The funniest part is that if 90% of those cars attempt actual offroading, the cars will kill themselves, or, the driver will kill the car, having absolutely no clue how to drive off road.

Several years back, I was in a Prius C, hybrid, trying a shortcut through some empty truck loading dock areas, to get around an accident at a fairly major intersection not too far away.

... Me, in my little putt-putt subcompact... found myself blocked by... it must have been a Ford 350.

He had come up to a puddle.

A 3 inch deep puddle.

But it was really broad, wide.

This fucking moron was evidently not from around here, doesn't cut through this completely flat parking lot that gets puddles like this whenever it rains, which is often.

So I carefully mount a bit of a curb, with two wheels, (again, in my subcompact hybrid) to drive around this lost idiot. I carefully dismount the curb, with him honking at me the whole time, and then make a rooster tail in the 1/8 mile long, 3 inch puddle that him in his F 350 can't fucking figure out.

When I got home, I checked my undercarriage for any damage.

Nothing.

Also, no electrical problems either, in the following months, in my hybrid, that 90% of local mechanics say has electronics that are too complicated for them to even touch the car for anything semi-complicated.

Truck people are not worthy of drawing breath.

Suburban people buy SUVs because they’re big with lots of space, and they’re safer. It’s a circular thing too, because when everyone else has one you need one to be “safer” in an accident, rinse and repeat.

99% of them aren’t 4WD. The number of actual 4WDs you see driving around are negligible. Most SUVs don’t even have a AWD option, let alone AWD.

Don't get me started on the SUV thing.

I seriously question how often they leave the tarmac, and would love to see proof if they are ever put in 4WD mode.

Meh, most of them are probably 2WD and only pretend offroaders anyways.

I've done the maths trying to justify not having a car.several times. Eg, just uber or public transport

I am so damn close!

A bloke at work years ago told me a cool story. He went way way up north to visit a mate. It was either Cooktown ( before bitumen ) but I think even a lot further, I just can't recall.

Anyway he gets to the area or campground where his mate was staying. Absolutely pissing down. He finds the ranger and asks where "Bill" ? lives.

The ranger steps outside to direct him, still pissing down. He looks at this blokes ute and asks if he had just got here in that ( I mean of course ) then asks if he drove past or through "such and such massive puddle " down the road kinda thing. Yes of course. Ranger says he's pulled out three 4X s that day already. Bloke was in an ordinary Falcon Ute. He just drove right up on the side of the puddle ( probably a lake really.....) and got past it.

Common sense isn't so common, and yeah too many people head out into places that they're unaware of the dangers that are possible or the skills that could come in handy.

Yes, really. I recommend checking plugshare (linked above) to find chargers before complaining about the lack of chargers.

Electricity network providers are pushing the NSW government to relax rules blocking them from entering the Sydney EV charger market, arguing the city’s rollout is falling behind as drivers struggle to find somewhere to plug in.

The electricity network providers want to be able to compete with their own customers, and that's the claim they're using to justify it. That doesn't make it true.

Meanwhile, those same network providers are often taking months to get around to grid upgrades to connect new fast chargers. I think the one at Erina Fair was sitting there for six months before it finally went live.