The idiots are at it again.

**5teve** · 7th March 2008, 08:38 AM

Originally Posted by beforethevision

From what friends who live in the UK suggest, you can get to just about every likely destination by public transport. And if a bus can get there, you dont need a 4wd.

Here is different. There are much larger properties, larger distances, and waay more roads to remain full of holes.

does your friend work next door to where he lives?

public transport is a joke in the UK... it costs the earth and they try and limit the amount of people that use it.. oh and it takes you all day to get to where your going...

where i used to live it took me 20 minutes to drive to work, by train it took 45 minutes plus a 15 minute walk at either end! no bus to the station either. all up it used to cost 6.80gbp return...

example.. they are using less train carraiges so that less people use them

the transport system isnt integrated in the slightest. although i do think the tube in london works very well... but needs so much work doing...

the thing people dont see is that the 4x4's are any bigger than a mid sized car... they are just taller. and us being landy owners we have smaller engines that are more efficient than the other brands!

really maybe a petition to stop winging is in order plus a survey of the average sized car in comparison to a 4wd and engine size included...

Thanks

Steve

**disco2hse** · 7th March 2008, 08:38 AM

Originally Posted by RonMcGr

If you go back to the original link, click on it again, them read the "Comments".

Very interesting

Aren't they just

Seems GP are getting some serious stick these days

**Landy110** · 7th March 2008, 09:19 AM

This is where the four wheel drive council should be joining forces with manufacturers to publically dispell these myths about 4wd's.
My Fenda is smaller than a falcon or commodore and uses less fuel in the city. If you want real poor rear visibility, look at all the holden crewman utes getting around with a dent in the tailgate. They might as well come out of the factory that way.
My defender is the easies vehicle I've ever parked and has far and away the best all round visibility.

**edddo** · 7th March 2008, 09:23 AM

Originally Posted by strangy

Thee same people were surveyed regarding alien invaders and the majority of respondants claimed to have been rectally probed.

rotflmao!!

**Bigbjorn** · 7th March 2008, 09:33 AM

All us old truckies if surveyed, would say ban all private cars, or at the very least ban all caravans and motor homes.

Peak hour congestion could be solved at the stroke of a legislative pen. Simply declare "business districts" and ban all private vehicles except bona fide residents, goods deliveries, and essential service vehicles from entering these declared districts during peak hours. Main roads leading to the districts can be declared through roads only with no deviation from the main road unless one of the permitted class of vehicle.

Now in the immortal words of Sir Humphrey Appleby, this would be "a most courageous decision, Minister" and probably result in a change of government next election.

**foz.in.oz** · 7th March 2008, 09:42 AM

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

This has been covered before..

the purpose of statistics is to allow someone to prove a point no matter how wrong it actually is... Dont believe me? using statistical analysis I can prove that a pig can fly.

I'm afraid you are not correct. With statistics you can only, with a calculated degree of confidence, prove to some level of probability that it might fly. To prove it can fly you need to do some sort of experiment. The real world is the best test.

Now back to the real argument, I'm with AAMI and they didn't ask me!.

I can remember in the news a while ago some famous sports man runnning over his own kid in his own driveway and he had some spoty looking saloon car. Just be greatful he didn't have a 4x4 or we would all be doing time for it!!!

RonMcGr · 7th March 2008, 09:46 AM

Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm

All us old truckies if surveyed, would say ban all private cars, or at the very least ban all caravans and motor homes.

That is typical!

At least, on our Cravan Forum, there is one "Truckie" who drives interstate and is part of the forum to help Truckies and caravaners to get along and share the road.

Some of his tips have been fantastic and we have all taken them on board. I have noticed that the other truckies on the road, appreciate the small things Caravaners can do to help.

**Bigbjorn** · 7th March 2008, 11:00 AM

Originally Posted by RonMcGr

That is typical!

At least, on our Cravan Forum, there is one "Truckie" who drives interstate and is part of the forum to help Truckies and caravaners to get along and share the road.

Some of his tips have been fantastic and we have all taken them on board. I have noticed that the other truckies on the road, appreciate the small things Caravaners can do to help.

For decades caravanners have been known by truckies as "terrorists" not tourists for damn good reasons. They drive too slow, typically 20kph under the speed limit, they don't pull over to allow other traffic past, they (mostly) have no idea of the width of their vehicles so jib at sharing a bridge thus forcing all behind to brake heavily. I could go on. If you pull a van drive at the speed limit. A 600horsepower B Double with a schedule to keep is sure as hell going to be keeping speed up and does not appreciate being stuck behind a slow moving terrorist for kilometre after kilometre. The Pacific Highway stretch from Brunswick Heads to south of Urunga is a bloody nightmare in peak seasons because of these slow movers.

**njz** · 7th March 2008, 01:08 PM

Originally Posted by wannalandy

sounds like a bunch of crap to me

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**WedWon** · 7th March 2008, 01:36 PM

Sarcasm Warning Sarcasm Warning

Lets apply for a grant from the Government and do our own survey. Surveying only members of this forum.
Subject "Do you agree that little children should be banned because of the amount of damage they do to 4wd rear bumbers, tyres and drivers' reputations?"

Serious mode is now back on:

This is once again the knee jerk "lets throw a law at it" solution requested by the modern young parent who really wants to avoid parenting. Yes its tragic to hear of a young child (or any child for that matter) hurt or even killed by our beloved 4wds.

But the real question, I believe, whch is typically being avoided by this group is why do more and more parents not know where thir kids are?
Accidents will happen, but the increasing trend of these types of accidents needs to be shared (and not neccesarily eqully) by the parents of the victims as well as the drivers

<now that ought to stir up some of you!!>

Jason7001
Make me your Prime Minister and I'll see you're all right!!!!

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