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Handsomedan
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  #3383110 12-Jun-2025 11:50
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rb99:

 

 You can have plenty of space without height, remember the station wagon...

 

 

Ah yes...the station wagon. 

 

One of the best cars I ever owned was a station wagon - a Volvo, in fact. 

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  #3383252 12-Jun-2025 15:14
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Most modern SUVs and Dual Cab utes will have front facing cameras that give you a view of what might be lurking below the bonnet line out of site of the driver.


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  #3383264 12-Jun-2025 16:54
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Roads are for cars, footpaths are for pedestrians.  If everyone just stayed in their lane there won't be any issues, problem solved.    





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  #3383285 12-Jun-2025 17:56
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Handsomedan:

 

rb99:

 

 You can have plenty of space without height, remember the station wagon...

 

 

Ah yes...the station wagon. 

 

One of the best cars I ever owned was a station wagon - a Volvo, in fact. 

 

Our station wagons are fine for us -

 

 

 

not looking forwards to replacing though, probably be stuck with some kind of jumped up Suzuki Swift in a few years.





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#3383379 12-Jun-2025 20:27
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scuwp: Roads are for cars, footpaths are for pedestrians.  If everyone just stayed in their lane there won't be any issues, problem solved. 

 

Hrmm. Lots of 'islands' here that the pedestrians can't escape if they only stayed on footpaths. There also goes the idea of public transport like trams & the underground.

 





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  #3383661 13-Jun-2025 14:50
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Ranger Danger!!

 

No one will care.

 

In Auckland most Utes are driven with little regard / overt disdain for others. 


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