Worse than useless. Broke down on a mountain road and the AA were hapless. They promised many ETAs for assistance but would then remind me that any bloke is a 3rd class citizen. There's always going to be some feminist jumping the queue you see, doesn't matter how long you've waited, they even advertise this 'feature'. Ended up having to leave my Jaguar XKR and get a taxi home after midnight ( breakdown reported about 5:30pm). They then claimed that I wasn't covered, that I had to go through my insurance ( which I already had) and various other shenanigans. So if you don't have blue hair or are a one legged preop transvestite claiming to be oppressed then the AA will take your money but will proudly treat you like a leper.