Wonko wrote <<trading in the "cast off
hand-me-down family car" for something more fuel efficient.
The last sentence is why I am still in favor of the program>>
I'm sure we've talked about the amount of energy it takes to
create a new car (and the effect on resources of all kinds) Vs
a 4mpg differential. Even at $4/gal it will take a long time to
pay for the difference. Don't feel like firing up the calculator
but maybe later -
;-)
LArryT
91 30oD
Demand that any Health care reform
that gets passed, must force members
of the Legislative, Judicial & Executive
Branches of government to be included
as well!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wonko the Sane" <don.b...@gmail.com>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 8:18 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Cash for clunkers hits home
Heard a thing (CNN, I think) this weekend talking about this very thing.
Some folks who can't afford to stay in their houses are buying new cars
[that they perhaps won't be able to pay for].
The other theory is that folks with good cash flow are taking advantage of
the program to buy new cars for their kids -- trading in the "cast off
hand-me-down family car" for something more fuel efficient.
The last sentence is why I am still in favor of the program. I know it is
sad to see a low/mid-teens MPG car go to the crusher in favor of something
that burns less fuel, but that is not necessarily a bad thing (even if
nice
interior goes to the crusher).
As far as I can tell, the government is only interested in having the
engine
frozen up. You might (?) be able to still buy the rest of the car for
parts.
The CNN bit that I saw said that the cars are going to the crusher because
"nothing else is worth anything."
Kaleb might want to make an offer.
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 7:10 PM, WILTON <wilt...@nc.rr.com> wrote:
There was the new housing bubble; now the new car bubble.
Wilton
----- Original Message ----- From: "LarryT" <l02tur...@comcast.net>
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Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 7:58 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Cash for clunkers hits home
Kaleb wrote <<very nice 420SEL's>>
They were talking about the same thing on the radio today - they said
"numerous cars with less than 10,00 miles on them" were going to the
crusher
- and they thought it was a real shame to crush them. Someone else
said
only the engine was being crushed - the rest could be parted out. Don't
know
which is true.
Those owners are going to be disappointed going from a 420SEL to a
Honda
Fit! Plus, after a few months of new car ownership they may find the
payments are more than they can handle. It'll be like the people who
bought
houses with no income - all over again!
Later ya'll -
LarryT
91 300D (it's paid for and it ain't going NO where!)
;-)
Demand that any Health care reform
that gets passed, must force members
of the Legislative, Judicial & Executive
Branches of government to be included
as well!
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kaleb C. Striplin" <
ka...@striplin.net>
To: "Banned List" <ban...@okiebenz.com>; "mercedes Mailing List" <
mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 7:44 PM
Subject: [MBZ] Cash for clunkers hits home
So today I was over in OKC helping the manager out there with some
setups
on some dealerships and was at the Bob Moore Mazda store in Edmund (for
OK
Don reference) and was looking at their big pile of cash for clunker
cars in
the back. I was sickened to discover a couple of very nice 420SEL's,
one
was the updated new interior post 89 style. Only had 130k on it.
Geez!!!!
Aside from that, there were plenty of nice looking pickups, blazers,
suburbans and various other cars. It is such a shame. These cars would
normally sell at independent used car lots, but now they just get
crushed.
--
Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK
95 E300, 92 500SEL, 92 300SD, 92 300E 4Matic, 91 300D, 91 300E,
89 560SEL, 87 300SDL x2, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro, 85 190D, 84 190D,
84 300D euro manny, 81 240D, 80 240D, 76 240D, 76 300D,
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