All very interesting and probably rather sad. They were a major part of the motoring world going back a couple of decades, but are now a declining brand mostly amongst the more elderly!
Cars don't breakdown with anything like the frequency they used to.
They used to provide routes and directions - my father used them when I was a kid when touring in Europe. Google and satnavs finished that off.
They used their brand to sell insurance - until compare-the-market etc got their act together.
They used to be a good, even authoritative, source of information on hotels and restaurants, until trip advisor, expedia etc undermined their market.
Sadly another piece of traditional British motoring history on its way to the undertakers. The only marker of their passing will be the brand name - and in a couple of decades no-one will remember why.
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