Jimny no longer available in Australia

jonesyba420 wrote: Im sorry for causing offence, I live in a seaside retirement town and see more bad driving from OAPs than young people.

I'm only messing with you Alex. I have seen a lot of GHBs dawdling along doing my head in and I suspect they get away with it because of others being on the ball. I am the devil's advocate in everything and I admit I drive smartish too - it's why I have slowmobiles cos if I had my regular speedbox I'd have points coming out of my ears. You are right - there are nasties in every age range.

To respond to the original point. I agree that it is the law of diminishing returns but upcoming legislation will force all of this on us over the coming years. ESP will be the first stage of that legislation and lane guidance and radar/camera assisted automatic braking are on their way.
The Jimny will be gone soon, I'm a huge Jimny fan, but to be honest its an ancient design, I think there have been three different Swifts since the Jimny came out. Suzuki are a small company and don't have the money for new car development, the tie-in with VW was supposed to solve that but was a disaster. Hopefully there will be a decent replacement for the Jimny but I have my doubts and I expect we will get something based on the Swift platform. The Jimny could be the last of its kind.

Taxi drivers are the worse frankly by far. I have reported two in Redhill to their companies but they are not interested.

GuardianAngel wrote: Taxi drivers are the worse frankly by far.

Wonder why??

You crazy guys with your guy Fawkes night. I Live in Australia, fireworks have been banned for decades. Almost everything in Australia is illegal. The next real leap in car safety will be when sleepy, drunk, poorly trained humans no longer drive. I'll be all computers. In a way it will be back to the future. Go to the pub, get blind, and the horse just gets you home safely, with no head collisions.

CheeseSteakJimmys wrote: You crazy guys with your guy Fawkes night. I Live in Australia, fireworks have been banned for decades. Almost everything in Australia is illegal.

You are kidding right. I thought Australia was the last bastion of common sense and free speech. :ohmy: