05-20-2008, 11:45 AM
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Beam Me Up Scottie
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Squantum (part of Quincy),
MA
Cobra Make, Engine: SPF1049 Titanium w/black stripes, 351W with Trick Flow Heads, Tremec 3550
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Originally Posted by 392cobra
The price of scap metal has to be helping it's "value" too.  |
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Originally Posted by Ron61
Warren, Out here they will give you $1K to let them crush it. 
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I only paid $2K for the 98 Merc about 5 years ago, with a new set of Michelin tires. Blue book was about $6K at that time.
But its only just broken it at 130K miles. The last two Lincoln Town cars I've owned were "retired" with 180K and 220K miles on the odometer.
Now, they give you between $350 and $500 for scrap value in these parts, but I'd empty the gas tank and fry the motor first. Nothing better than a cinder block on the gas pedal and head for the hills before it blows up. I've done it to one car, and observered maybe a dozen "sacrifices" to the auto God of scrap metal. 
The price of gas on Martha's Vineyard is about $4.55 for unleaded. Some premium prices close to $5.00  Time for another vacation.
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'Liberals are maggots upon the life of this planet and need to get off at the next rotation.' (Jamo 2008)
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