VIDEO: Cash for Clunkers engine being killed
08-03-2009, 08:00 PM
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VIDEO: Cash for Clunkers engine being killed http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0IcIxhd8ks
http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/31/v...-being-killed/
The government has set forth clear rules governing what happens to a vehicle that's been traded in under the Cash for Clunkers program. Before being shipped to a processor and shredded into metallic lettuce, the dealer that accepts the trade-in must permanently disable the engine... kill it... dead. We've already described for you what the process entails: Draining the vehicle's oil and replacing it with sodium silicate solution, turning the car on and revving it at 2,000 rpm until the engine seizes. It sounds as efficient as an executioner's blade, but as this video after the jump of the process being implemented shows, the reality is anything but.
Have you ever watched a car in its final death throes? Be prepared, have a hanky handy. We won't think less of you if tears are shed, even if it is for a 1995 Oldsmobile Aurora with 240,000 miles. Thanks to Wayzata Nissan, you'll see exactly what's required for every single Cash for Clunkers trade-in after the jump.
[Source: YouTube]
Have you ever watched a car in its final death throes? Be prepared, have a hanky handy. We won't think less of you if tears are shed, even if it is for a 1995 Oldsmobile Aurora with 240,000 miles. Thanks to Wayzata Nissan, you'll see exactly what's required for every single Cash for Clunkers trade-in after the jump.
[Source: YouTube]
08-03-2009, 09:05 PM
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Nice, Hopefully this is better then the other group that was destroying gas hogs because they 'cause too much polution'. They took the cars and burnt them... lol. The amount of polution caused by burning one car was more then if it was being driven for 10 years straight, 24 hours a day 7 days a week.
Brilliant!
Brilliant!
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08-03-2009, 10:43 PM
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I was at Dodge and they can offer me a Ram 1500 for $12400 if I turn in my 1988 GTA Firebird. $4500 from government, $3500 from dodge, and $2000 from the dealership. Thinking about it but would hate to see her go. She was my first car since high school. Ive done everything in that car... everything!
08-04-2009, 07:40 PM
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I was at Dodge and they can offer me a Ram 1500 for $12400 if I turn in my 1988 GTA Firebird. $4500 from government, $3500 from dodge, and $2000 from the dealership. Thinking about it but would hate to see her go. She was my first car since high school. Ive done everything in that car... everything!
thats a must
08-04-2009, 09:32 PM
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I thought you needed a gas saver. Dodge Ram 1500 is a gas saver? I think your Firebird and that Ram probably average about the same MPG. I guess you could trade it in though just to have a new vehicle, but seeing as you have sentimental value for the GTA, how could you trade it in knowing they will kill the engine and then scrap it? I say you save a little cash and buy a used Civic, Cavalier, Corolla, etc., keep the Firebird, and actually get the gas saver you said you needed.
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08-07-2009, 11:43 AM
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my .02 Dodges are junk, if you must get a dodge truck get one with a cummins.