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Plaid Adder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 10:23 AM Original message |
A question about "Cash for Clunkers" |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
1. i was wondering the same thing |
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dhpgetsit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
2. No the dealer is required to junk it. |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 11:01 AM Response to Reply #2 |
18. I saw a report on the local news last night |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
3. No, it must be "disabled" and crushed. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
4. They have to destroy the engine by pouring some |
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Oceansaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
5. i heard the engine is ruined and the |
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Skink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
6. Obama gets kickbacks. |
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Bluzmann57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
7. It gets crushed |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 10:30 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. And sent to China where it will be remanufactured into junk resold at Wal Mart |
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theoldman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 10:35 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Absolutely right. |
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brendan120678 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
8. Engine gets acid poured in it... |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 10:42 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. oh no. that's mean. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 10:42 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Sodium silicate |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
11. They disable the engine and the rest may be sold for parts in the next 180 days. |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 10:42 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. That makes sense. |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
12. bet it gets on a boat to the third world. |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 10:48 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. no - the crushed cars are a boon to the crushed car business |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 10:51 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I was thinking that too. |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
19. If the cars run and aren't complete wrecks...why don't they give to someone who can use them? |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 11:11 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. The purpose is to get them off the road. Replace gas guzzlers with more fuel efficient cars. |
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brendan120678 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 11:31 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Exactly... |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 11:33 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. cleaner air is not idiotic - driving cars that dirty the air is idiotic |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
21. The trade in is destroyed |
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