Yes economical, AFAIR by '74 the oil-shock had just really hit and that is when you seen the big-block cars like the the muscle cars and so on suddenly die a death. The above was a dawn of a different era, so no 20 second miles thats for suresundaymorningstaple wrote:Chevy Malibu was a nice ride. Mid-size and with the 6 was reasonable economical "in it's day". Don't believe I ever remember seeing a bronze coloured one. Nice. And yeah, estate sales are fabulous. My second car was one of those, the third one may as well have been as it was an extremely low mileage but daily runner bought from the original owner. It had never been out of the state of Texas when I bought it.
you forget that in a city that is half the size (population wise) of singapore, yet with such vast spaces, driving in perth shouldnt have the problems that we see, however the poor infrastructure contributes to the stresses of driving in perth.x9200 wrote:Sorry, it's nothing personal but really hard to believe. What you say about Perth sounds like what I see everyday here in much higher intensity. The only good thing about the local traffic is that it is very, very predictable. That's why I say it is pretty safe. People behave like half brain morons but there is no craziness factor involved. The risk comes mainly from the situations that are unavoidable or hard to control once you decided to join the traffic. I got hit by a cab going straight from the lane for left turn only. I see this kind of maneuvers few times a week and in most civilized countries this is something unthinkable. I could have avoided it if I have a habit to turn only from the lanes adjacent to the kerb what is hardly practical.
now if only more people would sell their cars, i would be able to open up more of the cylinders on the S500nutnut wrote:I have no opinion on Perth, however, I prefer driving in central London and Downtown Manhatten to here. Both of which I have driven around recently and have more courteous drivers than here.
I sold my car here, I hated driving that much!
Yeah, but consider that only 12% of the population here has cars. Australia is 73%. I'd be scared to see Singapore with 25-30% car ownership...sensei_ wrote:you forget that in a city that is half the size (population wise) of singapore, yet with such vast spaces, driving in perth shouldnt have the problems that we see, however the poor infrastructure contributes to the stresses of driving in perth.x9200 wrote:Sorry, it's nothing personal but really hard to believe. What you say about Perth sounds like what I see everyday here in much higher intensity. The only good thing about the local traffic is that it is very, very predictable. That's why I say it is pretty safe. People behave like half brain morons but there is no craziness factor involved. The risk comes mainly from the situations that are unavoidable or hard to control once you decided to join the traffic. I got hit by a cab going straight from the lane for left turn only. I see this kind of maneuvers few times a week and in most civilized countries this is something unthinkable. I could have avoided it if I have a habit to turn only from the lanes adjacent to the kerb what is hardly practical.
This will definitely go off the topic but I have encountered many poor Singaporeans who studied psychology in NUS who had no choice but to take up jobs outside of their field or pursue post-grad just for the sake of doing something.bluenose wrote:Worst thing is.....they think they are brilliant.....but mainly due to the lack of psychologists here who can at first address the mental health issues here
This I agree with. They're definitely the most selfish and incompetent drivers I've seen. Maybe it's not the "worst" or "most dangerous", but at least places I've been with worse drive (India for one), the drivers were fully aware of their reckless actions. Here they just have no clue what is going on.bluenose wrote:...the most selfish and incompetent drivers...
Worst thing is.....they think they are brilliant...
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