During a family holiday in the south of Spain, just over the border from Gibraltar, my dads Mondeo ( company car) rear suspension collapsed. The car was recovered back to the UK, and we had a total of nine hire cars to get us back to the uk!
Great Billing to Newcastle from the AA with a Defender 110 and a 90 that was on a trailer, so the driver brought both back but he was going very slow because of the weight.
but I towed a freelander 52 miles using my Defender.
I remember a story on here not so long back about a guy going to recover his Land Cruiser from Morocco (I think) when it was illegally detained by the border guards.
Had my KTM motorbike brought back from Malaga way after the clutch went (they got me a flight back, ended up working out ok for as I didn't have to ride back, though did miss the planned riding across the Pyrenees.