Post-Race Interview With 2012 Daytona 500 Runner-Up - Dale Earnhardt Jr.
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DALE EARNHARDT JR. : “Yeah, it was a good finish for us. I’m really pleased to be able to get good points tonight. The Roush cars are just really strong. They’ve shown that all week. I really didn’t know just how good they were until I got up there those last 60 laps, and I could get in between them, but I couldn’t get in front of them. Just didn’t have enough car to get around them and get the lead. “But I’m happy for Matt. He’s going to need that for his college fund, and them kids will be in good shape now. “But I’m happy for our team, too. We had a really good looking race car, good craftsmanship, and I was real proud of that. You know, you bring such a nice car down here, and the chances of you tearing it up is pretty high. Odds are always kind of high you get caught up in something like we saw at the end of the race. But I was really happy to be able to take the car home in one piece, and liked the way the motor ran, liked the way the car drove. It was a little bit of a bizarre week with the rain and all that. But you know, we stuck around and got it all done.”
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Best/cheapest car breakdown cover. UK?
Dec 09, 2008 by kenily | Posted in Insurance & Registration
http://www.moneysupermarket.com
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com
WelshLad | Dec 10, 2008
Britannia
L205 | Dec 09, 2008
AA reasonably priced and fantastic service.
pancho | Dec 09, 2008
I'm with Norwich Union.
You will find that many insurance companies run schemes ties in with Green Flag RAC and AA, it's worth looking into it. and you do nothave to have your car insurance with them. I think confused.com or one of the others would be useful
Scouse | Dec 12, 2008
Contact Sky Insurance on 0870 121 759. I got mine for £54.95 including Home Start & European cover included. It covers any driver using my vehicle.
Broker Man | Dec 13, 2008
cheap car breakdown cover uk? scotland.?
Dec 10, 2009 by maria | Posted in Other - Cars & Transportation
You only get what you pay for. Try this site. http://www.breakdownrecovery.co.uk/
MICHAEL D | Dec 10, 2009
Try http://breakdown.insurancechoice.co.uk/c ompare.php
I get the silver service for £47!
Don't know how much it might be in Scotland!
luludoodie | Dec 10, 2009
Maybe try www.Gocompare.com ?????
Dunno if they will have breakdown cover or what but its worth a try mate!
Jamie | Dec 10, 2009
some insurance companies include a breakdown option which is cheaper than going to a breakdown company direct
mercury | Dec 10, 2009
"Auto National Rescue" are good. They're based in England but cover the whole of Britain. I have mine and my partner's cars covered for £99 and live in Perthshire.
Steve | Dec 11, 2009
Can anyone give any advice on breakdown cover and people who try to rip you off?
Sep 29, 2009 by laura e | Posted in Maintenance & Repairs
My car broke down 200 miles from home in Beds. on Sunday afternoon. I called my boyfriend who i'd just left who came down to help me and then we called Direct Line breakdown cover who sent a vehicle out within an hour, the guy looked at my car and diagnosed that I have a ruined head gaskett. He said that obviously there were no garages open in the area and it would cost near to £400 to tow me home but they could take it back to their depot which is a 'police maintained safe storage facility' and then said for me to ring up first thing Monday and they would give me numbers for local garages.
Sure enough they took the car away and I spent £52 to get the train home. Then I called up yesterday morning and they gave me the numbers for 2 local garages who I called amongst some others that I found online. I recieved quotes from £350 to £1200 'plus diagnostics'. My cousin who is a trained mechanic then got in touch and said he could fix it for £150 if I can get it home so I contacted some vehicle transport companies and was quoted £150 at the cheapest which was a pretty good improvement!
I spoke to the breakdown company again earlier and told them I have decided to get the car brought home and then fixed here (half of my belongings are still in the car and I want it home asap). the company said oh we can do that and quoted me £380 plus VAT so I told him that ive had quotes for £150 and all of a sudden he declares that i will have to pay a £92 storage charge (£80 + VAT!)
At NO POINT on Sunday or when ive spoken to them on the phone was a storage charge ever mentioned!! If it had have been then id have just arranged for it to be towed to my boyfriends (which wouldnt have been ideal as its an Army base therefore it would be tricky getting people on and off base but still preferable to paying that!)
I was absolutely fuming and called Direct Line straight away and explained this whole situation, and said that it is their job to pick my car up and take it to a garage where it can be fixed but it is not my fault that there were no garages open on the sunday. Also the fact that i am up north doesnt help as i could do is ring around garages on the monday to get quotes, and most of them took all day to get back to me. I couldnt just go and collect the car myself.
So then I was on hold for ages whilst the claims people contacted the recovery company who told direct line that id not contacted them at all (not true), they also told them that their charges were £20 a day plus VAT and that they would not release my car until it was paid.
Direct Line then pretty much washed their hands of me leaving me to deal with the recovery company (who was commissioned out by them). Also I cannpot understand how they can justify charging me £80 plus VAT if it is £20 plus VAT a day... the car hasnt even been there for 48 hours yet.
It seems like my only option is to pay this charge and get the car collected and out of there ASAP and then complain again to Direct Line. Ive been their customer for 9 years, car insurance and breakdown cover. I like how they are keen to take your money off you but im not quite sure what exactly ive paid for here apart from to be completely ripped off.
Has anyone ever had any dealings with this type of scenario before? Or does anyone know where I stand if I want to complain because I really cannot stand being ripped off like this. Is it legal for a company to charge you and keep hold of your property without telling you beforehand they are going to charge you for it, and how much they are going to charge you? I have a little slip they asked me to sign reporting the collection but absolutely nothing mentioned anywhere verbal or written about 'storage charges'. The said charges were only brought up about an hour ago when I said i wanted to use another company to transport my car home!! Bit fishy...
And surely it is direct lines responsibilty as they are the ones I pay for my breakdown cover? I've spent the last 2 days at work not DOING any work cos im trying to get this sorted out ASAP. It drives me mad how so many people in this country are out to rip people off, its already happened to me once being ripped off by a car garage when it went in for its annual service, they carried out a load of work after they caused damage to my car and refused to give me even a rough idea how much it would cost until they had finished 9 days later and slapped me with a bill of nearly £900. then refused to even budge in dropping the price. im not prepared to get ripped off again!!!! My cars only worth £1000 at MOST.
Thanks in advance for any answers, sorry its long!
Thanks, good advice, its crap cos if theyd have told me about the charge then id have certainly sent it back to my boyfriends.. and they knew we had that option too but we just said it would be quite awkward. He could see me umming and ahhing to make a decision as i wasnt sure but not once said we can take it but we'll charge. As for charging me for 4 days when its been 2... just stupid :(
Yep I think thats whats happened... if id have asked them to ship my car theyd have probably waived it.
its so unfair not to mention it though. Im currently waiting for a guy to get back to me who may be able to collect it ASAP... got my fingers crossed..!!
I DO have breakdown cover however its done absolutely NOTHING for me.
I do not have an attitude problem I just appreciate honesty.. not being ripped off with 4 days worth of charges when my cars been in 2 days, and charges that i was never told about.
Unfortunately times are hard for all of us but we dont all go around deceiving people who pay for a service they dont recieve.
Charges paid (funnily they have been reduced to what they should have been now...)
And i've found someone to collect AND deliver my car today for £145. Excellent :)
Black Panther - I think it is you that has the attitude problem. Or maybe ive just hiot s sore spot somehow. Im not blaming anyone NOR am i saying that the car breaking down is not my fault NOR am i saying that i shouldnt have to pay ANYTHING, i am saying that if i had been properly informed beforehand then i would have made totally different decisions as to what happened to my car and that i appreciate upfront honesty and fair service. not being ripped off.
they know they were trying it on as the charge has been reduced to the CORRECT daily amount after direct line spoke to them and ive found someone to bring the car home for £145 which just goes to show that £450 is a rip off.
thank you.
ive spoken to many people also in the same industry who have also agreed with me.
Add to the costs of this lesson joining the AA or RAC before you go anywhere again. Only about £80 for the first year.
Timbo is here | Sep 29, 2009
Well, the best advice I can give which unfortunately won't help now is to never have it towed to a towing company lot. They always charge a storage fee. Always have it towed to someone's house. If that's not possible, then that's what the storage fee is for, because they know you have no choice but to put it there. Yeah, it's crummy, but that's supply and demand.
Ivan Herndon | Sep 29, 2009
In my experience, I have seen this happen before and it is legal.
You have your car towed somewhere and they have storage fees.
If you let them fix your car, they usually wave the storage fees.
If you fix your car elsewhere, they will charge you the storage fees.
Same holds true for most garages Diagnostic fees. If you agree to let them fix the car, they usually wave the Diagnostic charges. If they didn't do this, they would lose money in the long run.
That's the way it usually works here in CT, USA.
I would pay whatever you need to ASAP to get the car outta there. Worry about who owes you what later....because before you know it, the storage fees amount to more than the car is worth. It's not fair, but life rarely is. Sorry for your current situation.
BrianCMM | Sep 29, 2009
I'd agree, your first priority is to get your car back and fixed. Then sit down to write a cool, calm and collected letter to Direct Line, listing what happened and how you feel you were misled and over-charged..
Unfortunately, like most insurance-based recovery arrangements, they use sub-contractors and not all of these are as helpful as might be expected.
Bardic | Sep 29, 2009
I have been working in the recovery business for 20 years and although
I am a time served mechanic I would never consider going on a long journey without any breakdown cover.
I would seriously consider your attitude problem as it is a very expensive business and the fee's bloody frighten me.
Sorry but if you had full breakdown cover you would not have been facing a £400 pound recovery bill.
The storage charges cover Sunday,Monday,Tuesday and assuming you stop bleating soon enough Wednesday!
Running round the country in a banger with no cover is false economy but people with attitude problems don't learn.
Obviously you need to be told everything and spend your life blaming others for your problems!
Black Panther | Sep 29, 2009
Hi
One word.....PRIORITIES
Unfortunately, if you want your car back, you're gonna have to pay up front, or the charges are going to mount up. You can worry about filing a claim afterwards.
Get your car back, get your cousinn to fix it, and take some free legal advice from the CAB.
Very best regards
Geordie
Grizz | Sep 30, 2009
What do you do if you breakdown and can't afford a garage bill?
Nov 21, 2009 by Joe W | Posted in Maintenance & Repairs
Stupid question maybe but if you living on next to nothing but have managed to buy an ultra cheap £300 car (with some tax and mot) and insurance etc well if you breakdown you are pretty stuffed right, even if you have RAC / AA then you if you couldn't afford a garage bill then no point, so i guess just don't run a car unless you have enough to cover a breakdown, anyone been in this situation would your car just get towed away and you would be fined?
I need a breakdown cover policy - is the aa the only option?
Apr 21, 2007 by Martin H | Posted in Insurance & Registration
Hi,
I have got 14-year old car and it is not reliable anymore... I am thinking about buying a brekdown policy "just in case". Obviously AA, RAC etc. are the top ones but also not the cheapest ones. Is there any risk when you buy a breakdown policy from a smaller company, not that well known as those ones mentioned above? Any cheaper options?
Thanks
check this one: www.simplebreakdowncover.co.uk
not only do they list companies like many sites around but there is also a search engine which compares lots of covers. they give you the exact premium you will have to pay and do not list policies that you can't buy (i.e. your car is to old).
