You might, if you are on a busy main road/motorway or in the middle of a city get an AA or RAC patrol. If you are anywhere else, especially in the middle of nowhere, the likelihood is that the same garage will be an agent for the RAC, AA, green Flag and everyone else. The call centre for the organisation you belong to will simply call them. The feller will then finish his cup of tea, or the brake discs he is changing then head on out to you. Indeed most of the recovery providers don't even have one patrol vehicle but rely totally on local recovery garages.
So, given that it's pretty much the same person who is going to come anyway, whether they do a good job or not depends on which town you are near and if that garage mechanic is any good. The only things you should consider when buying therefore are what's included in the price (home start, roadside assistance, onwards to your destination or back home as you wish etc.) and the price itself. Increasingly, apart from price, the only difference between them is colour....
So, given that it's pretty much the same person who is going to come anyway, whether they do a good job or not depends on which town you are near and if that garage mechanic is any good. The only things you should consider when buying therefore are what's included in the price (home start, roadside assistance, onwards to your destination or back home as you wish etc.) and the price itself. Increasingly, apart from price, the only difference between them is colour....