Society & Culture Things in life you just don't understand - Part 2

[GreyCrow]

Toomor

ftfy

 

[WCErevival]

So many things.

First one that springs to mind:

Why don't we engineer, build and suspend large water catchments over the wettest spots on Earth, thereby eliminating what's going to become a global crisis?

Wouldn't that stop half of the water going into the ground and lower the water table?

 

[Gralin]

ftfy

It's naht a toomor

 

[Quixote]

Wouldn't that stop half of the water going into the ground and lower the water table?

Manage the ratio between captured and let to ground. With the main aim being utilising/controlling the water as needs dictate.

 

[Rotayjay]

I get that Australia is a small-volume market, but why did VW only release that small car, Up, with a manual gearbox in Australia instead of auto only? Then it didn't sell and it was axed from the Australian lineup. Massive own goal in my opinion.

It's marketed as a city car but 1) City traffic is where you would least enjoy driving a manual; 2) Very small cars are generally driven by young women who are surely the least keen demographic to drive manual; 3) Unlike Europe, manual is going extinct in Australia where almost three quarters of learners are only interested in obtaining automatic licences, and just 12% of passenger cars sold in 2014 were manual (compared to 33% in 2000).

I learnt to drive in a manual VW Polo but would never, ever drive one voluntarily. It's a relic technology which is a pain in the neck in an urban environment.

 

[craigos]

I get that Australia is a small-volume market, but why did VW only release that small car, Up, with a manual gearbox in Australia instead of auto only? Then it didn't sell and it was axed from the Australian lineup. Massive own goal in my opinion.

It's marketed as a city car but 1) City traffic is where you would least enjoy driving a manual; 2) Very small cars are generally driven by young women who are surely the least keen demographic to drive manual; 3) Unlike Europe, manual is going extinct in Australia where almost three quarters of learners are only interested in obtaining automatic licences, and just 12% of passenger cars sold in 2014 were manual (compared to 33% in 2000).

I learnt to drive in a manual VW Polo but would never, ever drive one voluntarily. It's a relic technology which is a pain in the neck in an urban environment.

Clearly they didn't want women buying them.

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This thread is continued in Part 3:

https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/things-in-life-you-just-dont-understand-part-3.1193579/