The weather is at its best this time of year, the kids are off school and typical it will be the period where we go on holiday, pack our holiday things, the kids and head off to our chosen holiday area. Sometimes a but of pre thought will go into the car we own, should we get some breakdown cover in case we breakdown?

As many of us, really use our cars for long distances; with commuting to work and the school run being our main mileage increasers, there then becomes the situation where you intend to do longer mileage, away from home at holiday time.

The most common action is to look for those special offers that all breakdown cover operators present at this time of year, to get you become their customer, but this is often a huge mistake. The special offers always tend to be the most basic of cover, sometimes called roadside assistance or a similar term. This means an engineer or garage will attend your breakdown, try and get you on your way. This may be fine if you are only a few miles away from home, but the plying field changes if you are hundreds of miles away. This is because, if the car cannot be fixed, or the fault is something like brakes, that no one will fix be the roadside anyway, then your car will be towed to the nearest garage only.

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