Most Cashed-In Clunkers...

[mikeschn]

Even though I can drive 300 miles with only 10 gallons of gas in my 4 banger Camry, I still have my eye on the new 2010 Prius. I wanted my $4,500 buck, cash for clunkers, gift too, but they don't even want to talk to me. Bummer.
Roly

Why not go and buy someone's junker for $500, and then go and trade that in on a Prius. That's still a $4000 discount, plus you get to keep your Camry!

Mike...

[caseydog]

Even though I can drive 300 miles with only 10 gallons of gas in my 4 banger Camry, I still have my eye on the new 2010 Prius. I wanted my $4,500 buck, cash for clunkers, gift too, but they don't even want to talk to me. Bummer.
Roly

Why not go and buy someone's junker for $500, and then go and trade that in on a Prius. That's still a $4000 discount, plus you get to keep your Camry!

Mike...

You must have owned your clunker for at least a year, and be able to prove it. You must be able to show it was insured for the previous year, although it looks like there may be a little wiggle room since some states don't require all drivers to carry insurance.

[mikeschn]

Even though I can drive 300 miles with only 10 gallons of gas in my 4 banger Camry, I still have my eye on the new 2010 Prius. I wanted my $4,500 buck, cash for clunkers, gift too, but they don't even want to talk to me. Bummer.
Roly

Why not go and buy someone's junker for $500, and then go and trade that in on a Prius. That's still a $4000 discount, plus you get to keep your Camry!

Mike...

You must have owned your clunker for at least a year, and be able to prove it. You must be able to show it was insured for the previous year, although it looks like there may be a little wiggle room since some states don't require all drivers to carry insurance.

I've not been following the program, so I don't really know the details. I guess I'm not surprised.

But I have a question... these clunkers that are traded in, do they have to be taken out of circulation, and crushed and recycled? Even if they have lots of years left in them?

What if someone trades in a 2008 Explorer...

Mike...

[dakotamouse]

It appears that Freedom of Speech has become a constitutional protection for shouting mobs against the tyranny of thoughtful, civilized discourse. -- CD

Rather snide and sneaky little jab. If you're a liberal it's thoughtful discourse. If you are a conservative you're only a member ot the shouting mobs. A conservative's opinion doesn't matter so in the words of the President....Shut up.

[High Desert]

Even though I can drive 300 miles with only 10 gallons of gas in my 4 banger Camry, I still have my eye on the new 2010 Prius. I wanted my $4,500 buck, cash for clunkers, gift too, but they don't even want to talk to me. Bummer.
Roly

Why not go and buy someone's junker for $500, and then go and trade that in on a Prius. That's still a $4000 discount, plus you get to keep your Camry!

Mike...

You must have owned your clunker for at least a year, and be able to prove it. You must be able to show it was insured for the previous year, although it looks like there may be a little wiggle room since some states don't require all drivers to carry insurance.

I've not been following the program, so I don't really know the details. I guess I'm not surprised.

But I have a question... these clunkers that are traded in, do they have to be taken out of circulation, and crushed and recycled? Even if they have lots of years left in them?

What if someone trades in a 2008 Explorer...

Mike...

yeah, they are permanently disabled. Before it leaves the dealers property the oil is drained and the engine then ran with a silicate based fluid until is siezes. Then the car is either sent to a dismantler or straight to the crusher. Either way it must be crushed within 6 months. No matter what the condition of the car is, good or bad.

[Miriam C.]

Like I said this this screaming mob wants the government to give the best of these cars to programs that get people to work or save the money for mass transportation............

[caseydog]

It appears that Freedom of Speech has become a constitutional protection for shouting mobs against the tyranny of thoughtful, civilized discourse. -- CD

Rather snide and sneaky little jab. If you're a liberal it's thoughtful discourse. If you are a conservative you're only a member ot the shouting mobs. A conservative's opinion doesn't matter so in the words of the President....Shut up.

I'll reply by PM, as is proper with such "discourse" -- instead of hijacking one of YOUR threads.


CD

[starleen2]

On the news report from Last night - all but the engine can be salvaged. They drain the oil from the engine and replace it with a liquid/ glass compound that seizes the engine and renders it unrepairable. They did it to a Mercedes with a perfect engine and I just winced as the engine seized and made that clunk sound. Dealer said it's the law concering the clunkers!

[caseydog]

On the news report from Last night - all but the engine can be salvaged. They drain the oil from the engine and replace it with a liquid/ glass compound that seizes the engine and renders it unrepairable. They did it to a Mercedes with a perfect engine and I just winced as the engine seized and made that clunk sound. Dealer said it's the law concering the clunkers!

I covered this in a previous post, but who listens to me.

CD

[High Desert]

On the news report from Last night - all but the engine can be salvaged. They drain the oil from the engine and replace it with a liquid/ glass compound that seizes the engine and renders it unrepairable. They did it to a Mercedes with a perfect engine and I just winced as the engine seized and made that clunk sound. Dealer said it's the law concering the clunkers!

I covered this in a previous post, but who listens to me.

CD

I'm sorry, was someone speaking? Coulda swore I heard something maybe not...

[starleen2]

On the news report from Last night - all but the engine can be salvaged. They drain the oil from the engine and replace it with a liquid/ glass compound that seizes the engine and renders it unrepairable. They did it to a Mercedes with a perfect engine and I just winced as the engine seized and made that clunk sound. Dealer said it's the law concering the clunkers!

I covered this in a previous post, but who listens to me.

CD

Did someone say something?
I read your post and you mentioned nothing about the engines - the engines receive the death sentence

[rebapuck]

These clunkers that are crushed...Whose landfill do they end up in? If money is made off scrap metal, who gets that money? When a clunker is stripped, who gets the profits? You can bet it's not going back to Washington.

I workrd for the USPS til I retired last November. People always complained about their taxes paying my wages. Not since 1970. The USPS is, I'm sure, the only government branch that was self-supporting and even put money into the treasury. Other branches should do the same.

[Laredo]

As I understand it the program is aimed at cars that get fewer than 18 mpg to start with, and so, if the idea is to raise the national gas mileage average, disabling engines that are not meeting that standard makes sense to me. It's not meant to make us all happy.

The program appears to have been designed to do several things: jump-start car sales, take as many as possible of the "low-mpg" vehicles off the road as people could afford to trade, and circulate credit/money in the car industry.

It wasn't meant as a boost to the lowest-income group. It was meant to encourage people who could afford to trade cars in the next six to 24 months to go ahead and do that now, and to trade for something with better gas mileage.

If it had been meant to be a boost to low-income folks instead of to car dealers, you could've used the rebate to buy a cheaper car -- i.e. a pre-owned car, as the dealers like to call them. But that wouldn't have had as positive an effect on credit flow and boosting banks' bottom line.

[BillandMarijo]

My sis-in-law is finally trading in her Ford Exploder! There are a lot of them on the road, however...

You bet and I wouldnt trade mine for anything. Lol.
Marijo

[BillandMarijo]

Even though I can drive 300 miles with only 10 gallons of gas in my 4 banger Camry, I still have my eye on the new 2010 Prius. I wanted my $4,500 buck, cash for clunkers, gift too, but they don't even want to talk to me. Bummer.
Roly

Why not go and buy someone's junker for $500, and then go and trade that in on a Prius. That's still a $4000 discount, plus you get to keep your Camry!

Mike...

You must have owned your clunker for at least a year, and be able to prove it. You must be able to show it was insured for the previous year, although it looks like there may be a little wiggle room since some states don't require all drivers to carry insurance.

I've not been following the program, so I don't really know the details. I guess I'm not surprised.

But I have a question... these clunkers that are traded in, do they have to be taken out of circulation, and crushed and recycled? Even if they have lots of years left in them?

What if someone trades in a 2008 Explorer...

Mike...

Doesnt matter what year it is if it gets less than 18 mi per gallon it you can get the government rebate for a new fuel effient car. You must have these clunkers licensed and insured in your name for one year. And these clunker trade-Ins are shredded or Crunched no matter how good of condition. Engine is given a gallon of Bust to distroy the engine at the Dealership, so the junkyards who are tempted to fix up these clunkers cant. Getting the gas guzzlers of the road also saves air quality.
Marijo
By the way I drive a Ford Exployer and love it I get 20 miles per gallon better when I tow my Tear. Dont know why.