Foreign breakdown cover

We are taking my wife's 6 year old VW Beetle cabriolet touring through France this summer. From your experience, which company gives the best breakdown cover - just in case?

AA Membership

Last year I insured my car with the AA. I was talked into their Breakdown cover, the renewal for which is due in May. They say the money will be taken using a recurring payment method. I do not wish...

Which breakdown recovery service do you recommend these days?

I just had my AA renewal through and at £273 I think it’s a bit much (Roadside; Home start; Relay; breakdown repair cover). Who do you recommend these days?

Thanks to the RAC's European Rescue service for their help after my car broke down in France.

An unusually rare act of vandalism overnight in a hotel car park in central France earlier this month rendered my car inoperative and obliged me to call on the services of RAC European Recovery. I cannot...

Thanks to the RAC for exceptional service when my Mercedes-Benz broke down in Portugal.

Regarding European breakdown cover, the compressor for the air conditioning unit of my 6-year-old Mercedes-Benz ML 270CDI failed, taking the V-belt and pulley with it. We had just crossed into NW Portugal...

Are my new Mastersteel tyres noisier than the Dunlops removed in France after a puncture?

While in France recently I clipped a loose kerbstone whilst going through roadworks in my Skoda Octavia 1.4TSi, and got a puncture on my front offside wheel. I didn't have a spare, only a repair kit and...

Where can I find European breakdown cover with unlimited travel?

Where can I buy 12 month's European breakdown cover with unlimited travel per trip? Most of the policies I can find limit travel to around 90 days.

Where can I find an unbiased comparison of different breakdown covers?

As the renewal of my membership of a certain breakdown service is due shortly and I have had a notice with increased premium, I wonder where I can obtain an unbiased comparison of such service providers?...