Recovery

[christhompson]

Sadly my age has reduced the offers that come with our packaged bank account which makes the remainder comparatively more expensive. But many decent offers it seems.

Thanks all

[sarg]

I think Virgin Money do an account with similar benefits but a higher age limit for the travel cover.

Not enough for Ray but I think they are +5 years on Nationwide

EDIT: here you go, they cover up to age 75 https://uk.virginmoney.com/current-a...unt/insurance/

They have a half decent easy access savings rate with that account too

[tc4332]

To be honest at 82 I am finding car costs, especially insurance, becoming an obnoxious overload on finances. I'm considering, again, selling the super fast barge and making do with a much cheaper banger like when I was a lot younger.

[christhompson]

Yes - it's getting harder to rent cars also. Our local car club does not have these difficulties, but only offers less desirable autos

[HPsauce]

It's cropped up in a few threads, but this is the most recently active.
I finally needed AutoAid last week when I had a bad puncture. They were fine except I was in an area with really poor phone reception so it took ages to get everything organised. Had to then wait about an hour but it was a Friday afternoon. The guy who turned up was very impressed by the S8 - "Rare as Rocking Horse S**t" and insisted on listening to me rev it!
(It was a lovely sunny day and we were at Cliveden about to head home after a National Trust freebie, though then ended up spending a LOT in the café while we waited!)

As an aside as these threads all generally talk about breakdown cover and car insurance together, I've switched my Volvo back to Privilege (joining the S8) from Aviva. Some years ago the quote from Privilege for the Volvo started escalating but oddly they are now among the most competitive. They've generally been fine for the Audi for ages though I have switched occasionally.