Canadian Tire Roadside Assistance Gives You Choice on Insuring Vehicle or Person (Can Switch at Renewal)

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Aug 3rd, 2019 5:25 pm

TheHans [OP]: Deal Addict; Aug 2, 2003; 4505 posts; 3878 upvotes; B.C.

Aug 3rd, 2019 5:25 pm

Canadian Tire Roadside Assistance Gives You Choice on Insuring Vehicle or Person (Can Switch at Renewal)

Over the years, there's been a lot of discussion on RFD comparing roadside assistance plans, particularly when Canadian Tire Roadside Assistance Gold goes on sale for a discounted price a couple of times a year. What I noticed is that one of the differences that mattered to people between the CAA and CT is that with the CT plan, only the vehicle was insured rather than a person who was insured for any vehicle he/she was driving in at any given time. That's changed. You can go either vehicle or person now and it costs the same regardless of which you choose:

https://roadsideassistance.canadiantire ... comparison

Note: This is about the Roadside Assistance Plan as a stand-alone service, not as a benefit on the WE Triangle MC..

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Aug 3rd, 2019 6:07 pm

Ducky: Deal Fanatic; Jan 18, 2003; 6370 posts; 2262 upvotes; Mississauga

Aug 3rd, 2019 6:07 pm

thanks but this option has been available for awhile....

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Aug 3rd, 2019 6:12 pm

Lolvtec: Member; May 27, 2017; 368 posts; 570 upvotes

Aug 3rd, 2019 6:12 pm

How’s ur guys experience with cdn tire vs caa? Do they really let you tow anywhere you want like your house?

Aug 3rd, 2019 6:27 pm

TheHans [OP]: Deal Addict; Aug 2, 2003; 4505 posts; 3878 upvotes; B.C.

Aug 3rd, 2019 6:27 pm

Lolvtec wrote: ↑ How’s ur guys experience with cdn tire vs caa? Do they really let you tow anywhere you want like your house?

Yep. They absolutely do. We live rurally, so that 250 kms to the location of our choice for a tow was very important. It does us little good if we're 200 kms away, but their choice is to tow us to a shop nearby where we broke down. The Gold is a great plan, particularly when it's on sale. And in my opinion, if you only have the CAA for that specifically, CT Gold is better value too.

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Aug 3rd, 2019 6:28 pm

TheHans [OP]: Deal Addict; Aug 2, 2003; 4505 posts; 3878 upvotes; B.C.

Aug 3rd, 2019 6:28 pm

Ducky wrote: ↑ thanks but this option has been available for awhile....

Do you know how long? I didn't hear about it at all until last week.

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Aug 3rd, 2019 6:38 pm

vlad353: Member; Sep 23, 2011; 295 posts; 86 upvotes; Toronto

Aug 3rd, 2019 6:38 pm

TheHans wrote: ↑ Do you know how long? I didn't hear about it at all until last week.

maybe you did not hear about their credit card as well?
https://forums.redflagdeals.com/canadia ... 8-2184963/

Aug 3rd, 2019 6:48 pm

TheHans [OP]: Deal Addict; Aug 2, 2003; 4505 posts; 3878 upvotes; B.C.

Aug 3rd, 2019 6:48 pm

vlad353 wrote: ↑ maybe you did not hear about their credit card as well?
https://forums.redflagdeals.com/canadia ... 8-2184963/

Yes, I know about that card, where the Roadside Assistance is included with the World Elite card.

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Aug 3rd, 2019 7:22 pm

vkizzle: Deal Expert; Aug 22, 2011; 40070 posts; 27553 upvotes; Center of Universe

Aug 3rd, 2019 7:22 pm

TheHans wrote: ↑ Yes, I know about that card, where the Roadside Assistance is included with the World Elite card.

That's around the same time they introduced the option to insure the cardholder or vehicle.

Aug 3rd, 2019 8:06 pm

engineered: Deal Expert; Feb 11, 2007; 20701 posts; 24763 upvotes; GTA

Aug 3rd, 2019 8:06 pm

They've always had this feature. I use their service because I get it free with their card.

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Aug 3rd, 2019 8:20 pm

TheHans [OP]: Deal Addict; Aug 2, 2003; 4505 posts; 3878 upvotes; B.C.

Aug 3rd, 2019 8:20 pm

engineered wrote: ↑ They've always had this feature. I use their service because I get it free with their card.

They haven't always had this feature. It only insured the vehicle, not the person. According to what was said on here, the change where you could have the vehicle or person be insured occurred when the Triangle World Elite MC was introduced. It presumably was changed overall at that time, but I couldn't say for sure. That was only in April, according to the thread about the card on here. Getting the Gold plan for free is only a feature included with the World Elite MC, so the change clearly was advertised in conjunction with that, but it's hard to know how much it was advertised otherwise.

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Aug 4th, 2019 1:08 pm

engineered: Deal Expert; Feb 11, 2007; 20701 posts; 24763 upvotes; GTA

Aug 4th, 2019 1:08 pm

TheHans wrote: ↑ They haven't always had this feature. It only insured the vehicle, not the person. According to what was said on here, the change where you could have the vehicle or person be insured occurred when the Triangle World Elite MC was introduced. It presumably was changed overall at that time, but I couldn't say for sure. That was only in April, according to the thread about the card on here. Getting the Gold plan for free is only a feature included with the World Elite MC, so the change clearly was advertised in conjunction with that, but it's hard to know how much it was advertised otherwise.

Right, I should have said they always had it since they revamped it when they added the new triangle card.

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Aug 4th, 2019 2:00 pm

peteryorkuca: Deal Fanatic; Jul 26, 2007; 7169 posts; 4820 upvotes; Toronto

Aug 4th, 2019 2:00 pm

Also have the triangle WE with free gold towing on driver not the car. If you break down, call me, I give you rfd rate.

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Aug 5th, 2019 9:11 am

woofster: Sr. Member; Jan 13, 2007; 678 posts; 646 upvotes; Toronto, Ontario

Aug 5th, 2019 9:11 am

Although they did make this option available for a little while now, it's important to note that you wouldn't have been able to switch from vehicle-coverage to individual-coverage (or vice versa) until your renewal date.

For those who were interested in the different coverage, take note of your renewal date and just prior to it, call CT Roadside to make that change before it's automatically renewed.

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Aug 5th, 2019 9:55 am

Mulder and Scully: Deal Fanatic; Aug 3, 2006; 5240 posts; 2249 upvotes

Aug 5th, 2019 9:55 am

Lolvtec wrote: ↑ How’s ur guys experience with cdn tire vs caa? Do they really let you tow anywhere you want like your house?

Someone please correct me if I'm wrong. My sort of assumption has been that these companies (Canadian Tire Roadside Assistance, TD Auto Club) all piggyback on CAA's service and network. The Honda Roadside Assistance that came with my HR-V uses the CAA service (when I call Honda, they verify I'm a Honda owner and then a CAA network truck comes).

Aug 5th, 2019 10:00 am

KanataKG: Deal Fanatic; Nov 22, 2015; 7092 posts; 7495 upvotes

Aug 5th, 2019 10:00 am

Mulder and Scully wrote: ↑ Someone please correct me if I'm wrong. My sort of assumption has been that these companies (Canadian Tire Roadside Assistance, TD Auto Club) all piggyback on CAA's service and network. The Honda Roadside Assistance that came with my HR-V uses the CAA service (when I call Honda, they verify I'm a Honda owner and then a CAA network truck comes).

Not CT. They have their own network of tow trucks.

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Aug 5th, 2019 11:39 am

TheHans [OP]: Deal Addict; Aug 2, 2003; 4505 posts; 3878 upvotes; B.C.

Aug 5th, 2019 11:39 am

woofster wrote: ↑ Although they did make this option available for a little while now, it's important to note that you wouldn't have been able to switch from vehicle-coverage to individual-coverage (or vice versa) until your renewal date.

For those who were interested in the different coverage, take note of your renewal date and just prior to it, call CT Roadside to make that change before it's automatically renewed.

That makes so much sense now. I received the call around August 1 about this available option and my renewal is later in August. This is what prompted me to create the thread. I figured there was more to it as it related to those who don't have that MC.

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Aug 5th, 2019 1:51 pm

q1123581321: Newbie; Apr 5, 2013; 72 posts; 10 upvotes

Aug 5th, 2019 1:51 pm

Lolvtec wrote: ↑ How’s ur guys experience with cdn tire vs caa? Do they really let you tow anywhere you want like your house?

My experience has been pretty good as well. They have been willing to tow anywhere. The only thing is the wait times have been pretty long (2 hours) but the weather probably contributed to that.

Can anybody share their experience getting their car towed to a Canadian Tire garage? I used up all of the service calls for the year but they offer free tows to CT Garages. Does the tow truck just drop off the car in the parking lot and leave it to you, or do they take it into the garage and try to force you to get service through them?

Aug 5th, 2019 1:53 pm

BeaverLiquor: Deal Fanatic; Mar 1, 2005; 6378 posts; 4301 upvotes; Toronto

Aug 5th, 2019 1:53 pm

The option to choose the driver or car was made available about 2 years ago for those that bought yearly subscriptions.

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Aug 5th, 2019 2:10 pm

TheHans [OP]: Deal Addict; Aug 2, 2003; 4505 posts; 3878 upvotes; B.C.

Aug 5th, 2019 2:10 pm

BeaverLiquor wrote: ↑ The option to choose the driver or car was made available about 2 years ago for those that bought yearly subscriptions.

Perhaps it was different in B.C., because last August when my membership came due, this was not available.

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Aug 5th, 2019 2:16 pm

TheHans [OP]: Deal Addict; Aug 2, 2003; 4505 posts; 3878 upvotes; B.C.

Aug 5th, 2019 2:16 pm

q1123581321 wrote: ↑ My experience has been pretty good as well. They have been willing to tow anywhere. The only thing is the wait times have been pretty long (2 hours) but the weather probably contributed to that.

Can anybody share their experience getting their car towed to a Canadian Tire garage? I used up all of the service calls for the year but they offer free tows to CT Garages. Does the tow truck just drop off the car in the parking lot and leave it to you, or do they take it into the garage and try to force you to get service through them?

We've had no difficulty with either method. Once hubby was towed a substantial distance to the CT in our town. It would've been very difficult for him to get home without the 250 kms. option. Our CT was helpful and we had the work (it was minor) done there. Mind you, different CTs can be VERY different LOL. That 250 kms. towing distance is REALLY the differentiator for us and this has always been the reason to choose this plan, even without the 50% off discount at various times.

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