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Time for a car upgrade?
I’m thinking it might be time to upgrade my car at some stage soon. Some people turn them over every few years. Not me — I’ve been driving a 2000 model Astra hatchback since 2008, almost nine years....
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Stay in your lane
Intersections on curves can be tricky. Even slight curves. Every time I pass the Astor on Dandenong Road in a car, particularly eastbound, I watch what happens. It’s not uncommon for vehicles to veer...
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Cyclists on the footpath
I described this on Twitter the other day, but I’ll expand on it here. I was heading out in the car on Saturday afternoon. Got in, beeped, looked behind me, slowly backed-out of my driveway. BANG! A...
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Dash it all! Why intersection markings are changing
You may have noticed that some intersection markings, including pedestrian crossings, are changing. Solid white lines are becoming dashed white lines. Ditto turning lines at intersections. This change...
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Melbourne’s landmark intersection is a debacle, and authorities are doing...
I’ve posted about Rule 128 before. Rule 128 says: Entering blocked intersections A driver must not enter an intersection if the driver cannot drive through the intersection because the intersection, or...
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Car sizes, and safety: New vs used
I mentioned last year I was thinking about upgrading my car, which is frequently unused during the week, but still needed on occasions. Car share hasn’t reached our area yet. Buying cars is not...
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I finally bought a new car
Apologies for the following long ramble about buying a car. The costs of cars (Do I even need one?) My prolonged hunt for a new (used) car got me thinking about how much they have cost me… and how long...
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Retail therapy
Just a quick few points while I work on a more complicated post that’s (inevitably) transport related… Shopping bags Many major retailers are phasing out single-use plastic bags. Or to be precise,...
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The desire to drive, and how we must counter it
I am discovering that there’s some powerful psychology going on when you get a new car. Playing into this for me is that my old car was wearing out, and was getting difficult to drive, plus the change...
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The monetary cost of driving
One of the issues that contributes to excessive car use is that it’s not straightforward to calculate the cost of driving. Once you have the car, the cost of each additional trip you take in it is...
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A year in the new car
Sorry PT fans, this is a blog about driving. I’ve had the new car, a 2017 Mitsubishi Lancer bought brand new, a year now, and have got to just on 10,000 kilometres so far. The average in Australia is...
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Hey Google, tell me where to go
My car has a spot in the central console area thingy that looks like it has been designed to store your mobile phone so you can kind of see the screen while driving, for navigational purposes. At...
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King in your car
Tony Abbott, in a way, was right: “The humblest person is king in his own car.”Tony Abbott, Battlelines I can see his point here. I don’t know about them being humble, but (especially as a pedestrian...
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