I need to transport a car from London to Selby (Nr York) because it is not in a state to drive. The options I have come up with at the moment are:

1. travel to London then call the AA and say the car has broken down and ask to be transported back home.

2. hire a car transporter and drive down to pick the car up myself.

The problem with 1. is that my AA cover is only the basic 100 cover which means the AA will only tow the car to the nearest garage. Can I easily upgrade my cover to the 200 cover which will mean the AA can transport me home?

Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions as to how else I could go about retrieving the car?

Thanks,

Gareth

how did your car get there without you!

I was in the same situ a couple of weekends ago.
I'd bought an old Saab just for the engine.

I've got RAC cover onward travel etc, but would have had to engineer a breakdown they couldn't fix (easy :p ) on a car with no TAX or MOT (not so easy to explain) then travel with it anyway.

I ended up hiring a trailer (£20 for the day) and was going to tow it with a Cavalier until they said I would be way overweight.

So also hired a Discovery (£80 for the day) with Diesel it cost me about £200 to go and get the Car from Hastings and bring it back to Tenby, 600 mile round trip.

Muf

Its a car that i'm buying.

The problem with the car is that the diff has gone and therefore I don't want to drive 200 miles on a dodgy diff possibly wrecking the gearbox in the process as well.

AA onward travel type cover might be the best way to go then.

"Hello is that the AA?....I've just bought this car and the bloody diff's gone! etc. etc." :D

This may sound like a daft question but the diff hasn't completely gone (ie the car is still drivable although I wouldn't want to) and one of my mates recon as long as the car is drivable (even barely) the AA won't want to know.

is this correct?

I think it is up to you to prove that driving it would bugger it right up, having said that the RAC put my car on the back of a transporter and took it from Pembrokeshire to London just because the alternator had come off! All it needed was a 15mm nut (that I didn't have) And I told them that on the phone!

Muf

Spoke to a friend:-

Collect and deliver Saturday. N London to Selby by 7.5 tonne purpose built recovery truck.

As a favour £200 cash. Any use?

B

If you have some money to out lay up front you could buy a car trailer off ebay (here) and transport the car then sell the trailer...

I think the AA and RAC will transport a car for you for a price..
Ring and ask.

I believe like said above if the car is drivable they will send you on your way.

JGM :)