Drivers urged to prepare for cold winter

As the cold weather draws in across the UK, and the coldest winter for ten years is predicted, insuresupermarket.com would urge drivers to make sure they have adequate motor breakdown cover.

Richard Mason, director of insuresupermarket.com comments: "If you are looking to purchase motor breakdown cover, the ‘standard’ options you should look for are:

tow to garage
fix at roadside
take you and your passengers home
fix at home
car hire/accommodation if your car cannot be fixed.

These standard benefits rarely vary from provider to provider, although you can opt to go without the ‘at home’ options to cut down your premium.

"However, there are many additional features and benefits available and these most definitely do vary widely. From our research, the breakdown policy with the most additional features and benefits is provided by Autohome Europlus, including cover whilst driving on the continent, recovery for accident, theft or vandalism, and provision of a relief driver among others.

Anyone buying a breakdown cover policy should think carefully about whether they require these add-ons and if not, if you’re never going to drive in Europe for example, go for a more basic policy and you’ll certainly save money on your premium."