[Sprintey]

It is truly amazing what we've lost. I hear you on the construction Franco as that's where our youngest has gone.

I never understood why our government was hostile to manufacturing cars here when other nations arrange generous support - maybe they thought it should be a free market thing. Maybe the automakers knew what was coming with the electric tsunami and realised we had nowhere near the capital here to compete. Look at the trouble huge companies like Toyota (and the Japanese in general) are having with it.

Anyway, I made my own manufacturing capacity. Nothing as complex as a car though. We've now entered an inflationary environment, and manufacturers have crazy pricing power. What I can decide to charge, I'll probably get away with. If only Australia still had Ford, Holden and Toyota going through Covid, they could get a decent return on locally produced. Oh well.

(+1 for the Electrodore mention below too)