Cash for your Disco!
Rock Crawling
Joined: Apr 2009
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From: Chicago, IL
If you trade your Disco in in the cash for clunkers program you may get $4,500 toward the purchase of a new car, but the dealer is required to have the Disco recycled (crushed) within six months. I could never do that to my Disco. It's kind of like having your wife bumped off for the life insurance - come to think of it, I think I'd do that before turning my Disco in to the crusher.
Three Wheeling
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 51
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From: Arizona
If you trade your Disco in in the cash for clunkers program you may get $4,500 toward the purchase of a new car, but the dealer is required to have the Disco recycled (crushed) within six months. I could never do that to my Disco. It's kind of like having your wife bumped off for the life insurance - come to think of it, I think I'd do that before turning my Disco in to the crusher.
Rock Crawling
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 403
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From: Keller, TX
Think of all the good parts going to waste so Obama can get people to go in debt and buy new cars to stimulate the economy. I personally prefer to stimulate the economy by buying parts and keeping my paid for Disco running great.
The thought of my disco being crushed brings a tear to my eye... But obviously I wont being trading her in anytime soon!
But here is the funny part about this Cash for Clunkers program: There are two main ideas to the program itself, stimulate the auto industry a bit; which is great, I like that part. But the other idea behind it is to get low MPG vehicles off the road and replace them with better MPG vehicles, which in return will help the evironment right?? Not so fast! If you read the fine print, all engines must be destroyed before they are sent off. So how do they destroy the engine?? With a sodium silicate solution, a powerful chemical that is considered a neurotoxin! So while we are saving the world one clunker at a time... we're harming it too. Typical of a half thought-out government program....
But here is the funny part about this Cash for Clunkers program: There are two main ideas to the program itself, stimulate the auto industry a bit; which is great, I like that part. But the other idea behind it is to get low MPG vehicles off the road and replace them with better MPG vehicles, which in return will help the evironment right?? Not so fast! If you read the fine print, all engines must be destroyed before they are sent off. So how do they destroy the engine?? With a sodium silicate solution, a powerful chemical that is considered a neurotoxin! So while we are saving the world one clunker at a time... we're harming it too. Typical of a half thought-out government program....
Rock Crawling
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 293
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From: New Bern NC
now thats the way to go! Dont you want to trade in your paid for fine running vehicle and further engorge your debt? There is no way that excessive debt got our country in this situation! We all will be paying back that $4500 plus some anyway no matter what.
The program is stupid, Regan wanted to do this back in the 80's too, but the oil lobbiest's stopped it.
If you dont want to trade in your Rover then dont.
The program has not been a success, so dont worry about your cheap parts.
And it is a good thing it has not been a success because if everybody trades in their old cars what are us poor people going to buy when we need a "new" car?
Not that I want a new car but I sure as hell cant afford one, even with all the rebates and the cash for clunkers.
If you dont want to trade in your Rover then dont.
The program has not been a success, so dont worry about your cheap parts.
And it is a good thing it has not been a success because if everybody trades in their old cars what are us poor people going to buy when we need a "new" car?
Not that I want a new car but I sure as hell cant afford one, even with all the rebates and the cash for clunkers.
Recovery Vehicle
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 1,002
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From: Colorado Springs, CO
If you trade your Disco in in the cash for clunkers program you may get $4,500 toward the purchase of a new car, but the dealer is required to have the Disco recycled (crushed) within six months. I could never do that to my Disco. It's kind of like having your wife bumped off for the life insurance - come to think of it, I think I'd do that before turning my Disco in to
the crusher.
the crusher.
(hehehehehe - Peter Griffin laugh)
Anyway, considering the program is about to be suspended due to lack of funds (apparently $1 Billion isn't enough), you will all have more time to think about it. And if I find any of you doing it, I will hunt you down, I WILL find you and I will kill you.
But there's nothing funny about that.
(hehehehehe)
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