AC thanks mate, well the 2001 4x4 is ok, but its clutch needing replacement got it cheaper
That mechanic?, young fella, he is starting out and offered to do it
So spent time with family and he pulled it down, quick smart, but left it up, more money!
Got it too, but still no car
Will arrive with tow truck and police next week and fix it myself, [help from brother and a mate]

Buying a vehicle a long way from home is always fraught.

My new next door neighbor, a city girl, single mother with a couple of kids has been buying truck loads of water, literally, at considerable expense for months now.

This gets expensive of course, so she had a bore put in. The first was salty, the second with good water at a couple of hundred gallons per hour is 400 meters from the house & at the bottom of the property. She bought a solar powered deep well bore pump, but it struggles to get water up to the house. She has asked my son to sort it for her.

She then bought a sight unseen 15 ton Volvo water truck, 500 kilometers away in Port Macquarie. The driver hired to drive it to here found it is overheating, but couldn't open the bonnet to even check the water.

My son has agreed to go down & try to sort it out for her, & bring it up here if it is possible. So Belly, it could be worse mate, your little Suzuki can at least go on a tilt tray.

On the horse subject, she bought the place, 12 acres, because her 12 year old daughter likes horses, & now has one to ride. The lady has bought a 4X4, & a large horse float. She even went rescuing bush fire threatened horses last month. I hope it works for her, but she really belongs in a city high rise.

Hasbeen interesting and not far from my position
You and I know with any new car truck or whatever the water system needs a very good look, many die on long trips if not watched
Well my old fishing ground Evans Head, has become home for a part of my family
Bought the last two cars there
In fact mine is not my beloved Suzuki this time
Hard working builder from, wait for it, Nimbin put this Pajaro on the market
Took a team with me we loved it, and he came down in price
New clutch thrust race was not good
Knew it and full kit needed doing, [but not right now!]
Young fella touted me for the work
Soft headed and hearted I said ok, told brother to get the fishing gear out for my over night stay
Young fella? well best not say but he seems addicted to the Nimbin turf
As my car rolls on the back of a tilt tray [if it must] his business will be closing its doors
Bores going in every place here but water is very hard and costs without pump ten thousand
No longer afford that but looking at a truck just for garden water

I am not sure if hooking a fish in its mouth and killing a horse for pet food or whatever is much different. Just saying.