Martin Lewis’ tips to cut car breakdown costs

Martin Lewis' tips to cut car breakdown costsThe Martin Lewis Money Show, ITV

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00:00 Three ways to cut car breakdown costs. If you're willing to switch, you can get full service cover,

00:04 which means roadside recovery, home start, onward travel for you and your partner. Two top deals,

00:09 AutoAid's been one of my top picks for about 15 years. Evershore Gold's also up there. The price,

00:14 it depends where you're getting it and how old your car is, but you're talking somewhere between

00:18 60 and 80 quid. You'll be paying a couple of hundred quid with the big boys and girls for

00:21 this one. They both do it via local recovery firms, but the feedback, I've got more on AutoAid,

00:26 is that it's pretty decent call-out times. If you have got an older car though, it can be more

00:32 expensive and you may also find call-out fees. Now if you want to go with the RAC or the AA,

00:37 if you're new there, you go via a cashback site. At the moment, Top Cashback is the best payer.

00:41 Once you take the cashback into account, it's about 110 quid for full service car breakdown

00:47 with that one. Of course, that is if you get paid the cashback, which you usually should,

00:51 but it's never 100% guaranteed. But it's only for newbies, so what you could do if you're with the

00:55 RAC, well go and get an AA policy, and if you're with the AA, go get an RAC policy. If you want to

01:02 stick where you are, haggle! We talked about that on Build Buzz for a couple of weeks ago.

01:06 Do not just auto-renew. When you're at the end of your renewal, say the price is too high, well look

01:09 at the other prices. If it is too high, it is too high. Get in touch with them. The success rates

01:13 in this sector are one of the highest out there.