i bought a 3 door cossie a while back from devon-it siezed up on the m5(still in devon).i live 200 miles away.
rang the aa told them not to bother sending a patrolman as the engine had siezed and it needed recovery.an hour later a patrolman turned up"it needs recovering mate,i cant do anything with it" 3 hours later a wagon turned up to get the car home.

i suppose they have a certain procedure to go through,but it does get frustrating.!