Thread: They're all jumping on the anti 4wd bandwagon.

Originally posted by JDNSW
A couple of nights ago there was another fatal head-on on the Newell Highway, this time near Gilgandra - involving a four wheel drive and a car. Apparently the car was on the wrong side of the road........ Almost certainly a fatigue accident (or drinking or both). Two in the car dead, seven in the four-wheel-drive in hospital. No other details to date. More ammunition against four wheel drives?

But the 7 in the 4x4 survived - isn't that a good thing

the result may have been far more fatal if the 7 occupants from the 4x4 were driving in a tarago van or simular 8O

I must admit, I think the cost of fuel is going to keep on going up, as we are running out of oil

We are quite lucky... all our cars are very ecconomical, so in the short term we'll be fine.

However, on our desert trip we used around 1000 litres last June. At the moment that cost us around 1250 bucks. Not to bad. When we can't afford to do this type of trip our our 4wd days are through. My threshold is pretty high as I really value the experience for our family.

This is why I bought the most ecconomical for it's size 4wd I could. I've said it before, but if I get more than 10 years of trips I'll consider it bonus time. 8O

If there is a plus side, this will drive expenditure in alternatives. Oil is useful for lots of things, not just energy. I just hope we've got some left by the time we get nuclean fusion going. We have some barriers at the moment to this, but it's the only long term option I can see for sustainable energy (50+)

http://www.jet.efda.org/pages/content/fusion1.html

I got an email a few days ago from my brother in Houston (he works in the oil industry) who comments that the current surge in oil prices has already started to make biodiesel and ethanol economically viable.

We had this sort of thing happen before in the 70's and the price came down eventually.

Seeing this turned into a fuel price thread.......
Here's prices from March (before another huge rise).

In Belfast and London they were paying $2.26 for Diesel and $2.13 for petrol 8O

In Dublin $1.78 Diesel - $1.79 petrol 8O

USA 95c Diesel 82c petrol


I've been watching 2 local servo's petrol price here - Wed before Easter was $1.15 - that afternoon $1.24, by Good Friday $1.39!! (This is 2k's from the city not Innamincka!) Then Tue back to $1.17 - today $1.24 - waankers

If you listen closely you would have heard an ambo say the person was jay walking, I think this point would have been missed by most. But it is the blatant anti 4wd bashing that gets my goat.

There is a great article in this months 4WD monthly regarding 4wd with bull bars in the city. To summerise it says that to ban bullbars in the city for safety you should not be allowed to sell a 4wd in the country without one.
The author also theorises that because of the new "pedestrian friendly" car design that are designed to throw the pedestrian onto the bonnet of the vehicle in collisions at less than 15km/hr that this could lead to a fatal injury to occupants if hitting a roo at highway speeds.

you could pay quad the price of fuel in England, and it would not matter,... cause you never have as far to go
We are so lucky to live in our sprallmart world out here,.. it just takes a hour to get where you want to go,

Originally posted by barney

``Four-wheel-drives will drop in value by 50 per cent,'' Mr Scruby said. ``This is great news for everyone. I suggest to all people who own them to sell them now as they will not be worth anything in a few years' time.

Sweet.

I'll be able to afford that TD5 D90.


Who's selling at half price?



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Simon
























Does that apply to new prices too?