Brettly-2008
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- SS Commodore - Ford Territory ... both camps
Quite frankly all these people buying the massive pickups and SUVs are buying into a fashion which will cost them dearly in the future. Tyres for these things cost a mint, as does diesel servicing (especially if you are only doing daily short runs) and most of them handle like blancmange on a skateboard.
When I was looking at buying a new car my brother was jumping up and down wanting me to buy an SUV which, in his words, would be "great for the dog...heaps of room" blah, blah, blah. Well the SUV's height means doggy can't easily jump into the back, most SUVs have bugger-all room in the tail unless you fold down seats and they don't have the speed or handling finesse of my lovely VF Commodore sportwagon. Horses for courses BUT why people have moved away from wagons and big sedans (if they have a large family) is beyond me. Fashion, I suppose...but one that they'll pay for once the maintenance cycle begins. Now if they are bushies or they go four wheel driving and camping...or do a lot of load lugging, well and good. Otherwise a Holden or Ford ute or wagon would surely suffice.
Awful lot a truth here. I couldn't think of anything worse than an expensive, two-tonne, inefficient, uncomfortable, poor quality truck as a daily driver. And then I'd step out of the thing and cringe at the fact I paid $60k+ for drum brakes and leaf springs! Don't get me wrong, they have their purpose/place, but not for me, not as a daily anyway.