Break down covers

"never use this company!!"

After a breakdown before arriving at accommodation in France we had a serious problem with our car. we rang breakdown direct who told us that they wouldnt help us because our cover does not start until 24 hours after your policy commences because of a cooling off period! ok i could understand 24hours after buying the policy but not 24hours after it commences.
we ended up agreeing to pay for the recovery and the recovery man was very helpful and arranged a hire car for us.. we ended up paying for the hire car for the week ourselves and also we had to get the part from a company in England as the french part didnt fit our car,and get it couriered over ourselves.
breakdown direct are totally useless and were no help at all and happy to leave a family including children stranded on the roadside in a foreign country.DONT USE THIS COMPANY EVER!!!