An irate motorist went on a rampage after being ordered by the RAC to dump his broken-down daytime Mercedes at a petrol station, where it could have stayed for three days.
Actor and TikTok star Adam Oakley claimed he was told to hide the keys to his precious engine on the wheel arch after the car’s coolant pipe burst, before being warned it could take days to recover.
The social media personality said the breakdown company made him wait nine hours after he was promised a rental car.
But when it failed to arrive, Adam had to spend £210 for an Uber ride home, eventually returning 16 hours after his ordeal began.
Adam shared his nightmare in two videos he posted to his 267,000 TikTok followers, in which he challenged the RAC, demanding, “What am I paying for?”
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Actor and TikTok star Adam Oakley spoke about his 16-hour breakdown in two posts on TikTok – where he turned down the service of salvage company the RAC
At points in his epic tirade on TikTok, Adam almost appeared to have tears in his eyes as he vented about his frustrating experience with the RAC
He said, ‘They said, ‘You have to leave your car at the gas station where we can come and get it, but we may not be able to come and get it for the next two or three days.
‘Let them [the keys] on the wheel arch of your car’.
“Now, I drive a Mercedes, who in their right mind is going to leave their car keys on the wheel well of their car in a gas station parking lot for three days for everyone to see?”
Ghost hunter Adam was on his way home from Norwich, in Norfolk, on Monday when his Mercedes broke down Beaconsfield Services, Buckinghamshire.
Adam was promised a mechanic would arrive within 30 minutes to fix his broken engine, but he claimed he had waited four hours for someone to arrive.
When the mechanic finally arrived, he couldn’t fix the Mercedes and said a pickup truck would pick up the car and take Adam home.
But the nightmare grew deeper. After five hours, Adam said he eventually got a call from the RAC claiming it was not possible to collect his vehicle.
The salvage company said it would arrange a rental car for Adam, the actor claimed. But then, several hours later, he was told there was no rental car available.
Instead, he had to spend a whopping £210 for an Uber to take him 150 miles to Norwich, returning home 16 hours after his car broke down.
Adam claims an RAC operator hung up on him when he complained and refused to leave his keys on the wheel well.
Adam claimed he was told to leave the keys to his broken down Mercedes on the wheel well, but said he was told the car might not be picked up for three days. He then says he had to spend £210 on an Uber ride home – a fee the RAC now says it will pay
He said, “His exact words to me were ‘if you’re not happy with that, that’s the end of the call'” and hung up.’
Adam has appeared in Eastenders as Lee Watson and starred in Noel Clarkes’ movie ‘Brotherhood’.
He also hosts ghost tours as a paranormal investigator and previously appeared on the BAFTA-winning reality show Bad Lads’ Army.
The RAC delivered his car to his home the day after Adam posted his two videos on TikTok.
The company blamed a “busy Easter weekend” for the fiasco before apologizing and agreeing to pay Adams a £210 Uber fee.
“We would like to apologize to Adam for the delay in collecting his car and the lack of updates from our team,” said an RAC spokesman. The sun.
‘Unfortunately, due to the busy Easter weekend, there was a shortage of long-haul recovery vehicles in that area.
“Our call center agent shouldn’t have told him to leave his keys on the wheel.
“To say sorry, we arranged an appropriate gesture of goodwill with Adam and arranged a rental car to keep him mobile.”
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