mikesbytes wrote: ↑Sat Jun 15, 2024 9:00 pm
jasonc wrote: ↑Sat Jun 15, 2024 7:35 pm
mikesbytes wrote: ↑Sat Jun 15, 2024 7:20 pm
The dual cab traidie vehicles give the owner the ability to use one vehicle for both work and family. Suppose one expensive vehicle is a better option than two cheaper vehicles for many
I have to say I don't see many families/ homes with just a single vehicle, especially if it's a dual cab ute
There's a guy around the corner from me who has a silverado ute, a small car, and recently a 2nd motor boat in the front yard (had been one for a while)
That sounds like a scene out of "The Castle", goodness knows why they would want so many motor vehicles, think of the costs...
My plumber is the opposite, he lives in the next street to me, has just one vehicle, the dual cab plus a small trailer and takes the family away on weekends camping.
Your friend the Plumber is a shining light !
Seriously he is a man who deserves an accolade
But unfortunately is the exception rather than the rule.
Between 1990 and 2021 the number of motor vehicles registered in Australia DOUBLED- from 10 million to 20 million- and In than period of time the Australian population certainly did NOT DOUBLE.
In other words, over this period of time the number of cars owned per driving age person increased by almost 20 percent.
Now that’s not to say that this trend of increased numbers of cars per person will continue.
There are reports that the trend has slowed particularly in inner city areas because of space
limitations, cost of living constraints, and perhaps the availability of e-devices with which to commute cheaply
It is known that there was a slump in new car purchasing in the 2020-2021 financial year, presumably due to COVID.
The harsh reality is that increasing numbers of cars, and increasing SIZE of cars are trends that are slowly choking the suburbs in which many of us live.
Just ignoring these issues hoping that they will go away is not a great option.
Because if the issues are ignored is likely to get worse and worse.
Yes for sure, for those of us who live in fairdinkum rural location and rarely need to travel and park in suburban locations then you are not causing any problem.
If you are a tradie and your Ford Ranger dual cab really is the family do-it-all vehicle then you are not causing any problem.
But if you are like some solo operator tradies that I know and you have a work HiAce van AND a Hilux dual cab 4x4 which BOTH attract a tax incentive even though you can only drive ONE at a time
… well that sort of nonsense if multipled through the households and suburbs has unfortunate results