Cash for clunkers?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3qXvDDhUpE&feature=related

They drain all the oil out of the car that is traded it, and then run sodium silicate (liquid glass) to make the engine lock up, so it can't be used for parts. This in ultimately makes more cars be sold to them, so they can get rid of all the old cars and make people buy new ones. All these cars are going to waste, just so the car companies can sell cars.

Please don't sell your car into this.

 

Wow shit that's bad they don't even reycycle the metal?

 

I don't know how well this well help them, I'm going to go ahead and guess; Not enough.
I think this thread would be more appropriate in the SFA forum, but it's also welcome here.

 

How will it not help them? They are destroying old cars, which means parts are going to be more rare which means they will have to buy a new car when a part breaks on their old car they can't replace.

 

Wow ive heard about the program and i recently bough a new car and traded in an older model. I didnt know that this is what they actually do.

 

No one is interested in this?

Figured it would be pretty popular >.>

 

My friend has a 1978 Cadillac which doesn't start. What should he do with it?

 

Get some money and rebuild it? That would be a really fun project that would pay off.

 

put some subwoofers in that caddy! that would be ballin'! lol.

 

I've still yet too figure out why the Government is "Investing" into this kind of bs.

 

Obama and his stupid ideas.

 

Cash for Clunkers is a program the US shouldn't be able to afford. The cars are destroyed while other people would gladly purchase them(for less than 4,500, of course).

 

I agree. Look at the bottom of this. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2187rank.html

 

Yep, it's crazy. Soon we're going to have to resort to this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRgRz3nSG7o

 

Who doesn't love hurting the poor, the ones who are now largely affected by the gov making cheap old cars more scarce.

 

That probably wouldn't be that hard it was running less than a year ago. It would be expensive though. He would rather just get some money from it. He would rather just get some money from it. So he can buy a better car.

 

Sell it to someone, besides the government.

 

Don't forget though, this is a positive step for the environment. Newer cars are generally more environmentally friendly.
I have to agree though, it does just look like a revenue building 'Kick-the-poor-while-theyre-down' exercise.

 

Yes, because just putting all that material into landfills is better than reusing it >.>

 

Damn them. And I even saw the 6 o'clock news promoting them. :|