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    if your car is green you may park here,otherwise keep circling .
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    Had them in Hornsby Westfield for a few years now.
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    Whatever. I'd still park in it.

    Disabled spots I understand. 'Mothers with prams' spots I don't understand (especially when they are normal width spots, and don't prams have wheels to push them easier?). This one is crazy. I'd take pleasure in parking my V8 in that spot if I still had it.

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    I always thought that if I was suddenly very wealthy, I'd buy one of those Hummer H1's - not the pathetic H3s on sale here... The original big one. I'd paint it camo green and put a bumper sticker on it saying 'I care about the environment, I drive a green car'.

    Obviously tongue in cheek, but do you reckon I could park in that spot?

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    Hybrids aren't green. Apart from the much publicised cradle to grave issues they don't use less fuel than a comparible diesel. In fact in NZ last year we got stuck with a prius for the first week. Driving normally it used more fuel than the corolla we had in the second week, and was one of the worst cars I've ever driven.

    Awful seats, ergonomics, virtually nil rearward visibility and poor forward visibility, dangerous brakes terrible power delivery. The only good things I could say about it was the load space was useful and the steering was ok. The corolla was a revelation by comparison, by far the nicest toyota I've ever driven and a superb car for it's type/class.

    BTW the military are starting to get rid of the perrenti's. I'm hoping to acquire one during the decommission. Does kaki count as green ?
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    I would have thought that if your car wasn't green you should park it ASAP. It is much better for the environment for the "green" cars to keep circling!
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    Quote Originally Posted by tea lady View Post
    I would have thought that if your car wasn't green you should park it ASAP. It is much better for the environment for the "green" cars to keep circling!
    Great idea. Would give them even more chance to show off their green-ness.

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    What a load of horse manure!

    What next - spaces for white cars as they don't get as hot as dark cars so the AC works more efficiently?

    - spaces for 1,2,3,4,5,6,8 cylinder vehicles????

    This one scores an 11 on my BS meter.

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    I think you will find that they have charge points fitted in those spots.

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    I didn't think hybrids needed charging.

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    The local shops have been adding building faster than car parks, so there is always congestion down there. They added some oversize spaces and marked them "4WD/Minivan only"

    On a particularly busy day, I parked my Golf in one of those parks under the glare of a snarly mum in her monster toorak tractor. As I walked past, she protested loudly through her open window that I had taken 'her' park, but was somewhat deflated when I replied: "that car has 4WD" (it has) haha. The teenagers in the back lost it with laughter, probably got bread and butter for tea!

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    Quote Originally Posted by mattocks View Post
    I didn't think hybrids needed charging.
    They don't but the "new generation" battery cars will.

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    Quote Originally Posted by woodbe View Post
    The local shops have been adding building faster than car parks, so there is always congestion down there. They added some oversize spaces and marked them "4WD/Minivan only"

    On a particularly busy day, I parked my Golf in one of those parks under the glare of a snarly mum in her monster toorak tractor. As I walked past, she protested loudly through her open window that I had taken 'her' park, but was somewhat deflated when I replied: "that car has 4WD" (it has) haha. The teenagers in the back lost it with laughter, probably got bread and butter for tea!

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    R32 ? or the new 4 cylinder one ?

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    Her mum's diesel is a wonderful thing also. 6 years old and goes like the clappers.
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    Original 2004 MkIV R32

    Still a great car, not so green though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ozkaban View Post
    Ever noticed how close the words Pious and Prius are? There's no coincidence in that one
    And there's me thinking it came from priapic, for exhibitionists who want to stick out.
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