Comments on: AA – You’ve Got A Friend

By: bowlerchappie

bowlerchappie — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:59:15 +0000

The AA for the road ahead BUT NOT THE ROAD YOU ARE ON !!!!

Their adverts to me suggest they attend all breakdowns. They don’t tell people there are several occasions when they don’t/won’t attend. They say they are the ’4th emergency service’ but the other 3 emergency services attend all situations!!

Recent incident, broke down on inside lane of 40mph dual carriageway. Told by AA to phone the police on 999 to ask them to move car to safe location. (later find that this is at our own cost)
Police said it was safe. Told AA but still they wouldn’t attend. Police spoke to AA, they still wouldn’t turn out.
AA quote, ‘Such calls are not recorded but will be logged against the initial request’.
This is ridiculous! but is very convenient for them in the case of a dispute. No proper records!!

AA quote ‘Patrols are only allowed to assist when the vehicle is out of the traffic flow’ another quote ‘ They are not allowed to attend ”live lane” incidents without the express permission of the relevant authorities.

There must be a hell of alot of roads where a vehicle will not be ”out of the traffic flow”

By: rik o shea

rik o shea — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:32:08 +0000

AA are shite, why would you pay 107pounds for recovery for a year, when you can get the same cover for 25pounds with l+v insurance, they are a bunch of cunts is my considered opinion.

By: CovertJellyfish

CovertJellyfish — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:46:18 +0000

You know you’re feeling lonely when you cuddle yourself after you masturbate…

By: Suzanne Lawson

Suzanne Lawson — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:24:54 +0000

I’m always grateful to see the recovery company as saved my life a few times. I’m with the RAC but haven’t tried the AA. They are the 4th emergency service if you’re stuck on a road in the middle of nowhere with smoke coming out of the bonnet.

By: Fiona Black

Fiona Black — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 07:55:23 +0000

Friend my arse! if they were really my friend they would come and get me when Ive broken down and do it for FREE.

By: shugshooter

shugshooter — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:24:47 +0000

Hold on a sec here!

Your car has broken down in the middle of no-where!
Rotten luck you think! then you remember that predent your mum got you last year!!
Your AA membership!
Bonus!!

3 hours and 4 phonecalls later…

45 fluorescent clad AA greasemonkeys come over the hill with nothing but torches and a song in thier hearts.

not a tool box umong them!!

cockmiesters

By: Simon

Simon — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 23:18:47 +0000

Steve : “Fall” was chosen because they are the lyrics in the original song (Carole King, Tapestry, 1971).

However, as mentioned, this advert is annoying as it completely bastardises the song. They’ve paid for the song rights, they’ve paid to have it re-written and re-recorded, but they couldn’t pay to have an adequate arrangement done. I don’t use the AA, but I’m guessing that “not quite” is a phrase normally associated with them.

While I think about it; their campaign a few years ago for finance deals : “you wouldn’t let a bank look over your next car purchase” (or something similar) was flawed. Maybe I wouldn’t, no, but I wouldn’t let a bunch of greasy mechanics sort my finances out. Or tell me what hotels are good to stay in. Know your okace, AA.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 07:24:22 +0000

Fair comments, Im not so sure on the advert but the AA are the market leaders with only them and the RAC having branded Patrol forces.. I would pick them or RAC over any other as I would prefer to have my car fixed if possible rather than being towed on a recovery truck for what my garage says was a simple fault. You pay that bit extra you get that bit extra

By: Bossjock

Bossjock — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:26:20 +0000

A load of crap from start to finish but possibly helps explain why members as a seeming matter of course have a 2Hr plus wait , is it to give all these guys time to congregate before coming to you ?. Another thing, there are more ‘patrols’ in the Advert than the AA has in rural Britain since over the years and from when members sold out to Centrica, they’ve done away with the majority of their rural based patrols, sending them out to attend members from the towns and cities. Give me a good glossy and honest RAC advert anytime.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:52:38 +0000

The use of ‘fall’ instead of ‘autumn’ irritates me with this one, apart from the general cheesiness. Obviously, ‘fall’ was chosen as it rhymed with ‘call’, but was another idea beyond the imagination of the ad agency’s creative persons? Apparently so. And giving ‘friends’ a wad of tenners sounds like the kind of transaction which put Divine Brown on the front pages.

By: PCWB

PCWB — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 21:11:36 +0000

Its not just the concept of the advert that pisses me off here. It’s also that the song is sung with each line coming in half a beat too early so that it fits into 30s.