Gday Roger
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Not sure if you or many have noticed that the ONLY way forward is to buy new
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Dunno. My car is just over 20 yrs old, has done near 200,000k and i can still get it fixed for most problems ( I agree it is getting harder tho )
It cost a bit more initially, but the quality of up front design and build more than makes up the longer depreciation time.
Still runs no problems, and can even play CDs :-)
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I don't see maintenance or sensor life being an issue as you'll probably find legislation to remove anything over 2 years old appearing
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That will make it unaffordable for the hoi poloi.
Even for the wealthy, who might now buy a new car every 2 years, their old car is sold secondhand and thus keeps depreciation lower than a full 2 year writeoff, and people lower down the foodchain get a cheaper purchase along the way.
The alternative I noted earlier in the thread is if personal car ownership is banned, and multinationals supply bot cars on an as required basis. It would mean no need for carparks, driveways, garages, etc, and traffic flow would be massively improved as no parked cars would ever block a road again. That could provide a cost balancing factor into the equations ( just on land sales to developers ), but im not sure how well that model would work outside the CBD and suburbs of the major cities.
Its certainly not a cost effective model for any semi rural areas.
Again, its going to be an interesting evolution.
Andrew
And just as a "human" thought, and maybe Gary can help here.
If i lived in the bush under this new regime, will i be able to hire a bot car and reprogram it to do circle work in the mud on my farm???????