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[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

Australians expect to be able to punish their vehicles over harsh terrain and have it come back in one piece.

Oh please. The most off road the majority of dual cabs get is mounting kerbs in a drive through.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

No users.

A bunch of those lemmit online communities.

A few other communities that tend to mostly just be identity politics arguments.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

This might be the first time I've ever agreed with something the business council has lobbied for.

IIRC a land tax instead instead of stamp duty per transaction was a recommendation from they Henry tax review.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

When I ran dual boot I kept windows on a separate disk to my mint install. I unplugged the mint disk when ever I wanted to boot windows.

Still had the clock issue of course.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I would rather spend more time sitting on a train than I would navigating air ports with their security theatre.

Even 2h on a train vs 1h of air port and plane bullshit would be preferred.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 weeks ago

Other half had a Peugeot 206. Thing was an economic write off at 10 years old with barely 100,000 kms on the odometer. Endless problems every service, high chance of stranding you. Interior falling apart, paint peeling off etc. Quality control must have been non existent.

Worst car I've ever driven would be a 2021 Mitsubishi outlander hire car. The way it handled corners felt downright dangerous, weak engine with awful CVT. Average park bench has more comfort than the seats. Sometimes in my career I get a feeling of imposter syndrome, but I can look at a car like the outlander and say thank fuck I'm not at daft as the arseholes responsible for that abomination.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Pipepipe share just gives YouTube.com links. Like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUUy3mnAhCE

Is there tracking in that URL?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

The problem is we just don’t have the housing to adequately accommodate people,’’ she said.

Why is the solution always supply side and never critically examining the demand side. We can't have infinite growth on a finite planet. Oh wait line on graph must point upwards, silly me.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

I don't think limiting is necessary.

Instead we could start by getting rid of John Howard's capital gains tax discounts on properties. That alone massively distorts where investment dollars go in this country. Of all the fucked things about real estate that has to be the one that is most unfair. Why the hell should you pay less tax on speculating existing property than you do when you work on something that actually produces value?

If that didn't correct things enough there are more things that could be done: banning ownership by non citizens, replacing stamp duty with annual land tax, incentives to discourage land banking, realistic population targets, and dare I say it; limiting negative gearing to new builds only.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's been very easy. Although I will say my use case is a 9km urban commute. Any issues I can jump on a train to the local bike shop.

Changing a rear tyre on a split frame in the middle of no where would be beyond me.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

7 years and counting. Have never had any maintenance on my belt. The Alfine 11 has had an oil change though.

 

Looks like we are finally working towards a fuel efficiency standard.

Will be interesting to see what the final details are, especially the year at which manufacturers have to hit zero emissions, and if it's going to be a linear change to get there or otherwise.

No doubt legacy parts of the industry will be busy lobbying for their own interests instead of the planet's.

 

Not sure I agree with the title that no one can ”escape” it. I think the wealth hoarding class does very nicely out of everyone else's misery. Perhaps if things don't turn around their grand children might go from owning the whole country to facing a guillotine.

More likely once there is a large enough percentage of people who will have no hope of owning, then they will start to have an effect at the polling booth.

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