Our future leagacy - Page 2

kobrabytes · #21 (**permalink**) 08-04-2009, 09:04 PM

You guys are right, I'm wrong. I bow to your wisdom, I concede...

You own the thread... Knock yourself out...

olddog · #22 (**permalink**) 08-04-2009, 09:26 PM

The main stream news show I watched showed a late 1980's Mustang GT. It looked to be in good shape. They drained the oil and added silica sand. Started it and let it lock up. They took the radio and some electronics off. Then smashed it with a back hoe. The woman running the yard said it was a huge loss to them as they were not allowed to sell hardly any parts.

My memory is not perfect. I may have something wrong here. Also I have caught the news media intentionally misslead and miss use words so many times to get sensation or a political point, I no longer trust anything they show.

If what I seen was true, it is a waste. Getting a car off the road is one thing, but not salvaging the parts is another. Getting that car off the road may save gasoline, but destroying its engine rather than reusing it does not (unless if forces a second car to be junked - but it could be rebuilt).

Maybe Fox body Mustang values will go up if very many are destroyed. I would consider them a future car show classic.

Great Asp · #23 (**permalink**) 08-05-2009, 09:53 AM

I "personally" just don't like the idea of the rest of us helping buy a new car for someone else. Plus it cost 50 million to process the first 1 billion.

To make it worse, over 50% of the new cars bought were foreign companies (Hyundia, Honda, Toyota) Ford is getting near 40% of the sales with the Focus.

But really, aren't we just getting these cars off the road "earlier". Some of these cars were not DD's, so zero green house impact. Unless our wallets used to be green.

In Missouri, we waited 3 years after a study on cars that showed a class of cars were really polluting the air to get car testing legislation passed. Another 5 years to get the testing stations built and in service. 3 years after that, they discovered the cars that they were trying to get corrected for emissions had 85% been removed from the roads because they were old and people junked them. They have now closed those centers, and testing is done at the inspection stations. No dyno testing anymore..

Classic waste of money. This cash for clunkers seems the same to me. Just appeasing a group of voters who "think" it's a good idea without the data to back up the feelings.

So they are calling it a "stimulus" instead.

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