Car Transporter/Trailer - Kent to Bucks

[brucemillar]

Folks
Does anybody know who can trailer a SWB Pajero from Kent - ME9 7QP to Bucks this week please?

Drop me a PM if you can help please.

Thanks

Bruce

 

[219]

Is it currently road legal ?

Do you have breakdown cover with onwards relay ?

 

[brucemillar]

It is road legal and I do have breakdown cover with relay. Just not sure how I stand there as I want the car collected from a garage where it currently sits (with the engine partly dismantled) and moved to another garage for repair.

Do I just call up and say it has broken and needs recovering to address xx? That is not a lie. Do I have to mention that it has already been in for an repair?

 

[Charles Morgan]

I have a reliable guy who might - I'll pm you with number. He's normally reasonable.

Just remembered, when I shipped my 420 SE up to SPX in the furthest reaches of darkness which even the dragons avoid, I used UShip for quotes. I happened to luck out with a driver just starting out and got a really good quote (Cotswold Transportation IIRC).

 

[219]

It is road legal and I do have breakdown cover with relay. Just not sure how I stand there as I want the car collected from a garage where it currently sits (with the engine partly dismantled) and moved to another garage for repair.

Do I just call up and say it has broken and needs recovering to address xx? That is not a lie. Do I have to mention that it has already been in for an repair?

I rather think that , at best , you'd need to be 'economical with the truth' ...

Suppose you'd collected it from the first garage and it had conked out after a short distance ; having lost all confidence in the first garage , you'd now like it taken to this other one ...

It would need the engine back together so it could plausibly have been driven a short distance ; or you'd broken down and attempted to fix it yourself before giving up and calling the recovery service .....

Some might feel that , having paid for breakdown cover over a number of years and not using it , that such a strategy was just getting something back that they'd paid out for

 

[Dryce]

Do I just call up and say it has broken and needs recovering to address xx? That is not a lie. Do I have to mention that it has already been in for an repair?

Speak to them.

Their detailed Ts & Cs might exclude what you're asking for - in which case no argument. But if the car *needs* to be moved to be fixed then you might ask how is this any different from it breaking down on your driveway and *needing* to be moved - but not the nearest repair centre but one of your choice which is a bit further away.

 

[grober]

Personally speaking I don't think that your situation is covered by the spirit if not the terms and conditions of most breakdown and recovery agreements nowadays meaning that technically you would be making a fraudulent claim so I would not advise going that particular road ----tempting though it may be.
e.g.
http://www.theaa.com/resources/Documents/pdf/breakdown-cover/terms-and-conditions-current.pdf

 

[The _Don]

Pm sent.

 

[GordonTarling]

FWIW, the AA wanted to charge me £150 to recover my 211 from a nearby MB workshop to a trusted indy - probably about 20 miles in total. They told me that relay and recovery were for on the road breakdowns only.

 

[jonnyboy]

Speak to Istvan at Bristoltrailer, used him loads of times, mention John from Camberley, he will look after you, 07551 626736

 

[brucemillar]

Thank you everybody for your help. I got the best quote from a chap local to me. He is also (it turns out) a friend of a friend so is trusted and reliable.