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[chartreusehj]

One roadside guy taught me the "hit the fuel tank with a lump of wood and don't fucking turn the engine off" trick for dicky v6 commodore fuel pumps, that was pretty good.

[chartreusehj]

RACV top level cover lets me drive any car, owned by anyone and they'll help me out plus one nominated vehicle that anyone could drive .

We always have nopics car nominated to cover her, with me as the awesome guy for whatever I was driving....

[chartreusehj]

There is almost zero chance of that car being legal in victoria despite the plates.

[chartreusehj]

This....

[chartreusehj]

If they are happy to replace it at your workplace or home the main reason for ignoring them goes away, which is having to drop your car off at fucked o clock then finding a way to get to work, having some grubby apprentice climb around in your car then...

[chartreusehj]

There are probably stupid rules around storing "bulk" fuel at home and I don't ever see decent drum fuel being cheaper than pump but denatured ethanol isn't particularly expensive and I'd happily buy a dirty old ute that doesnt run and fit...

[chartreusehj]

Wow. I can hardly get 91ron swill for that price in my area. Paid 1.15 for it this week and wasn't disappointed.

We do drink between 15 and 20 litres a week of detesticulating milk though....

[chartreusehj]

Where are you buying 98ron cheaper than milk?...

[chartreusehj]

Honestly, e85 was always going to be a niche fuel used by a very small percentage of road users.

Remember the pump 100ron sold by shell all those years ago? Everyone I knew who upped compression/boost to suit ended up very disappointed....

[chartreusehj]

Would something like a stamp duty on kilometers when the vehicle is sold/transferred be palatable?

Yeah, someone might keep the car a hundred years and pay nothing but high K vehicles suddenly become less attractive to the second hand market,...

[chartreusehj]

Ha!

How did your mum go?

Were you concerned she would let go of the button at any point?

[chartreusehj]

This is why I follow up this shit with an email so when the decision makers complain or insist they knew nothing about it, there it is.

[chartreusehj]

Shouldn't those who can afford the privilege of owning an EV be happy to pay some more to help those who can't?

You know who is penalised in this whole scenario, poor people, who can't afford a nice fuel efficient car or the privilege of...

[chartreusehj]

Nice ICE equipped cars aren't going away any time soon.

Fuel will get expensive but who gives a shit when you're cruising around being awesome.

[chartreusehj]

Unless EV's float along on unicorn farts they are still responsible for their fair share of any tax designed to pay for roads.

I would be happy for pay per kay for all vehicles and drop the actual portion from fuel that is used for roads...

[chartreusehj]

They mostly steal it from Victoria....