If your car has broken down in an unknown city, you shouldn’t be worried. Call the breakdown cover services provider. There are many service providers in the metros. Breakdown cover services have different elements working together which ensure that the best service in the minimum possible time. When you call in for help the Breakdown cover service provider have a 24 by 7 call center which records the call and relays it to the technical department. There are small and medium sized vehicles roaming around different positions in the city. Once alerted the vans reach the designated point and ensure the snag is corrected and you are put on road.
Breakdown cover services in India are quite new, however, there are many who provide these facilities. In case you are in Delhi and NCR region you would get lot of private providers from MyTVS, RACE, SPEED etc to name a few. In Mumbai, WIAA (western India Automobile association) comes to rescue. However, the breakdown facility is only limited to Mahim on the western end and Sion on the central end of the city. It can handle minor repairs, towing facility is also provided. This facility is provided between 8 am to 12 pm only, on 0222041085. A web check would reveal some name which provide towing facilities, like Ask Top Gear services, available from 9.30 to 18.30 hours on 022 61620609. There are other service providers like SK Towing services available 24 by 7, on 022 67731764.
Reference sites:
http://mumbai.justdial.com/s-k-towing-services_goregaon-west_Mumbai_hFtMpB9ajrwzehyvPrsq.htm
And http://www.cybersteering.com/wiaa/services/services.html
Well as forecast the cold weather did hit us and speaking for a gagage that specialises in buying cars that are non runners, gues what was the most common form or breakdown? Yes it was that cylinder head gasket fault. You know the one, it is where a vehicle owner does not fill up with antifreeze and the changing temperature pushes water in to the cylinders.
As it happens I was looking for a cheap runaround and sure enough within one day there were 3 to choose from, all bought at silly low prices as a non runner and then with £50 worth of parts and half a days work, all three were back on the road again.
The breakdown cover guys are getting calls for the same thing. My car wont start!! “very sorry, it is becuase yuo did not put antifreeze into your car, I can’t fix this, you need to trake to a garage”. Away goes the breakdown cover man shaking his head wondering when many drivers will wake up to such a simple process that can save you a fortune.
Can’t say this many more times, get your antifreeze levels checked.
There are some jobs that can be done by just about anyone, but with a little safety advice and a helping hand. Here we have a video explaining how to change the brake pads on a car, that would probably apply to 90% of the cars on the road.
Most brake pads will last 30,000 miles or so, depending on how you drive the car and few other factors. It should only tale a few hours and experienced guys will do it in an hour. get alook and decided whether it is something you would like to try on your car.
OK to you and me the transmission is the gearbox, either manual or automatic. just like the engine it needs lubrication fluid to keep it right and trouble free. This is an American video but shows you how easy it to check your transmission fluid, expecially on front wheeled drive vehciles, where the gearbox is under the bonnet with the engine.
You can do this job in minutes and to be honest most gearboxes can outlive the car, so dont expect to find much wrong.
Of course the first post was only part 1 so we have now added part 2 and part 3 on how to change your suspension struts on your car. May be important to know how to do all the job as we wudn’t want your car to only have 3 wheels and laid up for some time.
The final part pf fitting struts on this car, watch how it ends
If your car is getting on in mileage then there is going to come a time when the either the shockers, struts or even both need replacing. Many wait until the MOT test before doing any replacements, but you can normally notice that they need replacing when the car becomes very hard over bumps, or it leans to one side or down.
For many cars, this is not a hard job and can be done by most DIY savvy guys, although compressing the unit can take a bit of force and you need to be careful with the brake lines. Here is part one of another DIY video on how to change struts or shocks on your car.
OK to you and me the transmission is the gearbox, either manual or automatic. just like the engine it needs lubrication fluid to keep it right and trouble free. This is an American video but shows you how easy it to check your transmission fluid, expecially on front wheeled drive vehciles, where the gearbox is under the bonnet with the engine.
You can do this job in minutes and to be honest most gearboxes can outlive the car, so dont expect to find much wrong.
Often repairing a car yourself seems like a no brainer especially of your insurance did not cover you for a recent accident and you have this salvage projects tuck on your drive almost worthless. But time and advice should be sought to how much effort and money is required putting a salvage car back on the road, even for damage that does not look that bad.
Here is a video diary that shows how much work was required to get a GMC track salvage job back on to the road. In some ways it makes it look easy, but in other s you can get a real feel of how much work went into the salvage repair job. This makes no reference to costs and you can’t help thinking there were a lot of mates helping out, where you may not have that resource. It was also lucky that he had a large backyard to place the truck during the repairs. You cant help thinking the cost of doing this was more than buying another, but I suppose the resalable value of trucks is still quite high in certain areas of the USA.
Keeping your car on the road is key to everyone and one of the main topics of our blog. But from time to time things go wrong even if you look after your vehicle well. In fact, most breakdown cover call out are for silly little things like a flat tyres, or leaving your keys ion the car or even running out of fuel. IN the USA we have partnerships throughout the states or a network of recovery trucks that will attend a stricken vehicle sometimes part of a warranty agreement.
In the UK however, they is a term called breakdown cover, which is not known outside of the UK and describes the umbrella term for basic cover, normally known as roadside assistance to breakdown recovery, which will transport your car to a place of repair. Our job is not to explain all this, but to point you where you can learn more. We have come across a new site call breakdown cover today, which although a new site will explain everything you need to know about breakdown cover, not at once of course but over several posts.
We know that breakdown cover is marketed differently across the world and forms warranty of an insurance policy. But at the end of the day all the motorist wants, is someone to get them back on the road again, quickly and cheaply. So it is worth knowing a bit more of what it is about and you should investigate the possibilities of buying breakdown cover toady for your own protection.