Thanks for the confirmation - I’ve seen ones left behind, so it is as I suspected.

Almost. I’m about 3-4 years away from having mortgage-free dominion over 600 square metres of it. The reason I said it that way is I don’t know for sure if the other states have them or not (they probably do I would expect)

We’ve had these in my part of Australia for years, and I think they must have a weight sensor built in, because I have heard of people’s bins not being emptied because they were too heavy.  The concern might be for the bin itself, not the lifting capacity of the arm.

Fine with me. I drove a manual twice at the start of learning to drive, haven’t touched one since I was 17, which is 35 years ago. To paraphrase Ferris Bueller:

5th gear - better watch out, one day you might not be able to open the engine bay of a Ford ICE car. Either that, or there will be an announcement that Ford will be making tractors again soon.

Um, thanks?

It’s already happening here in my state in Australia. They are going to charge 2.5c per kilometre/about 4c per mile.  Someone has launched a court challenge to this idea though, so we will see what comes of that.

I have seen a couple of train cars made into living quarters on TV renovation shows over the years and I would not mind the idea of living in one. Here in Victoria, Australia, it would have been good to get one of the old style carriages, with opening windows, brass fittings and the like. Modern train cars just would…

I do not have your car-owning experience (I have only owned 8 cars in over 30 years of driving), but I was not sad to let any of them go. This is likely due to hoping that I was improving the experience with each exchange. As of now, I would regard cruise control and some type of USB port as the two modern things I…

Good point. I will never be looking at a Tesla Y - too expensive, at least here in Australia.

I am an average driver at best - there’s always one to spoil your reasoning.

That car has as much RAM as my computer - interesting. As for the appearance, I watched Doug DeMuro’s review and I was surprised that I liked it more than I thought I would. I still wouldn’t buy it even if I had the money (and it would be a LOT more here) - it looks kind of like a fancy version of the lamented AU…

I hope it goes well if you do. I am leaning towards this or the KIA EV6 for a retirement car in a few years, though I have seen neither in the metal as yet. I have to carry things around up to six feet long, so this appeals as it has the space behind the front seats - don’t know about the Kia yet. The Hyundai has just…

Only an American could describe a 4.6m / 15ft car as ‘little’ - in Europe, all the reviews say how they think it is a big car.  In Australia, the reviews usually say the hatchback appearance makes it seem smaller than it actually is close up.

It can even happen in reverse - my dad and his cousin were t-boned in a Land Cruiser by a smaller SUV which caused them and the boat they were towing to roll more than once.  Shoutout to Toyota - dad and his cousin were left with just a couple of cuts and bruises, while the smaller vehicle was much worse off ( the…

Okay - thanks for agreeing with me, I guess?

You killed the scenario with the smoking.  It could be Elle Macpherson (I know she has smoked in the past) and I still wouldn’t go for it.

Yes, I can get behind that - it’s that unmistakeable sound.

Fair enough.  ONJ is always charming, she can’t help it and Gene Kelly is Gene Kelly.  

Whoever put Dr S in this list is obviously not concerned for their ‘precious bodily fluids’ :)