Written by It is inevitable: your vehicle will breakdown at some point, no matter how much you deny it to yourself, no matter how sturdy your car looks, no matter how recently you bought new floor mats to go on the passenger side. The engine is a complex and delicately balanced machine, and after all the thousands of miles of hard roads and rainy conditions you put it through it’s a miracle they don’t break down more often. All you can do is make sure you are prepared for when the inevitable arrives.
Although having a working knowledge of engineering is favourable, we don’t all have the time to take a GNVQ is car mechanics and some of us don’t even have the mental capacity to understand the intricate world of engines (I try to convince myself that my mind is dedicated to higher things, those things being things like watching rugby). So the best thing to make sure you can get the help from someone who does know and although keeping a personal mechanic locked in your boot at all times might seem like a good idea, you’ll end up spending a fortune on food.
This is where breakdown cover comes in, your car insurance deal will often offer roadside recovery services for little extra charge. The competing deals of different companies can be a minefield, especially when finding breakdown insurance for motorbikes so using a breakdown comparison site can be a helpful service of sort the wheat from the chaff.
Three of the most popular breakdown recovery providers are the AA, RAC and Green Flag, they will send mechanics to try and fix the problem then and there on the roadside, or if that’s not possible they can use their vans to tow your vehicle to a nearby garage to make repairs.
This way can save the cost of keeping a mechanic in the boot as well avoiding the threat of potential entrapment charges (some mechanics are less comfortably with confined spaces than others). Having the right cover will ensure that, at the awkward moment of a breakdown the recovery to your onward destination will be as swift as possible.