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Originally Posted by Targan
I understand that it is fairly common among the American middle class to have a lot more vehicles per household than here in Australia. Around here one or two cars per family is normal and if it is two cars most commonly only one will be a large car.
One again apologies in advance for any offence but it really pisses me off when people buy big four wheel drives (what Americans call SUVs) but they never leave urban areas. I have no problem with people owning four wheel drives because they need off-road and/or towing capability but owning an SUV or huge pickup truck for urban driving strikes me as, well, blindingly stupid.
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Then we are in agreement!!!!!
I HATE the soccer moms who have the super monster truck, and the only off roading they do is when they drive on the sidewalk because it is to much vehicle for them to handle. I remember when I worked for the V.A. hospital the number two person in charge a royal bitch, had a mustange and a super monster truck. She would damn near run me over each time she drove the mustang, and she would take up three parking spaces and take out some of the grass from her idiot park job. One day I asked if she liked doing out door or what she hauled with it. I already knew the answer. Her reply was "Oh I don't, I just like the security and being up high to see." Oh, she also remarked how cute my lil jeep was. But, my jeep actualy had mud on the tires and knew the fun of a country dirt road in the desert and mountains..
I know so many idiots who have monester trucks like that and they have my contempt. What is even funnier, is in metro LA they have 4 wheel drives and it rains, they put their vehicles in 4 wheel drive! ARGH!!!! someone shoot me now!
As for multiple cars per family, generaly it is two cars per family. Of course lots of teenagers end up with cars too, not all mind you but a good portion, most often they buy them with money earned themselves and this can increase the number.
I am weird, I have right now, six, no seven cars. well five cars and two trucks! One is in the process of transfering to a freind, one needs a new engine in the garage, that is converted for desert treks, one is in the garage well, its a FIAT, my uncle left it to me. One is my uncles working car that he left me, another is a car I let my uncle use until he killed it and didn't get rid of, another is a tired worn out diesel volkswagen I drove, and my current primary car. Of course when it comes down two it, I will have three cars, or two and a truck, of course one was left to me. As I said I am different.
But, two cars is the norm here, at least in the bedroom communities of California. And as I said we do not have a mass transit system worth a damn. The bottom line, alot of people have a commute of 40 plus miles to work each way. For me, a 30 to 40 minute commute is pretty good, and that is the case for most people in my city.