They may have figured in the probability of an old Audi still running.... <ducking>
Bill Cardell TurboDog's Dad www.flyinmiata.com www.fmwestfield.com Sales 1-800-359-6957 Tech 970-464-5600 Before you call, check out http://www.flyinmiata.com/FAQ/ ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 9:43 AM To: Miatapower Miata Power Subject: Re: NMC NPC: How to ruin a perfectly good engine I kind of justified it in my mind by paralleling it with how the Japanese have an increasing scale of tax on vehicles as they get older, essentially making it very expensive to drive an older car (or some setup like that) so that about every 3 years people get new cars. Talk about built in sales. Of course they ship the old ones out to SE Asia and such and don't destroy them. In true govt. fashion, the years before and after my '97 audi a6 qualify for the program but mine doesn't (even tho the year previous is the exact same chassis and engine). Ross From: Wiseman, Curtis J <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 11:34 AM To: Miatapower Miata Power <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: RE: NMC NPC: How to ruin a perfectly good engine And it's more stimulus to get the economy going through new-car purchases, targeted, btw, at fuel-efficient cars only. Also, the most benefit goes mostly to lower middle-class people (not too many millionaires driving clunkers). Of course, you had to be one of the "lucky" middle-class ones actually owning a clunker. Life's not fair; oh well. I'm not saying it's the best idea since the WPA but it's not the worst thing they could have done. ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark Cookson Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 10:11 AM To: CB Cc: Miatapower Miata Power Subject: Re: NMC NPC: How to ruin a perfectly good engine Actually, the seller gets the value of the scrap metal for the car, minus $50 for handling costs. I'm not sure what happens with the engine as it's removed before the car is scrapped. In theory, the return is to the environment, so that while your children will be paying for this, at least they'll have a fraction less CO2 in the air making things hot. There are plenty of things that the government spends our money on that we get little to no return on at an individual level (like, for instance, my house has never burnt down, so why should I pay for the fire department?), but it's been deemed useful at a societal level. Mark On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 9:51 AM, CB <[email protected]> wrote: So the government is paying good money for older cars, and destroying all value in them. The government is not even getting scrap metal value for the destroyed engines and cars. Now paying 3 billion to destroy serviceable engines cars and parts, with a substantial value. So they are taking 3 billion and scarping it, return zero. Perfect. The only question I have, is what is the interest rate on the 3 BILLION!!!??? we ain't got. Perfect. What a great plan. Vote wisely. Charles Brown ________________________________ _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower
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