You can Just chuck your kit in the back of that nice shiny BMW of yours John... 🙂My battery packed in a couple of weeks ago, just completely dead, wouldn't even power the dash clock. Managed to bump start and get to garage 3 miles away. My plumber came with me and then took me back to pick it up at 5.
I've been pretty lucky though, only ever had one serious problem when the engine management failed on my last van, so I sold it to a guy who exports vans to Africa and they fix them out there, and I just got a new one.