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16-11-2020, 08:49 PM | #1 | ||
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https://www.theage.com.au/politics/f...16-p56f01.html
So there you have it. It was about 50%, you can see in the nice/alarming chart in the article. Fundamental driver is amount of people who have fled public transport due to virus concerns. Tick that one off as a win for the private vehicle! However, it may be about the peak, prices have begun to fall.
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16-11-2020, 08:55 PM | #2 | ||
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It's been some years since Sprintey has taken public transport. Family egged him on, so he took the bus into town for an appointment. All was well. Returning home, a middle aged lady with an accent sat next to him. She looked at him a few times. And then, in a whisper:
"Do you like girls?" "Pardon?" "Do you like girls? Women?" "Well, yes but what do you..." "It's all a conspiracy!" she hissed under her breath. "What?" "Myki." "Myki is a conspiracy?" "Yes, it's a conspiracy against hetrosexual people. You are hetrosexual, yes?" "Yes, I..." "They are conspiring against us and it cost billions." Then she pressed the bell, moved up to the exit, and got off. Sprintey hasn't taken public transport since, and in fact is not even sure if the Myki was logged off properly, it could still be riding somewhere...
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17-11-2020, 07:03 AM | #3 | |||
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17-11-2020, 07:23 AM | #4 | |||
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17-11-2020, 07:32 AM | #5 | |||
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17-11-2020, 07:56 AM | #6 | ||
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My high point in public transport weirdness was being insulted in Yiddish on the 96 tram, because an old duck was upset I’d pinched her favourite seat.
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17-11-2020, 08:27 AM | #7 | |||
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Best one I had was with a fellow cyclist who like to hang upside down from the vestibal supports on the Interurban Gosford train stetching his back. Found the best way to get the back seat to yourself on a Sydney northern beaches bus is to rock up covered in dust carrying a heavy tools bag after work.
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17-11-2020, 09:49 AM | #8 | ||
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the last time i went on public transport was years back, from picton to central station (Sydney), for working on the darling harbour extension. i had to catch a morning train at 4.45 , then worked the day out, then i had to get home. i had no idea how to do that, at peak hour and no staff around to help, talk about a fish out of water. i,m a country lad.
I finally get home at 10pm after two train changes. it was ridiculous and exhausting. one asian lady got really huffy with me , cause i sat next to her on the train, and i wasn't even trying to chat her up. I would call the whole trip a disaster. The next day i told the employer that i,m not going in. they didn,t sack me, but shorty after i quit, i'd been with that company of over five years. i recently sold my ranger, i should have put on an extra 2k, i sold it over the phone for full price, within a week of advertising, that was a sweet deal for me. Last edited by Pis-ton broke; 17-11-2020 at 09:54 AM. |
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17-11-2020, 10:09 AM | #9 | ||
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Was an avid user of PT to get to the office everyday. Driving 120km (approx 3 - 4 hrs) round trip every day is not something i am keen on doing. The cost of that + parking is not worthwhile.
COVID has changed that, our company has now offered "flexible working," meaning they have mandated, unless you need to go to an office, work from home. In addition to this, the old days of cramming people into trains is unlikely to happen, meaning you could be waiting forever and a day to get a train. No thanks, rather not. So i can see why people are buying second hand cars.
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17-11-2020, 11:24 AM | #10 | ||
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Ive noticed the SUV we want to buy has gone up approx 15-20k. Terrible. I'll wait till jobkeeper ends next year.
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17-11-2020, 11:29 AM | #11 | ||
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Yeap, as impatient as I am it makes sense to wait out a bit.
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17-11-2020, 12:19 PM | #12 | |||
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One of the maddest public transport things I've ever seen was the school bus going home, one of the boys decided he was going to cycle behind the bus and slipstream it all the way home (think: 3 to 4 suburbs). He did it too! About 2 feet behind the bus, pedalling like a lunatic, intense concentration looking for the brake lights. We clamoured onto the back seat and were cheering him on!
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17-11-2020, 12:31 PM | #13 | |||
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At one point decided to flip the contract position and go to full time, using Perth's trains to earn the keep. Mistake. For one, all the glorious visiting sites all over Oz... now was interspersed with paperwork. Days of paperwork. Secondly, resplendent with work gear and name tag sewn in, Sprintey joined the train commuters. Mrs Sprintey decided a book might help the trip, an inspiring love story set in France in WW1. By page 18 the book had devolved into hardcore pornography. Looking up, astounded and quite bothered and hot, Sprintey began to wonder what everyone else was reading on the train. Scanning all the books - and the wonderful people reading them - it was all literary porn. And so Sprintey worked out where we'd all rather be.
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17-11-2020, 01:10 PM | #14 | |||
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18-11-2020, 08:19 PM | #15 | ||
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Well that's good news, we're about to sell the wifey's A1.
It's also bad news, we're looking to buy a 4wd. |
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18-11-2020, 10:41 PM | #17 | |||
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am I that much out of touch? no it's the millennial that are out of touch!!
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18-11-2020, 11:40 PM | #18 | |||
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RFID card job, touch on, touch off. Why every state implemented their own system rather than all using the same one is anyone's guess, well given how every state has handled the pandemic in their own way it's no surprise to be honest I've got NSW's Opal and VIC Myki. Of course the Myki also 'expires' and needs to be replaced after a couple years. |
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19-11-2020, 06:23 AM | #19 | ||
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The claim of a 50% price rise across the board is wrong.
Interestingly some auction prices went up dramatically but equivalent private sales haven't. |
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19-11-2020, 07:54 PM | #20 | ||
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I'd be interested to see more numbers; as a follow up news story on another site mentioned a 30% increase rather than 50%
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19-11-2020, 08:01 PM | #21 | |||
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(Ha, it's as Franco explained) tbh I prefer the old cardboard approach like a Perth multirider, simple, cost peanuts compared to Myki. Easy/simple/low cost ftw
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20-11-2020, 07:22 AM | #22 | ||
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So should I trade in all our vehicles, get higher offers from the dealer, buy new Ford cars and vans at lower interest rates and save...
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20-11-2020, 08:14 AM | #23 | |||
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Might find two old metcards and glue em to my Myki #peakMelbourne |
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20-11-2020, 02:13 PM | #24 | |||
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NSW used to use a daily daytripper or an open weekly which was a pain as it didn't include the Manly Ferry but Opal card took over. Opal card will last 9 years without use which is good cause I haven't used mine for 12 months now.
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20-11-2020, 04:33 PM | #25 | |||
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High end cars....big bucks..... were talking aurions right??
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20-11-2020, 09:10 PM | #26 | |||
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I agree. We've bought 3 vehicles in the last 6 Months. In all cases after extensive research, Whilst prices have Firmed, 50% is in my opinion pure journalistic Licence... |
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20-11-2020, 09:14 PM | #27 | ||
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21-11-2020, 06:36 PM | #28 | |||
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21-11-2020, 09:15 PM | #29 | ||
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"This car has power steering. This car has speed alert warning, cruise control, front & rear power windows and full body kit. 18" alloy wheels. This car has climate control air conditioning. "
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21-11-2020, 09:36 PM | #30 | ||
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"It has 2 airbags fitted for your protection". It makes it sound like it's an aftermarket part.
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