Why not keep the perfectly good engines and transmissions and rear ends out of these things for repairs and parts for the people that want to keep their cars going? You're not only taking the cars off the road, you're destroying the junkyard parts availability. Though I suspect this is the plan.
Cash for Clunkers...
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Originally Posted By: css9450
C4 Corvette:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTYL-h5_hb4
Is that a 0w-20 they're pouring into the Vette?
C4 Corvette:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTYL-h5_hb4
Is that a 0w-20 they're pouring into the Vette?
Originally Posted By: BuickGN
Originally Posted By: css9450
C4 Corvette:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTYL-h5_hb4
Is that a 0w-20 they're pouring into the Vette?
Ok then....
Originally Posted By: css9450
C4 Corvette:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTYL-h5_hb4
Is that a 0w-20 they're pouring into the Vette?
Ok then....
Originally Posted By: BuickGN
Why not keep the perfectly good engines and transmissions and rear ends out of these things for repairs and parts for the people that want to keep their cars going? You're not only taking the cars off the road, you're destroying the junkyard parts availability. Though I suspect this is the plan.
No parts for older vehicles means you have to buy something new.
Something new = having Union "workers" busy
and payoff for their support.
This Cash for Clunkers is a total joke.
The sheeple I'm sure love it.
Plus we are saving the world...
Why not keep the perfectly good engines and transmissions and rear ends out of these things for repairs and parts for the people that want to keep their cars going? You're not only taking the cars off the road, you're destroying the junkyard parts availability. Though I suspect this is the plan.
No parts for older vehicles means you have to buy something new.
Something new = having Union "workers" busy
This Cash for Clunkers is a total joke.
The sheeple I'm sure love it.
Plus we are saving the world...
crinkles, KDudd has suggested same down here.
And GMH were petitioning for 80,000km "design lives" to be factored into vehicle inspections are registration costs 15 years ago.
I'm afraid it will be coming to a cinema near you and I some time.
And GMH were petitioning for 80,000km "design lives" to be factored into vehicle inspections are registration costs 15 years ago.
I'm afraid it will be coming to a cinema near you and I some time.
I drove by a dealership yesterday with an annex lot loaded with traded-in older cars. One car had a sign spray-painted on it's side: Klunker Sale!!
Are they selling the klunkers back into the public? I don't know.
Are they selling the klunkers back into the public? I don't know.
Originally Posted By: Hethaerto
I drove by a dealership yesterday with an annex lot loaded with traded-in older cars. One car had a sign spray-painted on it's side: Klunker Sale!!
Are they selling the klunkers back into the public? I don't know.
In many instances they would be fools not to and it would be easy to do legally.
A customer drives his klunker to a dealership to trade it in.
The dealer sees a car he can sell for well over the $4500 Klunker deal. So, he gives the customer the choice of $4500 or a little more in a painless transaction with no strings or he gives the customer $4500 from the Klunker Program after filling out the Klunker paperwork, proving how long he owned the car and providing proof of insurance.
It's a no brainer. The dealer and customer both come out ahead.
I drove by a dealership yesterday with an annex lot loaded with traded-in older cars. One car had a sign spray-painted on it's side: Klunker Sale!!
Are they selling the klunkers back into the public? I don't know.
In many instances they would be fools not to and it would be easy to do legally.
A customer drives his klunker to a dealership to trade it in.
The dealer sees a car he can sell for well over the $4500 Klunker deal. So, he gives the customer the choice of $4500 or a little more in a painless transaction with no strings or he gives the customer $4500 from the Klunker Program after filling out the Klunker paperwork, proving how long he owned the car and providing proof of insurance.
It's a no brainer. The dealer and customer both come out ahead.
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Some were cashed in for only $3500. So keep that in mind when you deal, if you happen to be interested in buying one of the nicer clunkers.
Could this explain it? http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/...test=latestnews
Why are we expanding the government when they can't even make a bad idea work?
Why are we expanding the government when they can't even make a bad idea work?
Originally Posted By: Audi Junkie
3 hrs drive on the road today, we didn't see another Astra!
Doesn't bode well for future parts availability. OTOH, if they sold or sell a lot of 'em in Europe maybe it won't be a problem. (Ford stocks many of the parts for their European models HERE in the USA and you can easily order those parts from any Ford dealer if you know the part number. I have no idea if GM LLC is the same way).
3 hrs drive on the road today, we didn't see another Astra!
Doesn't bode well for future parts availability. OTOH, if they sold or sell a lot of 'em in Europe maybe it won't be a problem. (Ford stocks many of the parts for their European models HERE in the USA and you can easily order those parts from any Ford dealer if you know the part number. I have no idea if GM LLC is the same way).
Originally Posted By: labman
Could this explain it? http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/...test=latestnews
Why are we expanding the government when they can't even make a bad idea work?
we havent been paid for any of our clunkers. we stopped doing the engine disables until we have check in hand.
Could this explain it? http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/...test=latestnews
Why are we expanding the government when they can't even make a bad idea work?
we havent been paid for any of our clunkers. we stopped doing the engine disables until we have check in hand.
ugh they go out of their way to destroy the engines with sodium silicate?? Is the 'Obama administration' this desparate for metal and is this what he means by "Buying American Steel" only to stimulate sales of vehicles that are mostly assembled outside of the USA??? WOW... just wow.....
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Originally Posted By: css9450
C4 Corvette:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTYL-h5_hb4
WOW.
No other words.
I was surprised to find that the wholesale value of this C-4 Corvette, if it was a 1990 model, is only $2100. The owner actually got a good deal. What I don't understand is how some of these cars qualify for the "Clunkers" as far as their fuel economy goes. Especially the Corvette and the Volvo mentioned in this thread. Details like this might be the reason dealers have only received 3% of their reimbursement checks, so far.
As far as affecting sales down the road, this program will only remove about 600,000 to 700,000 vehicles, tops. Not really enough to make much of a dent in junkyard (salvage yard) stock, given the several million cars that are junked each year, and, won't have that much effect on the 20 million + vehicles that will be sold in this country in the next two years.
Originally Posted By: css9450
C4 Corvette:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTYL-h5_hb4
WOW.
No other words.
I was surprised to find that the wholesale value of this C-4 Corvette, if it was a 1990 model, is only $2100. The owner actually got a good deal. What I don't understand is how some of these cars qualify for the "Clunkers" as far as their fuel economy goes. Especially the Corvette and the Volvo mentioned in this thread. Details like this might be the reason dealers have only received 3% of their reimbursement checks, so far.
As far as affecting sales down the road, this program will only remove about 600,000 to 700,000 vehicles, tops. Not really enough to make much of a dent in junkyard (salvage yard) stock, given the several million cars that are junked each year, and, won't have that much effect on the 20 million + vehicles that will be sold in this country in the next two years.
Originally Posted By: bdcardinal
Originally Posted By: labman
Could this explain it? http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/...test=latestnews
Why are we expanding the government when they can't even make a bad idea work?
we havent been paid for any of our clunkers. we stopped doing the engine disables until we have check in hand.
How many have you guys done so far?
Originally Posted By: labman
Could this explain it? http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/...test=latestnews
Why are we expanding the government when they can't even make a bad idea work?
we havent been paid for any of our clunkers. we stopped doing the engine disables until we have check in hand.
How many have you guys done so far?
4, 2 i got on video. 91ish exploder lasted about 3-4 mins, and a 86 ranger lasted about 6 minutes, then blew the rad hose off. there were 2 more, i think a honda that lasted about 20 seconds and something else that lasted a few minutes. we have a small fleet out back waiting to die.
Do you know which Honda it was? I didn't realize there is a Honda that got below 18 mpg until the more recent ones.
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