I have a 2013 Fabia TSI estate for which I have Skoda Roadside assistance. This came as part of the deal when I bought it and is due to expire in October 2018. I had been intending to renew with them as that would be cheaper than  taking out out breakdown insurance with the AA. However, that is based on the Roadside Assistance being AA based and i have found out that it was provided by the RAC until  2014. If I do renew for one or two years and Skoda revert to being RAC  based during that time  where would that leave me? Would I continue to have AA based cover as is the case now or would my cover automatically change to the RAC?    I wouldnt want that and wouldnt renew if that was the case. I was with the AA for seventeen years and the RAC before that  and I found the AA to simply be better in every way. What do people think?

Skoda Roadside Assistance gets you a AA response.

Why not just join the AA? Unless Skoda provide the cover cheaper due to buying power, that is. 

It may be worth noting that many roadside assist companies WILL lower their quote if they think you will go elsewhere so this ,right be worth considering. Additionally, Green Flag offer mis-fuelling as a normal part of their service (Might be subject to certain protection levels) Where most will charge quite a chunk of dough to drain and provide a can of fuel, along with a bottle of cleaner. (ITOR £200). This is worth membership cost alone!

I got caught in this trap.

 

At 3 years I renewed for 2 years with Skoda ( VAG ) as the best deal plus daytime weekdays a VAG if appropriate specialist silver van will attend with the full diagnostics and a selection of VAG parts.

 

VAG then transferred from RAC to AA soon after. For these whose cars were still under 3 years there was no issue. However those who paid stayed with RAC and just their standard service.

At 5 years I rejoined VAG again. Cancelling the RAC took a 45 minute phone call and three staff each of which gave the hard sell and only the last had the right access to RAC systems to cancel the renewal.

 

It is now almost 7 years so time to either renew for 2 years again with VAG or move loosing the specialist support . One consideration is that the VAG policy is not transferable either with the car to the new owner or to another Skoda owned by me.