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Australians are driving bigger, heavier, dirtier cars and it's alarming both climate and road safety experts.

A decade ago, sedans and hatchbacks were the most popular cars in Australia. Today, Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) and American-style utes dominate new car sales and advertising.

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[–] abhibeckert@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The bed of mine was factory sprayed with a thick rubber/plastic layer - it's very hard wearing. Pretty sure I could hit it with the blade of my extra heavy 11kg crowbar and barely leave a scratch and you can buy aerosol cans of the stuff at SuperCheap for 40 bucks. It's easy to repair.

Single cab isn't an option, I have kids in the back seats all the time. Also the family complains when our camp bedding gets covered in mud/dust/etc.

The bed of my tray is 900mm off the ground and I prefer that height to anything lower. For example it's a lot more comfortable to unload load bags of cement or shovel sand/gravel out of the tray when it's already at waist height. I do need some sort of step (esky/etc) to stand on while roll my motorcycle up with a ramp... but that's no big deal.

As for being environmentally friendly, that's what my eBike is for. Pretty much only drive the dual cab when I need to.

[–] YoungLiars@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago

All fair points. I don’t follow the whole no one should own one as put forward by a lot of people here. There is just a lot of people don’t need one. Know someone who drives a patrol from one side of Melbourne to the other side everyday as a commute to the office, one person no kids with no equipment , and they have another 4WD so there is no excuse there. My environmentalist mate has a land cruiser as that’s how he can explore our beautiful country, and rides a bike to work.