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Hi, I'm looking to take my GT6 off round France, Belgium and Denmark - maybe Sweden too - this June. Now, God forbid, should anything go wrong that a small tool kit can't fix I could really do with some decent European breakdown cover while I'm over there. I've got this cover with Sureterm Insurance as it is and got a very good deal for it. I'm just not sure how good it is. Does anyone have any good experiences or advice they'd like to share with me?

Cheers!

Ian.

The Footman James policy through the club includes European Breakdown I think worth a thorough check before you consider stand alone, maybe cheaper to buy the whole think in one?

As Jason says, the Footman James insurance includes Europe wide cover. I haven't used their cover abroad but I did use it recently in the UK when I had a starting problem which flattened the battery and they arrived within about 30 minutes of calling them which is pretty damn good!

I'm sure there must be someone on this message board who has FJ's recovery service abroad who can share their experience.

If you are not insured by Footman James and have to obtain spearate cover then I can recommend the AA or RAC. On some TSSC Essex club convoys around Europe in the past some of our memebrs have used both AA and RAC to good effect.

- We had one unfortunate accident in Germany where a member in his GT6 had a head on collision with a local car. He had it repatriated back to UK by RAC very efficiently. And Footman James paid out to repair the car despite the fact that it needed a new Chassis and Bonnet.....

- We had a Herald Convertible break a rear halfshaft in Germany, this was also repatriated by the RAC and they provided a Hire car for the remaining few days of the Holiday with no problems.

- We had a GT6 blow a head Gasket in Belgium (on the way to the ferry port!) and this was effciently repatriated by the AA with no problems, even though the car was very modified (including Turbo & Nitrous oxide injection, some of you wll know this car!).

My Brother rolled a Suzuki Jeep in France which was repatriated back to UK with no problms by the RAC.

Andy

Remind me never to go on a trip with you!

I can't afford the worry about what is going to break!

Colin

Colin,

Statistically it wasn't as bad as it sounds!

We had about a dozen trips around Europe with th Essex area with about 12 cars on each trip, with 3 repatriations this is statistically a 1 in 48 chance, 1 of them was driver error (the head on!) and with Colin's modified GT6 it was always a bit of a gamble with head gaskets withg a Cossie Turbo with maximum boost blowing through a Triumph 2.7 litre six pot! So the only "standard" sort of breakdown was Lizzie's broken Herald halfshaft, not something that you can really prepare for! So really this is a 1 in 144 chance of breakdown........

Oh and my brothrs Suzuki Jeep, that was also self inflicted and I wasn't even in the same country at the same time!, too much French beer and driving is not recommended, in fact too much of any beer and driving is not recommended or condoned! Trying to take a tight corner in a Suzuki Jeep that had the reputation to be an "easy roller" while inebriated is a recipe for disaster! The best bit about the story is it rolled and ended upside down in a ditch so he ran off and came back the next morning but couldn't find it. He went to the Gendarmes and reported it "stolen" but they already knew about it as they had removed it from the ditch and impounded it! Apparently it's an offence to leave a car upside down by the roadside in France, they didn't ask if he'd been drinking though just threatened to charge him with abandoning the car but then let him off wth a warning.

The first Ten Countries run saw 2 retirements, Quentin Birkenshaw had head gasket issues in Nice and wnet home on a trailer then Graham Reeks and the "works-a-like" crew had all sorts of issues BUT their car cost about Â£2.50 and was always running more for the adventure than anything else! I'm not sure but I think Reeks had FJ insurance and they were put in a hire car with teh 2000 being repatriated. The next Ten Countries Run saw Dave Pearson's Vitesse shed a halfshaft on the top of a mountain so maybe a good idea to take a spare halfshaft if running a Herald/Vitesse!

Ian

I broke down in my GT6 in Belgium in 2002, Footman James had me collected and delivered to a garage who replaced the battery and alternator. They also paid the extra ferry cost and another night in a Hotel, all I paid was the parts and labour! Claimed it all back with no problem at all. Just make sure that you take with you the relevant telephone numbers!

Now, as for your trip up to Denmark and possibly Sweden I did this a couple of years ago and if you send me your email address IÂ’ll send you some lengthy details about our route and what we did. doncook@hotmail.co.uk

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