Maybe my head has been buried in the sand. Who here realized that all of the cars traded under cash for clunkers will never see our roads again? Actually, I just did some web searching and found that dealers are forced to ruin a lot of perfectly good motors! Did you know that?
I did NOT KNOW THIS
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Yeah, I have a friend that works at a local GM dealer and he says the motor has to be locked up or there's a hefty fine. The last time he was at Pick&Pull he said there was a lot of vehicles marked C.A.R.S., so at least they're not all getting shipped to wherever to be destroyed. I still don't approve of that whole program since a lot of otherwise perfectly good vehicles are going to waste (for the most part, although parting them out instead of crushing them is freakin awesome). That's all before I start ranting about it. :chevy:
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Yeah, I knew it too. I'll keep it brief before *I* start ranting too.Black89cs said:
I was on the interstate the other day and I passed a rollback with a NICE suburban on the bed & an equally nice F150 on the hook, both tagged CLUNKERS. Either of those vehicles will likely get better mileage than my old Astro. If this were TRULY about reducing emissions & saving the world then they'd be after my old "Clunker", not just those that might be persuaded to buy a new vehicle with money gotten from .... I'm off on a tangent... reeling back in...
Bottom line:
Suburban & F150- off the road permanently. My ol' pollutin' Astro... keeps on a rollin'.
Where's the logic? :?:
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well good news everyone.. it all ends Monday. And yes i knew about that because i was a member of the Rx7 boards and they were throwing a fit about it saying they wont be able to find any parts becuase all the rx7s will be gone.
Yep, they dump ceramic stuff in after draining the oil and run it until it seizes. Nice, huh? What a bleepin' waste of perfectly good vehicles - why couldn't they see that good vehicles were being turned in, not actual clunkers?
Did you know that a requirement that the vehicle be running? How's that a clunker?
Did you know that a requirement that the vehicle be running? How's that a clunker?
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Yep, that's all its about. It makes perfect sense. The country's in debt up to our necks so let's stimulate spending by having people trade in paid-off vehicles for another loan payment. But the government knows what its doing. With the current economical status, most people who are using the cash for clunkers program would not have been approved for car loans. Unless, of course, someone somewhere figured out a way to make the loan amount to vehicle value ratio more in faovr of the finance companies. I don't know, maybe an incentive program where a third party (U.S. government) "guarantees" part of the loan amount. That way, in six months to a year when there is a record amount of repossessions, the finance companies will be out nothing and still making a profit. Makes sense to me.Big_kid said:
I'm not even going to mention about the cars traded in have to be crushed and can't be parted, the colossal waste of money and time or the fact that once the cars are crushed and the metal sold to China so someone can buy a cheaper toilet paper holder. Thank you politicians! :screaming:
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probably not the most traded in cars were ford explorers and they made a crap ton of those
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it ends monday people.. there werent that many cars turned in to matter
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Think about used car prices not just recycled parts. The amount that was taken off the road is not a lot but they tended to be good running "clean" vehicles if you actually knead a good used Suburban, Van, or Tahoe next summer you'll probably have a harder time finding one for a reasonable price. It hurts the "working man" that is in the lower income bracket. Feed the rich stock holders and starve the poor. :shifty:
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