Who says Cash for Clunkers was a bad idea?

[fiftytakedowns]

I really think the point of the program was to promote spending, and boost the economy that way, which is quoted.

political debates are quite pointless these days, everyone creates their own theories of why shit is good or bad. I like to have faith in my government no matter who is running it. whether it is George bush or Obama. The funniest thing is that there is so much like termoil between teh dems, and the Repubs. and what most(my age (19)) dont know, is that Mccain was trying to unify the dual party system (and the country), ultimately trying to eliminate it. however in 2000, the republican party shot him down to throw bush in there for some profits. It's really a shame there is like this legendary country, and govt fail of the parties, because of the inability for people to see the other side, no matter what party and support them.

The population voted for a guy, support him, all you are doing is bringing down the rest of the country. If not write a fucking book, or start a school, nobody likes to have political shit shoved down their throat.

IMO the govt probably knew what they were doing when they started cash for clunkers, probably because Gm failed, and was hoping that the population would buy some of their cars to get them back on their. feet.

I never post anything politcal, but finally thought it was appropriate, especially when politcal hijacking seems so appropriate...

/rant

Sorry OP for hijack.

[badvibrations]

Its all just leading us towards a world economy anyway so weather the money stays here or goes there in 20 years it wont matter.

[naplesE30]

Bottom line profits made from those cars go overseas. Our money goes to other countries period. Govt should have said on domestics only! Plus I dont feel like helping to buy other peoples cars.

[e30frosh]

What rear bumper is that, or molded on addon?

It's an add on.

[Uber E30]

Your on drugs. It did nothing for the American people. It was a big show that we are all going to pay for with our own money in "taxes".

First off its "you're" and second... are you fucking blind? If this guy is saying that alot of US workers in his town get their jobs back, how is that doing nothing for american people? Perhaps we have to pay for it in taxes, but if more people are employed then we have to fund unemployment less. Funny how that works out huh?

[Tonys18t]

The whole thing was a terrible idea, some good cars got crushed and i doubt it actually helped the economy, it just bought sales forward a bit.

...and despite it being a federal offense to tamper with the clunker cars once they've been traded in, short of draining the fluids. ( all dealers got a Govt memo telling them that ), i would have stripped any E30 clean if my buddy at the dealer had gotten any in, lol.

[rThor432]

^^Yeah, all they had to do was fudge numbers, which is what they always do. Doesnt matter if they qualified or not cause the dealers are having a hard enough time getting money out of the government as it is. Who would have thought it was hard to get money out of a government program? Ha.....

[nando]

My 325i Cab gets 19 MPG City and 26 MPG Highway, with an aftermarket chip.

My old 325es did even better, so how are E30's approved for CFC?

And it's still a bad idea.

The Repo guys will benefit though...

because the EPA came up with a magic formula that made all the ratings on older cars go down. the 318is is rated at 19 average, for example.. hah!

[E30 Cabrio]

My 325i Cab gets 19 MPG City and 26 MPG Highway, with an aftermarket chip.

My old 325es did even better, so how are E30's approved for CFC?

And it's still a bad idea.

The Repo guys will benefit though...

[motorsports_3]

What rear bumper is that, or molded on addon?


I dunno, I have heard of a lot of dealers not taking cars from C4C if they dont qualify because thhe dealer would have to pay the money if it doesnt

[rThor432]

That's an odd dealer then. For most, it was just a gimmick to sell more cars and ruin more broke people's credit [even more]. 99% of dealers were taking anything and everything.

[GT BMW E30]

I wonder how an E30 meet the requirements? I asked a dealer just to ask if my e30 325i could be a clunker and he said no. He showed me on the computer that an e30 had to be 18 or less mpg stated by Government program. E30 showed they where getting about 20 mpg on an average. This person must have knew someone on the inside to make that deal or someone did not know what they were doing. That will come back to bit them in their azz. As for as getting parts......that is a money pile.

[rThor432]

But, the clunkers program killed a '91 E30 M3..

[dirty30]

Frosh - How did you score parts from a clunker car? Salvage yard by you, or do you have an inside man?

Most dealers around my area have been pretty cool about techs taking parts from cfc cars. An e30 that was traded in looks like a junk yard car after the night shift got thier hands on it.

[badvibrations]

Inside man. He's a salesman at the 'ship where he traded her in.