thery're doing my service & MOT too, so I'll certainly need to have a lie down when I get the bill!!  Fortunately, it'll be a few weeks before I get it back as they're chock-a.  Give me chance to save up!

David

Excellent service David.

Guess you will not be haggling come renewal time.

Absolutely WN.... 

P.S. car has arrived safely at the garage.  Now it's just the wait for the repair....  🙂

David

I wish our experience was as good as yours.  Prior to this incident we never had issues with Mayday.

We were away for a few days and near the end of our stay while out and about, the car totally died on us and nothing would work.  The only thing we could do was open the doors.  Anyway contacted Mayday to advise them of our predicament and were told that a breakdown truck would be sent.  We advised that as it was permanent 4x4 drive a flatbed would be required.

Unfortunately more than 4 hours later we were still waiting with vehicle in a dangerous position as it died while driving along.  We had our dog with us which complicated matters as we had to leave the doors open on the vehicle for any air flow. 

Eventually they did arrive and things went sort of smoothly thereafter.  They took the vehicle back to the campsite and arranged to collect it 2 days later.  They collected the vehicle and caravan, dropped caravan off at our storage and took vehicle back to our house as garages were closed.  Vehicle was collected the next day and taken to franchised dealership 25 miles away.

Our main complaint was the very long wait when they were probably not very busy.  Also the flatbed had to travel a distance of over 100 miles although there were several large towns and cities within a 20 mile radius?