Faith in common man confirmed

[Mom]

Two minute phone conversation with Troy's boss - done

[Edbear]

Basic cover from the AA is cheap enough, and gets you going, home, or at least back to some sort of civilisation to sort it out. Saved me once when stopped in the middle of nowhere with a jammed starter motor and no tools, local garage man out to lend me the spanner I didn't have and stand there while I fixed it in 2 minutes, would have cost me a garage callout otherwise.

Back on topic, it's amazing how much people appreciate minor things. When I was in at the hospital the other day and bought the maximum 2 hours of parking and was done in an hour, I gave the ticket to the lady that was waiting for my car park before I left, she seemed quite stunned that someone would think of doing that.

We usually do that if we can. People are surprised but always grateful.

[Edbear]

Two minute phone conversation with Troy's boss - done

Good one! I think I'm out of bling for you until I give a bit more out...

[Gremlin]

Read your roadside assist policies carefully... the normal ones are actually quite restrictive, with low dollar limits, caveats on what they will cover etc. You don't want to find out the hard way what's covered when you're in the middle of nowhere.

Basic AA cover will only get you to civilisation as such, ie, if you're on a BMW bike, it won't be to the nearest BMW dealer, it will be a motorcycle dealer (who likely could not work on the bike). AA+ cover will get you back to home base. The costs involved in that are going to exceed basic cover very easily.

I don't work for the AA (and uh, the post seems very pro them) and they probably have pitfalls, but for me, it's cheap, but then I'm in the South Island at least once a year, and down country regularly. I know others who have broken down as well, so been able to figure out what seems to work, and what doesn't. Buggered if I'm paying that much for a vehicle (ie, new) that you get a warranty. Money don't grow on trees...

[blue rider]

Read your roadside assist policies carefully... the normal ones are actually quite restrictive, with low dollar limits, caveats on what they will cover etc. You don't want to find out the hard way what's covered when you're in the middle of nowhere.

Basic AA cover will only get you to civilisation as such, ie, if you're on a BMW bike, it won't be to the nearest BMW dealer, it will be a motorcycle dealer (who likely could not work on the bike). AA+ cover will get you back to home base. The costs involved in that are going to exceed basic cover very easily.

I don't work for the AA (and uh, the post seems very pro them) and they probably have pitfalls, but for me, it's cheap, but then I'm in the South Island at least once a year, and down country regularly. I know others who have broken down as well, so been able to figure out what seems to work, and what doesn't. Buggered if I'm paying that much for a vehicle (ie, new) that you get a warranty. Money don't grow on trees...

depending how old the BMW is it should be listed with AA road side assist under the BMW warranty. might pay to check.

basic roadside assist will get you to the nearest approved repairer....not to a repairer of choice. in saying that with bikes it pays to get the plus service, as with bikes it is always a tow....so might aswell get it towed home, or to the repairer of your choice.

disclaimer, i used to work for the large roadside service company, but i was made redundant....lol, and will now join the moochers.