Let's see - weather in Melbourne today 29 with a light breeze and sunny skies. Tomorrow 33, Monday 30. Problem is I don't know whether to go to the beach or the Aust Open. It's hard living in the no.4 city in the world where the weather is perfect most of the time and there are so many choices. Brisbane was no. 37 I think in the same survey.

It's not too late Drew. If you are being messed around by buyers / lawyers / banks - tell em all you've changed your mind and turn around. The red necks north of the border will drive you nuts. 

Yeh well & good RAC won’t insure my 2014 Patrol Cab chassis because the ancap rating is no longer high enough. A few years ago (2018) RAA left us high & dry in NT. Admittedly we were remote but it pays to check out what they will cover. We’d have been happy to get a tow to anywhere even if they couldn’t fix it, better than being stuck in the donga.

Hi,
   Skilled accounting folk were too fast for  early telephonic switching.
Cheers

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Our experience with RAC WA isnt much better.
About 6 years back we were travelling from Broome to Port Hedland when about 15km from PH the Prado suddenly lost power and stopped. Contacted RAC who we have Ultimate cover and they sent out roadside assist which was a tilt tray truck. Guy didnt look at our vehicle and just loaded up the car and hooked up the van. He asked us where in PH did we want to be dropped off which we replied the van park in Cooke point. Thats where they dropped us and that was it for assistance except to tell us to ring them in morning to advise which mechanic in town we wanted the car dropped off.   In regional WA roadside assist comprises of  10L of fuel , a jump start or a tow. They dont have any mechanics contracted to look at vehicles or make minor repairs.
RAC offered us either a few nights accommodation in the caravan park or car hire.  Any one who has visited PH and wanted to get a mechanic to look at a breakdown would know its not a easy task
and the mechanics we contacted all said it would be over a week for them to get us in. 
Long story short, saving grace was a phone call to my mechanic in Perth who diagnosed it over the phone as being a issue with the venturi fuel transfer "pump" in the twin tank setup and he suggested putting 20L of fuel in and see what happens. OK, nearest petrol station to Cook Point is almost 5km and RAC offered no help, so jumped on shanks pony and headed off there. Ok for getting there but 5km walk carrying 20L jerry of fuel wasnt easy but a local felt pity and gave  me a lift .
It worked, car started and ran then we hooked up and started heading home ensuring we never got down to the second tank.
Once home my mechanic looked at it and after dropping the tank, checking venturi pump and testing it over 3 days by running with a pump taking fuel out of the tanks into a drum to simulate using fuel, he couldnt find any fault with it and was kind enough to not charge me as he actually didnt fix anything. ( He does look after our 5 vehicle so swings and roundabouts.)
I dont know if we got wrong advice on initial phone call but RAC ultimate is the only option we have for roadside assist so have to stay with it.

Excavator, your experience / understanding of the RACV process is exactly the experience we had a few years ago. I was towing a van and had just left Winton in Qld when the bolt holding the diff lock let go and jammed it. The gearbox was still trying to turn the shaft and diff and whilst it still worked it was obviously pretty sick. Mechanic came out after we called RACV and we managed to limp back to town under our own steam. He put it up on the hoist and said he couldn't get to it for at least 3 weeks. We were put up in a motel for 4 nights, we flew home, got a cab from the airport, our car and van arrived home a few days later. When the truckie started to unload I asked him take the car to my mechanic - 15mins away. Said he couldn't do it as he was only interstate transport but suggested we call RACV. I didn't feel comfortable but did anyway. When I rang they answered the phone and welcomed me by name. It was all coded in and they arranged another tow in 30 mins. All it cost us was a few bags for clothes. They even paid for meals on the plane from Townsville to Melbourne. Needless to say they have a customer for life.

Rowlie