i think the tyre insurance isn't worth the money, and is dealer robbery, a new tyre will cost £150'ish and you would have to be unlucky to claim on it.

£30 a month for service plan isn't that bad, but how many services will you get for it in a year, if your a 40k a year person yes it is if it covers all the required service, but if your a 10k commuter your going to break even or there abouts Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

i went through 6 michelin tires on a vectra in just over a year, with wear and tear and punctures and a 100mph blowout

That year it would have been worth £50 per month  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Nick Jan wrote:

Surely it depends just as much on how often tyres get damaged ........ no often me thinks, unless you can't steer!!!

How would you have this accident, bounce down a pothole, ram the car up a kerb, place a nail in the road and drive over it

All of which run the risk of damaging the alloy aswell as the tire

Read the small print in the policy as I am sure they company will have covered a high mileage tire that suddenly has been damaged. Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Northsea Medic wrote:

It was implied that if they have not been damaged but are getting worn it may be worth them having an 'accident' before the end of the three years thus saving the cost of the new tyres...

The only issue is you'd need to replace all 4 anyway...so you'd end up with a vehicle that can't be driven anywhere as all 4 tyres have slash marks in them.

It seems like a very expensive insurance to me and would say you'd be better buying two new tyres for almost the same price and keeping those on standby.

Like the guy from Oz I have no servicing cost to pay for the first 3 years  Once you've tasted GREY you'll never go back!

I'll bet tyre insurance only pays out for the unworn % of the tyre anyway? never checked but that seems likely.
Used to use tyres which came with a free sidewall damage insurance but again this only paid up afor the remaining tread but not a full new tyre. At work
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Sorry to resurrect an old topic, but I gave Nene Overland a call today to enquire about them doing my first service on my Freelander2 and was quoted just over £265! Fair old jump from the £175 deal you managed to get!

How bizzare, that's definately what they charged me, I know inflation puts prices up, but that much?

Might be worth either giving them another call, or getting a works colleuge tocall them as another prospective customer.

You could always tell them that your friend brought there's in a couple of months ago, and it only cost him £175, and they'd recommended them to you, feel free to mention my name, Richard Billington, they may or may not remember me.

Do you have a TD4 manual?

I didn't think it was a special offer but could be wrong

Rich