Cash for clunkers - destruction - is it just me or....
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I was browsing Youtube last night, and happened to see a 'cash for clunkers' (US equivalent of the scrappage scheme I presume) destruction of a '94 BMW 530i (amongst others).
Is it just me, or do others of you on here feel like you're witnessing the death of something that has a soul - a life - like an animal?
Video is here
Is it just me, or do others of you on here feel like you're witnessing the death of something that has a soul - a life - like an animal?
Video is here
I guess if enough people felt that way, they would buy them.
Personally, if I want to own a car I'll pay to buy and maintain as required. If I don't then I'm not really fussed what happens to it.
Sounds a bit clinical I know, but it's a lump of metal after all and the market ultimately decides it's value.
Personally, if I want to own a car I'll pay to buy and maintain as required. If I don't then I'm not really fussed what happens to it.
Sounds a bit clinical I know, but it's a lump of metal after all and the market ultimately decides it's value.
Matt UK said:
I guess if enough people felt that way, they would buy them.
Personally, if I want to own a car I'll pay to buy and maintain as required. If I don't then I'm not really fussed what happens to it.
Sounds a bit clinical I know, but it's a lump of metal after all and the market ultimately decides it's value.
As far i understand people can't buy them , once there traded in they put some glass resin i think into the engine and seize itPersonally, if I want to own a car I'll pay to buy and maintain as required. If I don't then I'm not really fussed what happens to it.
Sounds a bit clinical I know, but it's a lump of metal after all and the market ultimately decides it's value.
then its stripped for parts , crazy
volturb40 said:
As far i understand people can't buy them , once there traded in they put some glass resin i think into the engine and seize it
then its stripped for parts , crazy
True, but if it was a truly desirable car, surely the owner would have tried to sell it on, to get more from it than the scrappage scheme offers?then its stripped for parts , crazy
ZesPak said:
True, but if it was a truly desirable car, surely the owner would have tried to sell it on, to get more from it than the scrappage scheme offers?
Just like the UK scrappage scheme, you get could more money by scrapping the vehicle.The intention is to remove "old and polluting" vehicles from our roads.
But the end result is more pollution (killing off the engine) and the resulting disposal of body parts, interior etc.
These schemes are clearly not thought through very well, however well meaning they are intended to be.
TonyRPH said:
ZesPak said:
True, but if it was a truly desirable car, surely the owner would have tried to sell it on, to get more from it than the scrappage scheme offers?
Just like the UK scrappage scheme, you get could more money by scrapping the vehicle.The intention is to remove "old and polluting" vehicles from our roads.
But the end result is more pollution (killing off the engine) and the resulting disposal of body parts, interior etc.
These schemes are clearly not thought through very well, however well meaning they are intended to be.
Agree the eco aspect is somewhat suspect when you think about the energy required to manufacture a car in the first place.
hora said:
No honestly what the fk? Seriously, what the fk?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP_IUk57VeA&fea...
Honestly? Why?
That really sets my teeth on edge hearing that poor engine. A ghastly waste of decent metal.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP_IUk57VeA&fea...
Honestly? Why?
volturb40 said:
Matt UK said:
I guess if enough people felt that way, they would buy them.
Personally, if I want to own a car I'll pay to buy and maintain as required. If I don't then I'm not really fussed what happens to it.
Sounds a bit clinical I know, but it's a lump of metal after all and the market ultimately decides it's value.
As far i understand people can't buy them , once there traded in they put some glass resin i think into the engine and seize itPersonally, if I want to own a car I'll pay to buy and maintain as required. If I don't then I'm not really fussed what happens to it.
Sounds a bit clinical I know, but it's a lump of metal after all and the market ultimately decides it's value.
then its stripped for parts , crazy
This is the worsr one, a Merc 560SEC and it only had 89000 on the clock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKUdDyCfNLw&fea...
What a total waste!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKUdDyCfNLw&fea...
What a total waste!
Matt UK said:
volturb40 said:
Matt UK said:
I guess if enough people felt that way, they would buy them.
Personally, if I want to own a car I'll pay to buy and maintain as required. If I don't then I'm not really fussed what happens to it.
Sounds a bit clinical I know, but it's a lump of metal after all and the market ultimately decides it's value.
As far i understand people can't buy them , once there traded in they put some glass resin i think into the engine and seize itPersonally, if I want to own a car I'll pay to buy and maintain as required. If I don't then I'm not really fussed what happens to it.
Sounds a bit clinical I know, but it's a lump of metal after all and the market ultimately decides it's value.
then its stripped for parts , crazy
I dont get it?.....
you buy a new motor coz its less polluting etc, but these tts are revving the nuts out the old work of the devill car, spewing oil~antifreezee & what not all over the place belching out shiploadss of st out the exhaust, how long / many miles does a owner of a prius have to do to offset this?
it makes a mockery of the whole save the planet crap,
you buy a new motor coz its less polluting etc, but these tts are revving the nuts out the old work of the devill car, spewing oil~antifreezee & what not all over the place belching out shiploadss of st out the exhaust, how long / many miles does a owner of a prius have to do to offset this?
it makes a mockery of the whole save the planet crap,
TonyRPH said:
I was browsing Youtube last night, and happened to see a 'cash for clunkers' (US equivalent of the scrappage scheme I presume) destruction of a '94 BMW 530i (amongst others).
Is it just me, or do others of you on here feel like you're witnessing the death of something that has a soul - a life - like an animal?
Video is here
I don't understand why they are doing burn outs and destroying the engine that way?Is it just me, or do others of you on here feel like you're witnessing the death of something that has a soul - a life - like an animal?
Video is here
Why not just crush it?
I don't understand people who get emotional over cars.
It is a tool of my life to get me places without walking.
Don't care what happens to it once it is sold on. I am annoyed about the wastefullness of the scrappage scheme in the UK. Plenty of reuseable cars scrapped when they could have been sold to people that can't really afford newer cars.
It is a tool of my life to get me places without walking.
Don't care what happens to it once it is sold on. I am annoyed about the wastefullness of the scrappage scheme in the UK. Plenty of reuseable cars scrapped when they could have been sold to people that can't really afford newer cars.
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