Comments on: big cars http://blog.greens.org.nz/2008/08/08/big-cars/ hopping along the corridors of power Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:16:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Scarface http://blog.greens.org.nz/2008/08/08/big-cars/#comment-80466 Scarface Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:36:22 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/2008/08/08/big-cars/#comment-80466 "Car size is invariably proportional intellect” of course that's a joke that's why i don't take ie seriously. I can't say I'm a stupid one although all me cars were big, once i even had a minivan ;)

“Car size is invariably proportional intellect” of course that’s a joke that’s why i don’t take ie seriously. I can’t say I’m a stupid one although all me cars were big, once i even had a minivan ;)

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]]> By: Shunda barunda http://blog.greens.org.nz/2008/08/08/big-cars/#comment-52629 Shunda barunda Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:38:47 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/2008/08/08/big-cars/#comment-52629 ha aha ha ha!!!

ha aha ha ha!!!

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]]> By: Kevyn http://blog.greens.org.nz/2008/08/08/big-cars/#comment-52394 Kevyn Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:09:44 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/2008/08/08/big-cars/#comment-52394 Wear and tear?

Wear and tear?

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]]> By: Shunda barunda http://blog.greens.org.nz/2008/08/08/big-cars/#comment-52393 Shunda barunda Sat, 09 Aug 2008 10:55:04 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/2008/08/08/big-cars/#comment-52393 I own a BIG vehicle to carry all my kids around how does that relate to tallywhacker size?

I own a BIG vehicle to carry all my kids around how does that relate to tallywhacker size?

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]]> By: toad http://blog.greens.org.nz/2008/08/08/big-cars/#comment-52383 toad Sat, 09 Aug 2008 08:01:30 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/2008/08/08/big-cars/#comment-52383 Patrick Starr said: <i>Toad, I trust you are not about to tell us you done a survey?</i> Nope, just that I don't own and very seldom drive a car. Well, a survey with a sample size of 1, perhaps.

Patrick Starr said: Toad, I trust you are not about to tell us you done a survey?

Nope, just that I don’t own and very seldom drive a car. Well, a survey with a sample size of 1, perhaps.

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]]> By: Kevyn http://blog.greens.org.nz/2008/08/08/big-cars/#comment-52381 Kevyn Sat, 09 Aug 2008 07:46:11 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/2008/08/08/big-cars/#comment-52381 Including some trainspotters or steam train buffs as proxies for PT users?

Including some trainspotters or steam train buffs as proxies for PT users?

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]]> By: Patrick Starr http://blog.greens.org.nz/2008/08/08/big-cars/#comment-52315 Patrick Starr Fri, 08 Aug 2008 22:53:27 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/2008/08/08/big-cars/#comment-52315

“I thought that with male drivers it was inversely proportional to penis size.?
Toad, I trust you are not about to tell us you done a survey?

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]]> By: joy http://blog.greens.org.nz/2008/08/08/big-cars/#comment-52304 joy Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:58:50 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/2008/08/08/big-cars/#comment-52304 Heaps of folk in NZ need cars to get to a decent supermarket. The elderly, the frail, ill and injured, and the many folk who live in the country, where there is no public transport.

Heaps of folk in NZ need cars to get to a decent supermarket.

The elderly, the frail, ill and injured, and the many folk who live in the country, where there is no public transport.

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]]> By: Kevyn http://blog.greens.org.nz/2008/08/08/big-cars/#comment-52294 Kevyn Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:22:34 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/2008/08/08/big-cars/#comment-52294 Women tend to drive smaller cars than men so that obviously fell victim to poor proofreading and was actually meant to say "Car size is <i> invariably </i> proportional intellect". Just kidding. We all know the real reason women drive smaller cars is because on motorways they can talk a lot longer before those bumpy things remind them it's time to aimlessly wander back to the other side of the lane.

Women tend to drive smaller cars than men so that obviously fell victim to poor proofreading and was actually meant to say “Car size is invariably proportional intellect”.

Just kidding. We all know the real reason women drive smaller cars is because on motorways they can talk a lot longer before those bumpy things remind them it’s time to aimlessly wander back to the other side of the lane.

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]]> By: wotnot http://blog.greens.org.nz/2008/08/08/big-cars/#comment-52289 wotnot Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:46:38 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/2008/08/08/big-cars/#comment-52289 Sticks and stones will break my bones....

Sticks and stones will break my bones….

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]]> By: frog http://blog.greens.org.nz/2008/08/08/big-cars/#comment-52261 frog Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:45:51 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/2008/08/08/big-cars/#comment-52261 oops - sorry that last sentence should have read "There's a place for <b>big</b> cars..." Will edit now accordingly. Apologies.

oops – sorry that last sentence should have read “There’s a place for big cars…”

Will edit now accordingly. Apologies.

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]]> By: ropata http://blog.greens.org.nz/2008/08/08/big-cars/#comment-52240 ropata Fri, 08 Aug 2008 06:20:52 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/2008/08/08/big-cars/#comment-52240 hi froggy! did you see this page? http://www.viruscomix.com/page363.html

hi froggy! did you see this page?
http://www.viruscomix.com/page363.html

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]]> By: Julie http://blog.greens.org.nz/2008/08/08/big-cars/#comment-52224 Julie Fri, 08 Aug 2008 05:30:18 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/2008/08/08/big-cars/#comment-52224 Icehawk, Why not just order online and get home delivery? http://www.smilecity.co.nz/show.asp?urlid=422 If you spend over $200 I think it's free, over $100 is something like $5 for delivery. Saves you time and you can take your kids for a walk, instead of dragging them along to the supermarket. Strings -- Only half of NZers currently get sufficient physical activity, according the most recent NZ Health Survey, and the percentage has been falling for the past 20 years. There is a significant relationship between insufficient physical activity, obesity and chronic diseases. Also positive correlations between car use and obesity, and negative correlations between living in a walkable community and being obese. Did I mention that obesity levels have doubled in the last 10 years? For adults and children? The health sector costs of obesity and physical inactivity are staggering, somewhere between 5% and 10% of the total health sector budget. There are far greater negative health-care consequences from car-dependence than walking with groceries. In European cities where people regularly walk to get groceries (and veggies from open air markets), they buy less per trip, but they also have their own little wheely grocery-carrying contraption. It's very practical. Did I mention that in these European countries they have lower rates of obesity and chronic diseases? Coincidence? I think not...

Icehawk,

Why not just order online and get home delivery?

http://www.smilecity.co.nz/show.asp?urlid=422

If you spend over $200 I think it’s free, over $100 is something like $5 for delivery.

Saves you time and you can take your kids for a walk, instead of dragging them along to the supermarket.

Strings –
Only half of NZers currently get sufficient physical activity, according the most recent NZ Health Survey, and the percentage has been falling for the past 20 years. There is a significant relationship between insufficient physical activity, obesity and chronic diseases. Also positive correlations between car use and obesity, and negative correlations between living in a walkable community and being obese. Did I mention that obesity levels have doubled in the last 10 years? For adults and children? The health sector costs of obesity and physical inactivity are staggering, somewhere between 5% and 10% of the total health sector budget.

There are far greater negative health-care consequences from car-dependence than walking with groceries. In European cities where people regularly walk to get groceries (and veggies from open air markets), they buy less per trip, but they also have their own little wheely grocery-carrying contraption. It’s very practical.

Did I mention that in these European countries they have lower rates of obesity and chronic diseases?

Coincidence? I think not…

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]]> By: toad http://blog.greens.org.nz/2008/08/08/big-cars/#comment-52214 toad Fri, 08 Aug 2008 04:46:42 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/2008/08/08/big-cars/#comment-52214 I thought that with male drivers it was inversely proportional to penis size.

I thought that with male drivers it was inversely proportional to penis size.

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]]> By: icehawk http://blog.greens.org.nz/2008/08/08/big-cars/#comment-52212 icehawk Fri, 08 Aug 2008 04:44:56 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/2008/08/08/big-cars/#comment-52212 "There’s a place for cars but that place probably isn’t suburban commuting or grocery trips." The weekly family shopping trip is exactly when one does need a car. Getting to and from the grocery store with two small kids and a family's load of groceries is bloody hard work by public transport. Especially when you're trying to cram it into your tight timeframe between work, dinner and the kids bedtime.

“There’s a place for cars but that place probably isn’t suburban commuting or grocery trips.”

The weekly family shopping trip is exactly when one does need a car.

Getting to and from the grocery store with two small kids and a family’s load of groceries is bloody hard work by public transport. Especially when you’re trying to cram it into your tight timeframe between work, dinner and the kids bedtime.

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]]> By: Strings http://blog.greens.org.nz/2008/08/08/big-cars/#comment-52191 Strings Fri, 08 Aug 2008 02:47:50 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/2008/08/08/big-cars/#comment-52191 judging by the amount of 'stuff' I see in peoples' shopping trolleys in supermarkets these days, I'd say taking the car was the right thing to do. I don't think we can afford the health-care consequences of people carrying that weight!

judging by the amount of ‘stuff’ I see in peoples’ shopping trolleys in supermarkets these days, I’d say taking the car was the right thing to do. I don’t think we can afford the health-care consequences of people carrying that weight!

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