What should I look for when picking a jump start service, and does the cheapest one make sense?
After my second dead battery in one month, I decided I should stop depending on random favours from strangers in parking lots. I drive a Mitsubishi Outlander, a 2018 model, and the last time it happened I waited almost an hour because the first number I called never showed up. I was standing outside a supermarket with ice cream melting in the boot, which is a small thing, but it made me properly annoyed. Now I want to save one good number in my phone before it happens again. A colleague told me to look for a Leading Jumpstart Service, but when I asked what that actually means, he just shrugged and said the one that comes fast. That did not help much. I looked at jumpstart-service.ae to see how these services describe themselves, but I would rather hear what real drivers experienced. How do you judge a service before you need it? Is the arrival time the most important thing, or the price, or how they treat your car? Do the good ones use a proper booster pack, and is that safer for newer cars than using another vehicle? Is it normal to pay a fixed price, or does it change at night and in bad weather? Can you pay by card at the car, or is cash safer? Also, do they test the battery after the jump and tell you honestly if it is finished, or do they just start the car and leave? I would hate to pay again next week for the same problem. Another thing I wonder about is whether they come to underground parking, because my building has weak phone signal down there. And is it worth paying a yearly fee to a service, or is calling when needed fine? I am not looking for the cheapest option, I just want someone who shows up when they say they will and explains things in simple words. If you have a number you trust, a rough price you paid, or a bad experience I can learn from, please share it. Even a short reply would help me a lot. Thanks, I will read every reply tonight.