Just a quick post about my recent experience with ALA tyre Insurance.
I'd never had tyre Insurance before but a few years ago I had a 997 and got a puncture within two weeks of owning it. Over the following two years I had another three tyres get nails in them so the porsche Insurance I took out after the first one paid for itself.
After the 997 I went into a sensible 3 series BMW for a bit and didn't bother getting cover, managed to get away with it and did three and a half years with no issues.
August this year I got back into a porsche, this time a 981 cayman, OPC quoted me £600 for tyre Insurance so I decided to shop around a bit. In the end I went with ALA who covered my 20" tyres up to the value of £300 each for 2 years/5 tyres. They do this at a sniff over £200 so I was pretty pleased with the saving over Porsche.
My one concern was how easy it would be if I ever needed to claim and would they kick up a fuss over replacing tyres rather than repairing them. Thankfully, I had nothing to worry about: Last week - after owning the cayman for less than six weeks! - I found a big nail stuck right in the centre of my near side front tyre :evil: ALA were closed so I just popped to my local OPC who were as helpful as ever, getting me sorted with a brand-new tyre and on the road again in under an hour. A quick phonecall to ALA when they opened and all I had to do was send the invoice to them, did this a few days ago and got an email straight back saying the cheque would be with me in 5-7 days. Very happy with the service and would definitely recommend them, a front tyre at OPC costs £223 so the policy has already paid for itself.
No association with them, just wanted to post a good experience in case anyone is looking at using them.
I'd never had tyre Insurance before but a few years ago I had a 997 and got a puncture within two weeks of owning it. Over the following two years I had another three tyres get nails in them so the porsche Insurance I took out after the first one paid for itself.
After the 997 I went into a sensible 3 series BMW for a bit and didn't bother getting cover, managed to get away with it and did three and a half years with no issues.
August this year I got back into a porsche, this time a 981 cayman, OPC quoted me £600 for tyre Insurance so I decided to shop around a bit. In the end I went with ALA who covered my 20" tyres up to the value of £300 each for 2 years/5 tyres. They do this at a sniff over £200 so I was pretty pleased with the saving over Porsche.
My one concern was how easy it would be if I ever needed to claim and would they kick up a fuss over replacing tyres rather than repairing them. Thankfully, I had nothing to worry about: Last week - after owning the cayman for less than six weeks! - I found a big nail stuck right in the centre of my near side front tyre :evil: ALA were closed so I just popped to my local OPC who were as helpful as ever, getting me sorted with a brand-new tyre and on the road again in under an hour. A quick phonecall to ALA when they opened and all I had to do was send the invoice to them, did this a few days ago and got an email straight back saying the cheque would be with me in 5-7 days. Very happy with the service and would definitely recommend them, a front tyre at OPC costs £223 so the policy has already paid for itself.
No association with them, just wanted to post a good experience in case anyone is looking at using them.