Getting car towed (Crawley / Horsham area)?

Hi,

I need to get my car towed from my house to the garage to be repaired, I
can't work out what is wrong with it..

The garage is about 5 miles away and I live sort of between Crawley and
Horsham in West Sussex..

Anyone got any idea how much I should pay for this because I don't want
to get ripped off and have no idea what is a good price..

Also any suggestions of who I should call in the area??, Maybe you have
had experience with a company you can recommend..

Thanks..

WipeOut wrote:

Hi,

I need to get my car towed from my house to the garage to be repaired,

I wonder if Bridges Scrappie in Pease Pottage would do it for you for a
good price? THey have a lot of recovery vehicles.

Hi,

I need to get my car towed from my house to the garage to be repaired, I
can't work out what is wrong with it..

The garage is about 5 miles away and I live sort of between Crawley and
Horsham in West Sussex..

Anyone got any idea how much I should pay for this because I don't want
to get ripped off and have no idea what is a good price..

Should be in the region of £60 +vat.

Will the garage not arrange a tow for you, they may do it for a discount or
free if you are having the work carried out there?

SimonJ wrote:

Hi,

I need to get my car towed from my house to the garage to be repaired, I
can't work out what is wrong with it..

The garage is about 5 miles away and I live sort of between Crawley and
Horsham in West Sussex..

Anyone got any idea how much I should pay for this because I don't want
to get ripped off and have no idea what is a good price..


Should be in the region of £60 +vat.
Will the garage not arrange a tow for you, they may do it for a discount or
free if you are having the work carried out there?


When I spoke to them they said they didn't do any towing or recovery and

didn't offer to use anyone else, guess they may have if I had asked but
I didn't..

Probably going to book it in later with them so will ask.. At least I
have some idea of what it should cost..

"SimonJ" <me (AT) mine (DOT) net> writes:

The garage is about 5 miles away and I live sort of between Crawley and
Horsham in West Sussex..

Should be in the region of £60 +vat.
Will the garage not arrange a tow for you, they may do it for a discount or
free if you are having the work carried out there?

Is that really the going rate? I just recently got quoted
100 inc vat to get towed 40 miles when I got my local garage
to phone the firm they normally use. That would be an incredibly
big difference between trade rates and what they charge the public.

-Mark

Should be in the region of £60 +vat.
Will the garage not arrange a tow for you, they may do it for a discount
or
free if you are having the work carried out there?


When I spoke to them they said they didn't do any towing or recovery and
didn't offer to use anyone else, guess they may have if I had asked but I
didn't..

Probably going to book it in later with them so will ask.. At least I have
some idea of what it should cost..

You could join the RAC and do it that way :-)

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The garage is about 5 miles away and I live sort of between Crawley and
Horsham in West Sussex..

Should be in the region of £60 +vat.
Will the garage not arrange a tow for you, they may do it for a discount
or
free if you are having the work carried out there?

Is that really the going rate? I just recently got quoted
100 inc vat to get towed 40 miles when I got my local garage
to phone the firm they normally use. That would be an incredibly
big difference between trade rates and what they charge the public.

We would charge about 125+v for a 40 mile tow.

5 mile tow would just get charged a callout, £45 day, £65 out of hours.

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The garage is about 5 miles away and I live sort of between Crawley and
Horsham in West Sussex..

Ain't you got a mate with a towrope? Or is the car not safe to be towed?

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And the word was Aardvark.

"WipeOut" <me (AT) here (DOT) com> wrote

Hi,

I need to get my car towed from my house to the garage to be repaired, I
can't work out what is wrong with it..

The garage is about 5 miles away and I live sort of between Crawley and
Horsham in West Sussex..

Anyone got any idea how much I should pay for this because I don't want to
get ripped off and have no idea what is a good price..

Also any suggestions of who I should call in the area??, Maybe you have
had experience with a company you can recommend..

Thanks..

Bumped one of my cars a couple of weeks ago, broke the steering rack mount
and needed recovering 3-4 miles to home.
I called a place called T.F.Smiths (?) nationwide, but a local depot is just
down the road from me (I see the place regularly and it was the only place I
could remember).

They were there in 10 mins at 11.30pm on Saturday night, recovered the car
and charged me £47 inc VAT.

I was pleasantly suprised as the only time I'd ever been recovered before
was ten years ago on the motorway and that cost me £120

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Which suddenly flips, pinning you underneath.
At night the ice-weasels come...

"WipeOut" <me (AT) here (DOT) com> wrote

Hi,

I need to get my car towed from my house to the garage to be repaired, I
can't work out what is wrong with it..

The garage is about 5 miles away and I live sort of between Crawley and
Horsham in West Sussex..

Anyone got any idea how much I should pay for this because I don't want to
get ripped off and have no idea what is a good price..

Also any suggestions of who I should call in the area??, Maybe you have
had experience with a company you can recommend..

Thanks..

Why not ring the garage and them who they usually use, they might get a
discount ?