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26 Feb 2013, 22:47 (Ref:3211382)
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Enjoy driving your V8???
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26 Feb 2013, 22:53 (Ref:3211387)
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aren't we already doing that though.
Best selling cars are now 4cy the only people who can afford v8's are the people who own luxary cars and can afford the petrol. |
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26 Feb 2013, 23:23 (Ref:3211396)
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Bear in mind that most of those 'family' 4WD vehicles chew through more fuel & punch out more crap into the atmosphere than a (sensibly driven) V8.
Not talking about the little ones but the full size 4WDs. Problem with academics like ole mate in the linked story is that they live in la la land - if fuel prices go up it does slow down sales of supposedly thirstiest cars but ultimately people still tend to buy what they need and just use them less, so there's a lower quality of life as people do less stuff that they would otherwise enjoy. The other factor to consider is available options to get around. Public transport generally ain't that useable in Oz compared to many countries so in many parts if the country, people still need cars & if they have a family, a full size car, whether that is an SUV or sedan or whatever. The other point of course is that if fuel goes up, so does inflation, which drives up wage increases & we all end back in a similar place. |
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26 Feb 2013, 23:24 (Ref:3211397)
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26 Feb 2013, 23:32 (Ref:3211401)
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Really has nothing to do with racing, though. Over to Road Car forum, I think.
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27 Feb 2013, 01:14 (Ref:3211430)
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Great, another silly tax to skim money off of you so it can be redistributed and spent on stupid wasteful stuff with little return.
Can't these professors and their dumb ideas just leave us alone? |
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27 Feb 2013, 02:18 (Ref:3211448)
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Weather tax (sometimes called carbon tax) Sugar drinks tax - obesity tax Mining tax Dormant accounts grab for money Super Profits tax Petrol Tax increase (already +50% of price) Spiralling energy costs Spiralling water costs Spiralling rates Flood Levy Congestion Tax Luxury Car tax Massive public transport increases Toll roads What next? Super Profits tax Having allowed the free marketeers to ruin the economy, they now find they have damn all to tax and are just looking around for new revenue sources! Last edited by wnut; 27 Feb 2013 at 02:25. |
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27 Feb 2013, 11:42 (Ref:3211618)
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Window tax?
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27 Feb 2013, 13:35 (Ref:3211667)
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Sex tax, I could then be the voyeur who checks up and collects it !
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