Be prepared

Remember the tag line for American Express? They used to say: “Don’t leave home without it,” but anyone who’s ever had an American Express card will know it’s about as popular with vendors as you will be with your family when your Bus breaks down en route to the family holiday.

So, with that in mind, there are certain things you really shouldn’t leave how without that might just get you back on the road and on your merry way. We’re not talking spare engines and the kitchen sink, but a few common parts and the necessary tools to fit them. Would you believe one of the last times we called one of the emergency breakdown services out, the friendly chap didn’t have anything as simple as a set of feeler gauges in his toolbox. There’s no call for them on the vast majority of cars they’re called