ACA tonight

Hi Tone

I heard that this morning too, must be no news around today....

With all these new model cars about today it's hard to define a 4WD. I see that Mazda have braught a new one out now. Perhaps all wheel drive excludes them from abuse. I own an 80 series L/cruiser that is all wheel drive. So do many others

I'd love to get onto one of those idiot sensationalist journo's that tout this garbage to the general population when it's really the media that's the law unto themselves! This arguement burns me to the core! It's totally flawed but it still seems to get the time of day on air and in print. Now I know I'm speaking to the wrong people, but I've had enough! Pls allow me to vent!!
I believe the majority of arguements are these:
4WD's are gas guzzlers with thier massive motors! WRONG!!!
Granted, their are a few fourbys getting around with big donks but the majority would be somewhere in the 3.0lt range i'd say. Now how many HSV's and XR8's do you see getting around? Not to mention the standard Falcons and Commodores both having bigger than 3.0L motors. Surely when they rid the streets of 4WD's they'll get rid of them too!
4WD's are too big! WRONG!!!
Yep there's some bloody big trucks getting around, so we'll get rid of those and keep all the little suzi's etc Oh sorry, I thought it was the 4WD bit that was the problem? Fair enough so 2WD is the go! So those monster F trucks that are only 2WD are fine and we'll let all the WRX, Skyline, and even some Pulsar owners that since thier vehicle is 4WD it's a monster and should be off the road!
I reckon we should all drive the same type of vehicle! One colour, one model and everyone would be happy! Then no one would be different and the world would be a better place and those people getting around with thier 2 year old mentality (sorry, I don't mean to offend the ACTUAL 2 year olds) would be happy in thier utopia that they created. Or maybe we should all just get on the same gear that these idiots are on and it might not be so bad?

Sorry bout the long post, but like I said - I've had enough! :-S

Cop ya later!

Scoey

If you watch it, their ratings go up. I will, as usual, not be tuning in to their sensationalist rubbish. And to think that Ray Martin used to be a good journo ... once ...

Jack

Just thinking out loud....Just how fuel innefficient are fourwheel drives anyway?

I drive a 105 Series, NA Diesel, few bits and pieces, so all up it weighs 3.1Tonnes with a full load of fuel, and a driver. It gets 11L/100km around town, and down to about 10 on a trip. I do drive to conserve fuel, but thats just me. My wife just took it up to Newcastle on the freeway, and I would expect the usage to go up to 13 or so (sits on 115 all the way).....

A commodore gets somewhere between 11.1 and 11.3 -- (Holden Media Release)
A nissan pulsar gets between 7.2 1nd 7.9 -- (Autoweb Site)

Are we that bad?

Wise up everyone - ACA is just cheap, superficial, exploitative entertainment - Ray's job is to make it appear worthwhile - give no heed to the show and anyone who values it ! Channel 9 is an evil empire !

Most of those journo's would have a merc for themselves and a landcruiser for their wife.. At my kids school that is the case with the wealthy parents, unfortunately i'm not one of them..

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/unloved-4wd-owners-feel-theyre-picked-on/2005/08/22/1124562804286.html

Unloved 4WD owners feel they're picked on
By Bonnie Malkin Urban Affairs Reporter
August 23, 2005

More than 77 per cent of four-wheel-drive vehicle owners in NSW believe there is a backlash against them, a survey has found, and almost 20 per cent say other drivers have become more negative towards them since they bought their big cars.

"Without doubt, four-wheel-drive owners have an image problem, whether they deserve it or not," said Selina O'Connor, the corporate affairs manager at the insurance company AAMI, which conducted the survey.

The research, based on interviews with 2400 NSW motorists, found 68 per cent of respondents believed that four-wheel-drive vehicles might be safer for their occupants but were a greater threat to other road users.

Almost half of those surveyed were more concerned about having a crash with a four-wheel-drive vehicle than with a sedan or small car.

"Four-wheel-drive owners seem to feel safer; only one in five … four-wheel-drivers were concerned about having an accident with a vehicle of their size," Ms O'Connor said.

Driving a four-wheel-drive vehicle in a city was also frowned upon, with more than 60 per cent of the survey's respondents saying people living in cities should drive small cars.

More than half of those interviewed said they had seen owners of four-wheel-drive vehicles struggling to manoeuvre them in busy urban areas.

A spokesman for Four-Wheel Drive NSW & ACT, George Cottee, said some people were bound to dislike four-wheel-drive vehicles because they were big, but he defended their right to be on the road. "People tend to forget that the road is there for all users."

Drivers of such vehicles may be concerned about what other motorists think of them, but their own attitudes differ greatly from those who drive normal cars.

Only 38 per cent of those who drove four-wheel-drive vehicles thought their cars posed a greater danger to other road users; only 20 per cent were worried about having an accident with other four-wheel-drive vehicles. Thirty-two per cent of such drivers believed people in cities should drive small cars, and 16 per cent admitted battling to manoeuvre their vehicles in busy urban areas.

Australia= Best lifestyle anywhere, Falcon’s, Commodores, 4WD’s crack a cold one down at the beach, the right to do and drive anything we want as long as it is within the Law.

One message to these Fing Dic* heads who have nothing better to do with there time than complain about everything. If you don’t like it GET OUT!!!

One more point how-many 4WD do you see involved in accidents with small cars or for that matter in accidents. That’s right bugger all, they are imagining shi* that is not happening.