Got RAC (roadside package)
Cost £31.55 per year
Get recovery anywhere,anytime
If they cant fix it, tow to a garage
Also get Accident care and legal advice
go for AA cover, and if your car is under 100,000 miles and has service history, you'll be able to get their parts and labour cover for cheap!!
then if anything major focks up they will pay upto £500. bargain!!!
I'm with RAC too kind of like Lee-got it sorted when i called up to start insurance cover and its something like £79 a year.
If you breakdown or something, you can call them on up to 5 occassions in one year, and they will take have a quick look, and if needed get it checked elsewhere, and drop you off to where you were going(i suppose: manchester to london, or your house to Tesco etc)