Small car to "Get Back in Love With"

[prydey]

Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo

Nah I've been a good boy these days, I drive like grandma on the way to Bingo,

So 80 everywhere, including school zones and shopping centre car parks, I think I'm due for ye olde confuse brake and accelerator trick
.

Ahh, the old one speeders. I've come across so many older folk, it's like they just average out the speed limits. 75 in 100 and then 75 through town and then 75 in 100...

[anobserver]

Almost had a p plater plow into the back yesterday when i slowed for a bus pulling out.

But near misses including rear enders happen most days, think I'm getting blase.

[Citroënbender]

Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo

So 80 everywhere, including school zones and shopping centre car parks, I think I'm due for ye olde confuse brake and accelerator trick

“I was preparing to park at the RSL and mistakenly thought my foot was on the cake pedal.”

[danzvtil]

At a clients 95yo mother’s house, she has an 18yo Honda civic with bent panels as her driving ability deteriorates.Asked how many ks? 62k km had a service every year since new. Inside like new, but it needs a long hot run.
They have offered to sell it to me when she’s *AHEM finished with it.

[DFB FGXR6]

Originally Posted by Cav

Yes 5 speed manual with 1.2 litre racing engine ;-)

Getting the timing belt done next week just to be safe.

Yes, but when are you putting the white wheels on it?

[Cav]

Originally Posted by Citroënbender

“I was preparing to park at the RSL and mistakenly thought my foot was on the cake pedal.”

[Cav]

Originally Posted by DFB FGXR6

Yes, but when are you putting the white wheels on it?

I put the white stripe on instead you dumb ugly man.

[anobserver]

Behold, a mini car for an urban world...



Apologies for the black wheels, Cav.

[Sprintey]

Mustang as an egg-car - there's a lot to love.

[jpd80]

Here’s a thought,

Seriously, passenger vehicles and vans create about 10% of the world’s global pollution.
Now if we were able to magically sell 100% BEVs today, in five years we would see
5 million BEVs on the road in Australia in a total of roughly 17 million vehicles.
In that case, assuming the BEVs create no pollution for the electricity they recharge
with and consume, that means a pollution reduction of 30% of 10% of total pollution.

That my friends is a 3% reduction of total pollution, what a friggin joke…

The biggest creators of pollution are power generation and heavy transport
like road, rail and shipping. Those are the areas tha we should be focusing on.
Offer those industries a better way and see real improvement in GHG reductions.

Passenger Vehicles have already undergone massive pollution reduction changes
and now tthe last little bits will come at massive costs for vey little improvement.

[kevino]

Originally Posted by jpd80

Here’s a thought,

Seriously, passenger vehicles and vans create about 10% of the world’s global pollution.
Now if we were able to magically sell 100% BEVs today, in five years we would see
5 million BEVs on the road in the Australia in a total of roughly 17 million vehicles.
In that case, assuming the BEVs create no pollution for the electricity they recharge
with and consume, that means a pollution reduction of 30% of 10% of total pollution.

That my friends is a 3% reduction of total pollution, what a friggin joke…

Ah but
China imports less oil from overseas countries
As does all countries making them more self sufficent in energy
Theres another reason

[Sprintey]

Here's a journo's take on Mr Farley's getting back in love with small cars:

https://www.carsguide.com.au/car-new...e-suzuki-swift

He mentions that larger cars are probably better off with efficient petrol/hybrid for now but that small electric is probably the best way to achieve the NVES targets, and at the end challenges people to shop a size down from where they are, with a more efficient drivetrain.

Contrast this to the GMC Yukon arrival news I'm about to post in another thread haha