What is the auto industry like in Australia
My impression is every performance car is an el camino for some reason but the government will come to your house and castrate you if you push the gas pedal past 10%
After watching garbage time I think it's just Holden commodores everywhere
>>28923845It is kill. The road is now made up entirely of Chink SUVs and obnoxious diesel 4WDs that everyone ruins by bolting shitty mufflers, lift kits and ridiculous overlanding mad max larp bash bar slop to so they can navigate the treacherous terrain of grocery store parking lots. On the used market they will ask 30k for one of these busted shitters with DPF probblems and worn out suspension from the retarded mods. Falcodores are still commonplace in low income housing environms but they are dying out gradually from neglect. Other than that you have the same zoomerfags and jeets rolling around in ragged out G35s with blacked out tail lights, ebay coilovers etc. The same demographic will give this treatment to VAG slop and bmws if they have daddy money or heaps of debt. The gubberment is pretty chill about cracking down on you for car tomfoolery unless you fall into this latter category of retard. I just crooze in my old Merc and I've never had any issues. I also ride a sports bike and am left alone bc I'm not a fuckwit. We are about to run out of fuel which is cool. Be interesting to see if the watered down 98 octane will krill my Aprilia.
>>28923862Not for some years now, the Holdens people coom over are getting about 15+ years old now and aren't seen on the road as much. Most cars on the road are Japanese, German or a big trugg like the Chevy Silverado and the Dodge Ram.
>>28923879I've seen a few big american truggs getting around but its predominately still regular/mid sized? utes and 4WD wagons that dominate the market where I live at least. Americans seem to think they are useless fag trucks but tradesmen and construction crews seem to get by just fine without F-150s
>>28923887Might depend on your area or state. Victoria has those big American ones getting around everywhere and just about every construction site here has a F-150 on it. I've also been seeing American SUVs now like the GMC Denali (which itself is really just a Chevy Tahoe).I know people love to complain about all these cars and whatever but I drove a few in the US and they're really good, but here they're just extremely overpriced which is probably why they remain a bit niche. I think the Chevy Tahoe would sell like crazy here if it was a decent price.
>>28923889Yeah I'm from backwater Qld so maybe we're a few years behind. For me it only makes sense if you live rurally bc they're so fuckhuge that you wouldn't get into any parking spaces anywhere around where I live. I'm sure they're nice to drive on the highway they scare the fuck out of me when they're tailgating me like cunts though in my small by modern standards 90s sedan.
>>28923889Theyre trashy as fuck and need to get out of my country
>>28923891Yeah but it does still depend on where. I don't see many getting around Melbourne CBD but you'll really start seeing them on the highways or in smaller surrounding cities like Bendigo or a lot when you get up into the mountains or rural areas like Healesville and the Yarra Ranges. Pretty much all of them are used by tradies or farm people.
>>28923893Eh? You won't see any in rural nsw.On the outskirts of sydney you start to see them more but still not the majority.
>>28923896I only really know about Vic, not NSW, so I guess it's different there.
Australia is fucked>British outpost surrounded by Asian and Pacific nations — Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor, the Pacific Islands, and further north the broader Southeast and East Asian region. Its trade, migration, and security environment are overwhelmingly shaped by Asia, not Britain>You're gonna need to be on at least $90k to be comfortable as a single person in Melbourne, Sydney or Brisbane>Melbourne CBD is dodgy as fuck>Sydney is Chinese and Muslim. Melbourne is Indian and Muslim>Brisbane CBD is Philly tier destitute, homeless everywhere, trash everywhere, smells like garbage and cigarettes, many closed business, drugs and needles everywhere in the valley >Uni is a scam. $30k-$50k debt for a job that you'll earn less in compared to getting a trade or just working your way up>Plumbing and Electricians are the best trades. Small population of blue collar workers. Strong union keeping uncertified jeets and chinese out (mostly)>Having a car is considered an expensive luxury when most can't afford anything>Homeless everywhere. Heaps of people forced into homelessness because they can't afford to rent>Small towns are cocaine and meth towns >Heaps have given up and just live on benefits and how many people causally take coke, ice, acid, mdma and speed to cope and escape from the Australian Nightmare >Expect to pay between $700 to $900 per WEEK if you want a decent place (rent money = dead money)>Nobody can afford a house anymore. Everyone competing for one bedroom apartment close to the CBD>Average hourly pay in Australia is approximately $27.86, barely enough to do anything with >Parks full of homeless and drugs, crackheads, zombies walking the streets at night>Black crime. When they cause trouble they do so in a large group, and the police just watch and do nothing because they are too outnumbered to deal with them>Rural Cities and Regional Towns have no jobs besides Coles, Woolworths and Gas Stations
>>28923912Ok sure but its not that bad compared to other western countries rn. Everything is going down hill but if you've travelled and lived abroad Australia is still a fucking sweet deal. the Dream is slipping away though you have to fight harder to hang onto it. The doomer shit isn't going to do you any favours. What exactly is the alternative. Where would you rather live?
>>28923912Most of this is not true
>>28923925Describing Brisbane as destitute has me rolling. Singles out a night club hot spot that has ALWAYS been seedy and declares the entire place a shit hole. Even then there are like a dozen homeless confined to a couple of corners tops on a given night. Australia is a fucking paradise compared to most of the world and we are well situated moving forward if we play our cards right thanks to natural resources infinate money glitch. People love wallowing in despair.
Everyone drives chinese shitboxes or yank tanks now
>>28923889wow. i mean i guess it was inevitable that these would show up here but...damn. looks like they're yet to hit the sydney region at least. dodge rams are pretty common out west/south west syd. seeing more and more also being turned into tradie trucks and honestly they actually look pretty neat compared to the pavement princess builds. silverados are pretty rare for some reason though.>>28923925it's a pasta
>>28923889American stuff is cool and I'm tired of pretending it's not.
The car that all Aussies wanna but they can’t get hehehe
>>28923845Industy implies there is production capacity, there is not. Only companies cutting and stretching Land Cruisers and Patrols, or the ones converting yank crap to RHD.
>>28923854You're close, it's 5%
>>28924031Ew
>>28924016ehh only thing i like now is the sound of the dodge ram engines and that's about it. have to admit they sound really nice. but i much prefer the old stuff they used to import then factory convert to rhd.
>>28923845>auto industryNothing. Australia doesn't make anything
>>28923845>wake up, look out window>your land cruiser is rolling out of your driveway and down the hill, never to be seen again>borrow dad's ute to get to work>pulled over and given ticket because tire size wasn't approved by your state government>pay daily carbon tax>put $5000 dollarydoos plus tip of diesel in the tank (3 litres)>hit kangaroo >insurance company refuses to pay for damage because the kangaroo belonged to an aboriginal group>go to dealership for replacement vehicle>buy 15 year old holden for $40000 dollarydoos>repeat
>>28924016No it isnt
>>28924109sounds like another jewed commonwealth>t canadafag
How fucked is the cost of living in straya
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I see lot's of new market launches of Chinese cars. This is what you can get for less than a new corolla.
Same list with China excluded
>>28926221I'm tempted by a Skoda Fabia but it's such a gay ass name for a car.
>>28926224Pico is value champ in the base Sport trim and manual. 14" tires. Outrageous!
>>28926227>14" tiresThe entire wheel would disappear into the potholes here and flip the whole car.
>>28926229Almost the same size as my early Mx-5. We'll be fine.
>>28926232these tyres are so goddamn good for their price. such a shame they don't make them in my size anymore, wonder if they're getting discontinued now.
>>28926227>Picanto is the only cheapest car leftgrim
>>28926392If you want a manual, times are grim. Also at the bottom of the market in manual is the Hyundai Venue. Overdue for a facelift,
>>28923845Auto industry doesn't exist outside of companies manufacturing overpriced accessories for 4wds or some small shop manufacturing custom performance parts that cost an arm and leg and have a 12 month waiting period.
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