Cascade Crew

chevymad · Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 9:00 pm Post subject: Cash for clunkers video

How to destroy and engine as specified by the government.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0IcIxhd8ks

Looks like a pretty good car to have that done to it. Poor people still driving late 80's cars arent going to have anything to step up to if this continues.

Here's a real nice jeep. Sucker took forever to seize too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjBilHH5z2A

cameron7710 · Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 9:51 pm Post subject:

i think it so stupid that they are goin that to cars in that good of shape.

d00012 · Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 10:25 pm Post subject:

Everything pretty much turns to scrap...how lame.

It better not become a law where we HAVE to do that if we have a car that qualifies...they should pay us to make some of those cars more fuel efficient. Forced induction anyone? Laughing

83Z28BlackBetty · Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 7:24 am Post subject:

at the you tube comments! "YOU ARE SICK BASTARDS, KILLING A POOR INNOCENT CAR LIKE THAT!"

HAAHHA its just a car, not a living thing. Its sad they are destroying perfectly good cars. shoot, there are so many worse cars on the road then the ones they are killing. If they truly cared about the environment, they would kill old crap heaps from the 70's & 80's and donate these to replace them. i'm certain my dad's old 1984 ford is WAY worse than both those combined!

~JAKE

91RSVert · Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 8:15 am Post subject:

Guy my mom work with traded in a 98 tahoe with 68k on the motor.

I was like Surprised

that motor has TONS more life in it, and they gotta scrap it. They keep this up and there wont be any good motors left.

Quasi-Traction · Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 11:23 am Post subject:

I was under the impression that the car had to be "running" in order to qualify for the incentive.

Confused

Is that not the case?

d00012 · Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 11:23 am Post subject:

These people are retarded! They want another loan? They want more payments, just to get $4500? And there's no guarantee they will get that much, the new vehicle has to have at least 10 mpg more than the original along with other requirements just to get the full amount. What the hell was Obama thinking? This plan only adds more problems.

91RSVert · Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 12:59 pm Post subject:

QT, The car is running when traded in. Then the stealship is required to "fubar" the motor so that your government "knows" it cant be used anymore. Anything else is up for parts.

d0012, The man is thinking better mpg to "lessen our dependency" on oil. Hes also thinking to raise auto sales to help USA auto mfgs. But the problem with that is them mfgs really arnt producing alot of cars that meet the qualifications. IMO, hes not helping as much as he thinks he is.

rjmcgee · The Hammer Joined: 08 Jan 2004 Posts: 2328

I heard that it has to be licensed and insured for at least a year to qualify.

I think it is great, if I still had Jenn's Firebird I may have tried to use this on a newer diesel pickup. Or does it only work for new cars?

redlava · Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 4:12 pm Post subject:

Only works with new cars, and you only get the full 4500 if you get 10mpg better than your original clunker

QwkTrip · Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 6:40 pm Post subject:

I'll keep my clunker. I have no interest to spend $25K+ to save some fuel. Besides, somebody could use an affordable car.

chevymad · Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 7:13 pm Post subject:

I saw a car take off today, no muffler, smoke blowing out in a big cloud. I know the woman works at the grocery store and has no money for something better. Somehow it just doesnt seem right that we destroy a vehicle like that jeep on purpose, when this person is working and has a car that barely gets her anywhere.

QwkTrip · Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 7:26 pm Post subject:

At the end of the day this probably won't result in much. Most people with clunkers don't have enough money to get a new car anyway. The few that get turned in are probably pretty used up.

chevymad · Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 7:39 pm Post subject:

News is they allready have had to stop the program. They think they've allready gotten all 250k cars they had money for. People are going back to congress to ask for more funding.

GREG DAVIDSON · Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 1:21 am Post subject:

this just piss's me off the more i hear about it but i know this is'nt the place for political mumbo jumbo so i'll bite my toung

91RSVert · Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 4:44 am Post subject:

Xophertony · Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 5:03 am Post subject:

What The Fudge?

this is the exactly short sighted political crap the politicians (on BOTH sides of the isle) are always getting crap for.

Thumbs down

EDIT**
OMG that jeep ran forever. was that aluminum foil crunching sound it loosing a connecting rod? and then another? how did that thing still run!?

QwkTrip · Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 6:47 pm Post subject:

Xophertony · Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 9:19 pm Post subject:

i was doing some PC work at a yota dealership today and some guys thought the GTA was there as a trade in for the cash for klunkers program. they were pissed... Very Happy

iansane · Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 6:11 am Post subject: