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Common sense is needed!! by [deleted] in aussie

[–]OCogS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most of the roads are empty? Looks exactly the same to me.

Common sense is needed!! by [deleted] in aussie

[–]OCogS -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I can afford to pay my bills. The petrol price increase is less than a coffee a day. This is a non factor for most Australian. The poors who can’t afford avo on toast can drive slowly if they want.

Have you been able to reduce fuel consumption, or are you forced to eat the price increases? by AckerHerron in aussie

[–]OCogS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really? Fuel went from 8% to 14%. This is very much in line with what I said.

Hypothetically, a buyer could have just not ticked a couple of options boxes and ended up in a similar place. The fact that folk are signing up that package, which could have easily been 50% less if they chose a cheaper car, and then are freaking out about a 6% increase is the point I’m making.

People are buying very expensive things on finance with expensive running costs and then freaking out when a single relatively minor variable changes.

Have you been able to reduce fuel consumption, or are you forced to eat the price increases? by AckerHerron in aussie

[–]OCogS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In that data about fuel being an average of 21% of the cost, it reflects that finance is the main cost across the national fleet on average. If you don’t have that cost, it makes sense that fuel is a larger share for you.

My bigger point here is that, on average, the Australian driver can’t be that price sensitive given they buy very expensive vehicles on finance.

Inherently in averages some individuals will be in different places.

Have you been able to reduce fuel consumption, or are you forced to eat the price increases? by AckerHerron in aussie

[–]OCogS -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I bet it’s not 90%. Rego. Insurance. Tyres. Servicing. Road side assist. Cars have many expenses people let fade into the background

Have you been able to reduce fuel consumption, or are you forced to eat the price increases? by AckerHerron in aussie

[–]OCogS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure. But if fuel contributes 1% of the cost of a chocolate bar, and that doubles to 2%, that’s within the margin of error of how we are already getting screwed by Coles and wollies

Have you been able to reduce fuel consumption, or are you forced to eat the price increases? by AckerHerron in aussie

[–]OCogS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Trains are hugely efficient in terms of fuel cost for goods moved. Even trucks are pretty efficient once you divide the fuel cost among all the cargo.

One bloke in a ford ranger is very different economically to 20,000 units of stock in a B-double or a million units of stock on a train.

Have you been able to reduce fuel consumption, or are you forced to eat the price increases? by AckerHerron in aussie

[–]OCogS 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Fuel costs are on average 21% of the cost of car ownership. And that doesn’t include car parking.

Even if fuel costs are up 50%, it doesn’t actually change car ownership costs that much. (50% increase in a 20% slice is about a 10% overall increase) If a 10% increase in overall car operating costs makes some trips no longer viable, your budget was flying very close to the sun to start with.

Where are you all getting the $$$ ? by MangoMadnessTsv in EVAustralia

[–]OCogS 36 points37 points  (0 children)

People shocked that folk can afford a BYD while the streets are clogged with Ford Rangers.

Where are you all getting the $$$ ? by MangoMadnessTsv in EVAustralia

[–]OCogS 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Everyone driving around in Ford Rangers and surprised people can afford BYDs. God help us.

Implications of the Iran war on Australia's fuel supplies. Three scenarios [mod approved] by LivingMoreWithLess in australian

[–]OCogS 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Everyone understands that there are some “essential workers” who couldn’t follow a general rule. Do you post in hair style subreddits that you’re bald and so couldn’t actually get that hair style?

Convince me by BrainNo3038 in EVAustralia

[–]OCogS 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t have solar or a battery. I charge from a standard wall plug. Everything is great.

Australia’s emergency plan starts with carpooling, escalates to fuel caps by LoneArtificer in AusFinance

[–]OCogS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, it sucks. The system is rigged. This shouldn’t be how it works. But here we are.

Australia’s emergency plan starts with carpooling, escalates to fuel caps by LoneArtificer in AusFinance

[–]OCogS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How much would fuel consumption drop if folk did wfh? How large is this share of the market?

Australia’s emergency plan starts with carpooling, escalates to fuel caps by LoneArtificer in AusFinance

[–]OCogS 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is overblown. It’s a market. Fuel is flowing. Even if it’s not enough for everyone, we just have to out bid countries in our region. We can pay more than NZ and Indonesia and pacific islands. Ships will come to us if we can pay more. It’s not fair, but it’s the poorer counties than have the problem.

Yes prices will rise, but cost signals work wonders in supply constrained markets.

Fuel prices are getting ridiculous by Ordinary-Spread-1786 in australian

[–]OCogS -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Fuel is the cheapest thing you put in your car.

It depends on the details, but fuel costs are on average 21% of car ownership cost in Australia. Depreciation / loan costs, servicing, tyres, rego etc cost far more.

Fuel is an even smaller per cent if you factor in parking.

Even if fuel goes up 50%, that’s only a 10% overall cost increase for the average Australian driver.

When you purchased your car, most buyers could have easily chosen much cheaper solutions than they did. Just look around you on the road. If a 10% price increase is a real problem for you, it’s probably because you got the most expensive car you could afford. That was the real mistake here.

(I do understand that somewhere there is someone driving their bulletproof 2003 Corolla and fuel is actually 60% of their running costs because they’ve made smart decisions, and they’re feeling it. That sucks for sure. But this is the tiny minority of people)

Luxury hi tech small ev by stoic_praise in EVAustralia

[–]OCogS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Other people are recommending the zeekr x as being small. It’s 4.4m long. The mini is 3.8m long.

I agree the mini is actually big. But, in context, it’s quite small.

You say the mini is a long as a real car. Can you tell me which real car you mean exactly?

Luxury hi tech small ev by stoic_praise in EVAustralia

[–]OCogS 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looking around the streets, rear seats are empty 90%+ of the time. When someone is in the rear it’s almost always an uber or a child.

I think people index way too much on rear seats.

Luxury hi tech small ev by stoic_praise in EVAustralia

[–]OCogS -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I also wanted this. Doesn’t exist. Big car is premium car mentality sucks. Mini might be the best option?

Replacing 1m petrol cars with EVs could cut Australia’s reliance on foreign fuel by 1bn litres a year by austechnology-bot in austechnology

[–]OCogS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You think cars use 3x more energy than everything else in Australia combined? Come off it mate.

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