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All the advice here is sound and there are lots of similar threads in the forums to reference.

One thing I’ll add, and it just happened to me on Sunday is that if you break down, you’re going to be waiting a long time for a tow.

I died in downtown Evanston and it took 3 hours for the tow to come. Luckily I was in a city so I just went errand shopping, got lunch and burned the time without stress.

I have been on the side of the road for 3 hours before and it sucked. Food, water, extra cell phone battery pack, a book, etc… these make a huge difference.

Also cash, cash makes things happen quickly when you need them to happen quickly.

Just food for thought.