nobody “ has” to do that though. They can tow it the eighty miles, so if it breaks( and they break) you aren’t paying a wrecker bill to get it home.
Just me, but I never wander very far from home, driving my Dart, because if something breaks, most time parts aren’t immediately available for a 50 year old performance car( spark box, rocker arm, pushrod, shifter cable, electric fuel pump, etc, etc, etc. it happens.
I never go further than what I want to stick my neck out for a tow bill.
That’s just me, and frankly, I do have the money to feed 8 dollar a gallon 110 in it( the results of working 50 years) but I don’t want to sit on the side of the road either. Been there, done that.
Some things people have to graduate from the school of hard knocks to understand.
Or having something truly nice enough they want to keep it in piece.
If I had a 2500 crusty 75 Dart with a slant in it, I might venture further ..lol