It is an age old dilemma; weighing up whether the cost of a particular insurance premium is worth it or not. We all do it, even with our breakdown insurance policy, and to help you make up your mind we have spent some time doing some market research for you, so you don’t have to!

Our car breakdown insurance experts have spent the last few weeks talking to more than 100 breakdown recovery garage owners to find out the cost of recovery around the UK and found that, on average, it will cost you almost twice as much to get recovered without breakdown cover as a whole year’s basic cover costs with RescueMyCar.

Our insurance policies start from around £40 and we heard stories of some motorists being charged up to £500 to be towed away from a motorway breakdown.

RescueMyCar Managing Director Neil Richards-Smith said of the findings: ‘We talk to so many people that say ‘it will never happen to me’ only for it to happen to them and they are then faced with an enormous bill, especially when it comes to breakdowns in Europe.

‘I think our findings prove that you need to think seriously about a good, cost effective breakdown insurance policy to prevent these surprises knocking you for six,’ he added.

RescueMyCar provides a full range of car breakdown insurance cover with everything from basic recovery to full on European cover and more. Pick up the phone and call 0800 0199519 to talk to one of their experts.