UnfortunateDoorHinge

Thank you but we'll take that as a comment.

Love the Jimny, yeah sometimes you get to ruts and think "did a Sherman tank just drive through here?"

I've heard about the y62 getting better economy than the 200 series LC a few times now in some scenarios. Shows you how far petrols have come and the improvements in autos.

The new 250 I can't rap my head around it. You would really have to not like the V6 Everest, and the 150 was a fantastic platform from stock for most people.

Not gonna deny, but people often misrepresent SUVs. Take away the full-sized Land Cruisers, they are almost always more fuel efficient, much more reliable and easier to drive.

My EF Ford falcon when I was on my Ps was 5m long, had no ABS, no airbags and had a 4L engine that averaged 16-18L/100km around town. My mother in law's new RAV4 has an engine half the size, hybrid, and gets 5L/100km. It has back up cameras, and sensors all round.

As for duel cabs and wannabe overlanders, yes, I hate them as much as the next person. They are truly a master of none and don't even fit in the garage. Toyota's like "fuck it let's charge $100k for something we designed in the 80s", and boomers flock to it like flies to shit. I've driven one which was so heavy and full of mods it needed it's Gross Vehicle Mass rating upgraded (costs about $5k), thus having heavy rock hard suspension. It drove as if it had no suspension and was an absolute slug.

It's expensive to develop a car in general because of ever increasing safety and tech requirements. It's probably $10k of safety equipment per car. That's part of the reason why the Yaris is $30k right now. The days of mass producing a small car on razor thin margins is incredibly risky and offers little reward.

The other thing is a change in consumer demand. People will happily fork out more for larger vehicles, and some will fork out tonnes for off-road based cars. These can offer very healthy margins.

There's is also cleaver marketing, in that in large parts of Australia, you "must" have a big 4wd. I have driven my Suzuki all around Australia can safely say you don't need a 4wd unless you plan on going off-road.

I'm literally voting in 90 minutes at an early voting centre when the polls open, and they still don't have a policy on climate or even defense spending. You can't be serious right?

Good luck man. Being in the job seeking grind is soul crushing. People forget how slow, painful and dehumanizing it can be. Silly tests, multiple interviews and referees.

Remember you are more experienced than you are one day ago. Add this current contract to your resume and continue seeking.

They are brilliant. Those little NPR light rigids are much easier to drive than people realise. Available with an automated manual, good turning circle and great visibility. Sure at 100kmh they are pretty loud and bumpy (the little 3L 4cylinder at 2800rpm), but if your in say Melbourne or Sydney, most driving is 80kmh and below. If you do a lot of highway, the 5.2L 4 cylinder goes well with a 6 speed and much more aggressive engine breaking.

Give some ear plugs to the whales

They are selling right hand drive converted Yank Tanks in Australia. They are double the price after shipping, rhd conversion and making them compliant. They don't fit on our roads at all and are very restricted with payload and towing because of car licence weight restrictions. To tow more you need a truck license (light rigid).

They also have no spare parts here in Aus. Plenty of "overlanders" spending $25k to get it towed out of the outback, back to a major city and get parts flown in from Detroit. They are too heavy and wear out components on the dirt. They are built for highway only

If you want a "truck" in Aus, you buy an Isuzu or Mitsubishi cab-over truck which is like US$35,000 with a tray or box.

It's kinda a game how much can you leave in your trolley when you press the pay button.

There's an economic trade-off for everything. It's not that we can't have it happen, but roads like the Hume Highway and Pacific Highway will need to be completely redone with a widespread flattening of the road, gentler corners, constant surveillance of kangaroos and wombats on the road and a massive road maintenance workforce who can rapidly fix entire sections of the road.

This will require raising taxes or diverting funds, not worth it, especially when you have a road network that is at least 10 times the size of Germany, and with a quarter of the population.