Uk Old Car Scrappage Scheme Artical

[Bamboo]

When I was in the UK I bought this newspaper for something to read in the dunny.

 

Thought this article was interesting

[JiP]

I don't get it. They get paid 2000 pounds to trade it in but it also says he couldnt prevent it being taken? I'm lost.

[Felix]

There was a similar scheme in the US, though I think the US got a $5000US trade in over there.

 

The guy who couldn't prevent it getting crushed didn't trade it in, someone else did to buy a new car.

 

Basically you have an old car, the government offers a trade in incentive to take your old clunker off the road and in exchange you get a big discount off the purchase of a new car. Obviously there is paperwork and stuff involved and your old car becomes nullified ie. crushed.

[madKE35coupe]

well hopefully that doesnt happen over here. welike our old buzzboxes over here.....unless it looks like this\/\/\/\/

thats just beyond repair

[Felix]

The US called their scheme the "Cash for Clunkers Program".

 

In the US they had to seize all of the engines of the cars turned in. They drain the engine oil and put sodium silicate (liquid glass) in the motors and run them til they stop.

 

Do a search on youtube on "cash for clunkers" and you will see heaps of vids of cars taking there last breath.

 

Example:

 

Guess they see it as one way to revive the sales of new cars.

Edited March 29, 2010 by Felix

[ke71-rolla]

Tears in my eyes seeing them kill the Jag :D

[drc_ke20]

sad but that`s how the economic goes in some part of the world :D lucky its not here yet?

[JiP]

That is a total waste with that Jag ay. Like I understand taking back carbied cars from the early 90's, but thats too new and EFI

[parrot]

The UK classic car mags have quite rightly been in a lather about it for over a year. Not an issue goes by without some rescue of an incredible car. The legislation has made it very difficult to save cars scrapped under the scheme.

 

Good to see the scheme ends about now, which I didn't know.

[B.L.Z.BUB]

Horrible horrible horrible. And the people who let these beauties go to the scrapper, shame on you.

 

I understand some people wont love these as much as others or have any idea, but still.

[philbey]

That is a total waste with that Jag ay. Like I understand taking back carbied cars from the early 90's, but thats too new and EFI

 

My response is.... No. Not a waste at all. If there was ever a marque that has no dignity in old age it's the Jag XJ. This bodyshape only ever got superficial updates in something like 30 years and there are sooooooo many ratty, shitty old ones around, it's like a blight.

 

Seriously, search Ebay for Jaguar <$1500 and There's about 10 of them, not to mention their Daimler counterparts.

 

It's no surprise that a 1998 model isn't worth much more than scrap, it's got very little to distinguish it from a 30 year legacy of peeled paint and rust!

 

Not to say I haven't considered buying on to pimp around in, hell even the V12s come up cheap.

[JiP]

That said Range Rovers did the same.

[philbey]

bingo.

 

Even the old mercs were going that way and then all of a sudden they've become a bit of a collectable, everyone buying them and slamming them.

[comtoy]

i feel sorry for the maseratti that was scrap so many nice cars what a waste :yes: :bash: