Australia

And of course, LR will require a BAC of 0.00.

That will discourage certain people from buying them if they don’t need it.

Charge rego by the kilo, or by road surface area. It's crazy that they cost the same to put on the road as a 900kg hatch.

Instead, they should be driven at a better standard

100% this. If I drove one of those things I'd park it perfectly every time just to avoid the shame.

if everyone with lots of money could go out and buy a subaru uncharted now, so i can pick one up in a few years 2nd hand to replace my XV... that would be kinda perfect.

Drop the threshold to 4

The Importer de-rated their carrying capacity to keep them under the limit for what can be driven on a car licence.

is speed limited to 100km.

and also would require the driver to not exceed 0.00 BAC.

I wonder how the instant asset write off dropping to $20,000 (down from $150,000 in previous years!?!) has affected the sales of these vehicles.

Yeah. They need to lower, and set a lower physical length limit. At my local IGA the other day, there were a total of 4 large utes using 11 spots. The drivers are the laziest drivers on the planet.

They drive them like shit, they park like shit, and then use the size of their car as an excuse to drive like an unsupervised 12 year old who has never driven a car before.

Even worse, you never see them actually towing anything, and there is only a single dirty Dodge RAM out there (we actually did see one once, and the whole car pointed it out). You'll never see courier drivers with them, and the people you do see with them, are always the exact people you expect

The line has to be drawn somewhere.

Regular punters need to be able to hire a light truck on a regular licence, in case they need to move something bulky. Light trucks need to be crew-cabs so that a team of four can be transported to the job site, with all their tools. And you can’t legislate on the styling of a vehicle.

If I had my way, the laws would be changed to mandate forward visibility, without reliance on ADAS. This would close the loophole, but overcab light trucks would still be legal; Mitsubishi Canters, Isuzu N-Series and Hino 300-series all provide great visibility.

My fave was the one i saw awkwardly trying to back out of the entrance to the warrigal rd carwash because they told him to fuck off they weren't running it. Dunno what the dude thought that car would give him but i doubt was a queue of subi drivers pointing and laughing

Yep. I don't even need to tow. I just want a BEV with enough range, with good clearance. The Trailseeker is the only one that has what I need.

I want a BEV jimny basically. Not a shark 6.

These insane sized grills/front ends look great in the driveway

No, they really don't