It doesn’t matter whether you buy a car or lease one, the fact is vehicles will breakdown from time to time and it will depend on which service you have with your car breakdown cover supplier that suits company cars or private ones.
For instance we are all aware of the breakdown options advertised on TV for our own private driving, but you will need to consider if the policy you have covers you for business use. The AA calls its company car breakdown cover as Fleetwide and is for when your company has over 50 vehicles and this cover will vary from cars to large lorries.
If you are a Green Flag customer, you may find you have had to declare how many miles a year you travel and whether it is local or distant. You may want to make sure your car is covered (or you depending n which breakdown cover policy) . The fact that you lease a car makes no difference, to if you own one, providing that the breakdown cover organisation either has your details or the cars, depending on policy bought.
The good news about leasing a new car, is that all manufacturers provide some sort of car breakdown cover for the first year at least, so it only becomes an issue in the second year. You should also check your car lease agreement, as technically the car you are driving is not yours, so what responsibility has the leasing firm over your vehicle.
We all know that cars are more reliable these days, but when you think back to the bad weather recently, you will find that most car breakdown cover call outs, were not for mechanical failure, but for more simple things that could happen to all cars, new or old.
