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Old 09-03-2024, 02:32 AM   #159
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Default Re: Australian fuel efficiency standards aimed at cutting petrol bills, 'catching up' with US

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Originally Posted by Romulus View Post
Unfortunately that’s exactly the direction the government wants to take you. Under the guise of saving you thousands of dollars per year in fuel by getting you into an EV the average punter can’t afford under the guise of keeping the earth from warming 1.5 degrees.
Yes, and what better way to do it that by introducing a periodic RWC which will unreasonably fail perfectly usable older cars for defects that don’t make them economically feasible to repair.
An example may be minor rust on a B series Falcon at the fire wall seam, or boot lid strut etc.
A bit like the Covid farce… it’s all for our own safety, right.
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