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Company to offer breakdown help
I often wondered why there was no properly organised breakdown company in Doha, or if there was one why I'd never heard of it! Well now there is. How many of you are likely to sign-up for it?
| A NEW company offering roadside emergency breakdown assistance to motorists is being launched today.
By the end of October, Raha Auto Assistance (Raha) will hit the roads with 27 fully-equipped patrol vehicles offering 24-hour on-the-spot repair and recovery service, officials said yesterday. |
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The service is available to members.
According to the company, its call centre will register calls for breakdown or accident assistance. “A fully-equipped mobile patrol will be sent to provide assistance,” general manager Ikram Hamdad said.
The membership includes round-the-clock emergency assistance with patrols carrying spare parts and specialist equipment to do repairs at the spot, said Dr Khaled bin Jabor al-Thani, vice-chairman and MD of Qatar Technical Inspection Company.
Raha is the first roadside assistance service of its type in Qatar and with an introductory membership of QR600 a year.
A website, rahaauto.com, has also been created to allow customers to request services and seek advice online.
“All Raha patrols are fully trained to respond to members’ needs. Our mission is to provide a safer, quality motoring experience,” she said.
Raha membership is available for all cars registered in Qatar under 10 years old with a maximum weight of 3,500kg. The membership covers each vehicle.
“Our patrols aim to repair seven out of every 10 vehicles at the roadside. In the unlikely event of a car not being repaired safely within a reasonable time, the vehicle and passengers will be transported to any destination in Qatar,” Raha director Chris Clibbery said.
Officials said the service was available across the country. The service would reach a member “within a maximum of 45 minutes”, they added.
The membership is transferrable to a new vehicle. Non-members could obtain the service but there would be a surcharge of QR300, the officials said.
Majority-owned by Qatar Technical Inspection Company (QTIC), Raha’s shareholding partners are Nasser Bin Khaled al-Thani Holdings and Saleh Al Hamad Al Mana Company.
Source: Gulf Times
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ncmedia said
excellent ...this great news for the Drivers , i wish them them all the best cause these are the things that this country needs real services and when are going to a decent hardware store
and a decent port system that allows for some sort of constancy of goods to the shelves , how many times when you go shopping and you ask the sales person "when are you going to get in more stock"? and they just look at you with a blank stare and have no idea what you are talking about rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr welcome to disneyland
Loulsy said
I like ...I think i would sign up
WYSIWYG
britexpat said
Excellent.. ...May sign up for it myself.
qatarisun said
600 QR? triple price from ...600 QR? triple price from the one in Ontario..
...also these services are good for the old cars, but there are not too many old cars in Doha.
...Do they offer a free towing at least, in case of the accident?
Saddavi said
qatarisun ...i think its mentioned in the above story lol.
he vehicle and passengers will be transported to any destination in Qatar,
tallg said
I don't think QR600 is that ...I don't think QR600 is that expensive. I reckon if I ended up stranded on the side of the road I'd be wishing I'd paid it!
The article says the repair and recovery service is only available to members. In the UK if you're not a member of one of the breakdown services and you have to call out a garage to tow your car they charge you an absolute fortune.
qatarisun said
talg, i didn't say it's ...talg, i didn't say it's expensive.. i said it's triple from the Ontaro's price... and why would you end up stranded on the side of the road exactly?
Saddavi, i didn't read all the article.. today i am too dumn lazy even to read.. :)
Muhandis said
I have Arabian Automobile Association, the same as Raha but ...free from Masreqbank, covering Qatar, UAE, Oman Kuwait, & Bahrain. I wonder does Raha cover Saudi? I will be interested if it does.
junarc2003 said
how exactly can we get the ...how exactly can we get the membership?
tallg said
Eh QS? Did I say you said it ...Eh QS? Did I say you said it was expensive?
If my car broke down while I was out driving (as cars are prone to do every now and then, even new ones) then I'd be stranded at the side of the road, wouldn't I?
qatarisun said
tallg ...sorry i thought it was your reply on my post :)
tallg said
Ah, I see. No probs. ...Ah, I see. No probs.
svelte_saggi said
good job! ...wonder why we don't have such services back home....there we have to remain stranded on the road for hours before a lousy mechanic turns up....grr!
Keep smiling!
Saggi!
normanila2000 said
I wonder ...how many patrol cars do they have considering
they will be servicing... is it the whole Qatar or in Doha only? If its outside the city limits like Al Gharria or Abu Samra, will they charge extra for that distance? Is it really within 45 minutes only that they can reach you in case of a break down? How about the monstrous traffic factor that they will encounter along, unless they are allowed to use lights and siren like ambulances do to pass along queque of cars and red light signals, hehe
"Masunod nawa ang iyong kalooban!"
tallg said
From the 2nd paragraph of ...From the 2nd paragraph of the article; "27 fully-equipped patrol vehicles"
From the 3rd to last paragraph; "Officials said the service was available across the country."
I didn't realise I was going to have to read it for people as well!
britexpat said
TallG.. ...Is the service available everywher in Qatar ?
tallg said
Availability of the service ...Availability of the service will be across the country, said officials.
Architect.J said
/-a-t-/tallg is ur reading .../-a-t-/tallg
is ur reading service available across all threads?
---Life is Fragile, Handle with Prayer---
tallg said
First one's free, then it's ...First one's free, then it's QR50/word.
AbuAmerican said
Really coo! Cheap ...Really coo! Cheap too.
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El Zohiry said
AAA road assistant 24/7 ...I have got a platinum member in AAA service when i made my car insurance with Doha Bank and by the way it dose not require that your car was purchased thru Doha Bank or loan or what ever. they give it to me free of charge.
brasukaexpat said
Are you Blind? ...Well trained personal?LOL
Give me a break.It Will gonna be the same useless service we have anywhere across Doha.
Who gonna be the well trained guys? Guess Please!
Across Qatar?
If somebody need a service like this in the desert, they will go there with this car fully loaded with tools and get the people out?I doubt.
Another thing! Have you noticed that nothing here owned by The Royal Family Members have competitors? So my friends, as Qtel,Karwa taxi,and so on .I am sure that will be another frustating service.
That's it Folks
tallg said
Wow, you're one of them ...Wow, you're one of them glass half empty guys, aren't you? How about giving something a chance before assuming the worst. If it's bad, then rant away, but at least give it a chance.
normanila2000 said
hey Tallg! ...I din't ask you to read it for me. I might probably miss some parts of the story but you dont have to be rude. Is that the way you were raised in your country? by your parents?
"Masunod nawa ang iyong kalooban!"
tallg said
Please explain which part of ...Please explain which part of my reply was rude. You asked questions, I provided the answers. I think that's pretty nice of me, don't you?
Trust me, if I was being rude, you'd know about it.
btw, my parents taught to me to make sure I'd fully read all the information provided before asking questions.
El Zohiry said
even if ...well i think even some how you feel the reply rude. what is involving the perants or the home country. take it easy guys. and i think Tallg did not have any rude comment. easy guys easy :)
tallg said
Don't worry El Zohiry, I can ...Don't worry El Zohiry, I can take it. My parents died in a freak tiddly-winks accident when I was only 3 and ever since then I've roamed the globe from country to country helping to teach people to read (kind of like the Littlest Hobo but on a bigger scale).
So insults directed at my country or my parents don't really work.
normanila2000 said
Yup! your being rude ...not all nationality carry the same sensitivity like you do?
"Masunod nawa ang iyong kalooban!"
Andrews said
Normanila.........U are ...Normanila.........U are rude...Without any shadow of provocation you u dragged his parents into this...
Mandilulur said
Tiddly-winks, that's ...Tiddly-winks, that's wonderful - oh, I mean, so sorry!
Mandi
tallg said
Wow! Insults my country and ...Wow! Insults my country and my parents and now threatens to kill me. Yep, it's definitely me who's the rude one here!
Listen, here's how it is; You asked questions that you would easily have know the answers to had you bothered to read the article properly. Excuse me for making a little joke out of it, but at no point was I specifically rude towards you and as I already said, I still took the time to answer the questions for you.
If you can't take a little bit of mild joking around then I suggest you're a little more diligent before asking questions.
normanila2000 said
Ohhh... im very sorry Tallg but i dont make jokes ...to persons i do not know yet bec i might offend them. You have to know the person first before make a fun of him. And if i correct him of any errors in his post i make sure that i will do it politely and DILIGENTLY bec i might offend him. Now, i dont seem to remember in my post that i threaten to kill you. Its not my nature to threathen anyone.
"Masunod nawa ang iyong kalooban!"
tallg said
Ah very clever normanila, ...Ah very clever normanila, editing your previous comments so my responses look silly! One of your comments definitely mentioned people in your "neighbourhood getting killed" and that I "should watch my words".
If your going to start deleting things you said previously then I can't really have a sensible discussion with you, so that's this conversation over. If I stooped to that level I could go back and remove the comment you took offence to, and then this conversation would look really silly!
Feel free to contact me if you need any news articles read for you :-p
normanila2000 said
God Bless you brother tallg! ..."Masunod nawa ang iyong kalooban!"
Majnoon Ajnabi said
wow.... ...Will Rogers never made it to this part of the world.
He who dies with the most toys wins.
RED_POPE said
tallg ...I would like to use their services, is their fee monthly or annually?
"It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg."
— Tho
Vegas said
RP I think its analy???? Be very careful... ...You can't teach experience...
ron_ona said
tallg... ...In which part they say you were rude? Nowhere I say!
Maybe that guy just watched Shrek (3D edition) & was still wearing his 3D glasses when he logged-on to QL! They say wearing 3-D glasses for prolonged periods causes disorientation hehehehe!
Oh, brasukaexpat I think QTEL & Karwa is an excellent company. It's just some of the people who work there don't carry this excellence in their jobs.
Overlook said
Tiddlywinks kills! If you ...Tiddlywinks kills! If you play it whilst driving a Land Bruiser at 200kph plus...
adey said
tallg ...Was that the infamous 'tiddly-wink tsunami incident' of 1967, when a hundred competitors went off prematurely?
I feel your pain, as I myself lost an eye in the incident even though I was just a foetus at the time - such was the ferocity of those over-eager tiddly-winkers!!!
I shall give the service a go but I don't expect much.
"Deaths in the Bible. God - 2,270,365
not including the victims of Noah's flood, Sodom and Gomorrah, or the
many plagues, famines, fiery serpents, etc because no specific numbers
were given. Satan - 10."
Flammable said
normanila, u look really ...normanila, u look really funny to me.. i dont see any thing rude in tallg's comments.. Probably,before accusing 'tallg', you didnt even bothered to read the his comments fully as well. LMAO!
PS: if i crossed your sensitivity level, my apologies.
-- F L A M M A B L E --
pringle said
hiee every1 ...i m the sales executive officer for RAHA AUTO ASSISSTANCE
those who are really interested in taking the memebership then just leave me a personal email message ill get back to you personally.
for further enquiries visit our stand in VILLAGIO next to H & M stores.
thanking you all
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fishermanalex said
the web site was working and ...the web site was working and now it is not is there any info regarding this
pringle said
hai fisherman ...hai fisherman website is still working
the web adress is www.rahaauto.com
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Jut said
saw a stall in Villagio ran ...saw a stall in Villagio ran by these guys. Glad there is something like this in Qatar, could be a lifesaver.
pringle said
Registration started ...hai every one
registration for the raha membership has been started if anyone wants to join RAHA AUTO ASSISTANCE then visit our stand at villagio next to H & M stores.
join RAHA so u can have RAHA whn u break down.
cheerz
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