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#6089 of 6098 Re: Cash for Clunker [lemko] by anythngbutgm Aug 13, 2009 (9:35 am)
Replying to: lemko (Aug 13, 2009 9:31 am) I agree and I am totally against the wastefullness of this program. There are some perfectly good vehicles that are being scrapped. Replies to this message: plekto (Aug 13, 2009 4:39 pm) carnaught (Aug 13, 2009 5:42 pm) lemko (Aug 14, 2009 6:13 am)
#6090 of 6098 Re: Cash for Clunker [anythngbutgm] by fintail Aug 13, 2009 (10:01 am)
Replying to: anythngbutgm (Aug 13, 2009 9:19 am) That's like a 2000+ model too, isn't it? I hope it was a miled up livery-abused example.   Exploder in front of it looks like a 2002 or so model too.   I see a couple of S10 Blazers in the shot...I have no problem being rid of those. Those extended cab Ford trucks that collapse like pop cans in hard crashes don't warm my heart either.   I have to wonder about the defects or wear on these vehicles that makes them worth so little. If anything, it is a testamant to how well some vehicles age, at least on the outside.
#6091 of 6098 Re: BMW 3 Re: ?? not rocket science ?? Re: CTS V8 [rayainsw] by circlew Aug 13, 2009 (1:12 pm)
Replying to: rayainsw (Aug 13, 2009 5:51 am) When you drive the 3-series for the fist few thousand miles, the respect turns into exhilaration as the car becomes an extension of your every anticipation. Never, Never, NEVER did that happen with a U.S. built vehicle in my experience.   Regards, OW
#6092 of 6098 Re: Cash for Clunker [anythngbutgm] by plekto Aug 13, 2009 (4:39 pm)
Replying to: anythngbutgm (Aug 13, 2009 9:35 am) Well, you might hang around a larger dealership and offer the person $5000 or something for a vehicle like that. A lot of it is that people will trade cars that wholesale at $3-6K trade-in but retail in the 5-8K range just to get their payments down and get it done quickly.   Shame with that DTS - I'd buy it for $4500 in a heartbeat. Replies to this message: carnaught (Aug 13, 2009 5:42 pm) lemko (Aug 14, 2009 6:13 am)
#6093 of 6098 Re: Cash for Clunker [plekto] by carnaught Aug 13, 2009 (5:42 pm)
Replying to: plekto (Aug 13, 2009 4:39 pm) Shame with that DTS - I'd buy it for $4500 in a heartbeat.   If it's anything like the DTS I had, it's in the right place.
#6094 of 6098 Re: Cash for Clunker [plekto] by lemko Aug 14, 2009 (6:13 am)
Replying to: plekto (Aug 13, 2009 4:39 pm) Provided there was nothing seriously wrong with it, I'd have give them $4,500 in cash and be done with it. I wonder if it's possible for one to buy a car that has been traded in a C4C deal or is that car doomed by law?
#6095 of 6098 That car is doomed by lemko Aug 14, 2009 (6:45 am)
Found out in the C4C topic that if a vehicle has CARS on the title, it is done for by law. You can't buy it.
#6096 of 6098 I think they by marsha7 Aug 14, 2009 (7:20 am)
have to pour "sodium silicate" into the engine to ruin it intentionally...does anyone know if that "silicate" has a more generic name, and how does it ruin the engine??? Replies to this message: steve_ (Aug 14, 2009 7:26 am) anythngbutgm (Aug 14, 2009 4:43 pm)
#6097 of 6098 Re: I think they [marsha7] by steve_ HOST Aug 14, 2009 (7:26 am)
Replying to: marsha7 (Aug 14, 2009 7:20 am) The other name for it is "liquid glass."   I guess the stuff poured in a running engine ruins the bearings and pistons. Seizes the engine.   Ironically, some people have used the stuff as a block sealer to fix head gasket problems and cracked engine blocks, at least for a few months.
#6098 of 6098 Re: I think they [marsha7] by anythngbutgm Aug 14, 2009 (4:43 pm)
Replying to: marsha7 (Aug 14, 2009 7:20 am) Silica is a form of glass and very abrasive. Think of it as smashing a bottle into bits and stuffing it in the engine... while running.

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