Killing a Vette.....video
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Killing a Vette.....video
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From: Hurricane Alley
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Dude, that's worse than killing baby seals 
That Vette fought for it's life, but then it was just slaughtered
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That Vette fought for it's life, but then it was just slaughtered
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From: Canal Winchester OH
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C4 General has a thread going on it now also. Makes me sick that this Vette and MANY other cars that still had years of life left in them are needlessly being destroyed "for the environment" 
I'm sure the family stuffed in a 1985 Ford Escort with it's bumper held on by bungee cord could have used many of the Vans and SUV's that are getting destroyed 
I'm sure the family stuffed in a 1985 Ford Escort with it's bumper held on by bungee cord could have used many of the Vans and SUV's that are getting destroyed
Le Mans Master
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From: Communist Colorado
That could be someone's dream car. Theres no good reason to destroy a perfectly working Corvette or any other car, as long as it passes a safety inspection and an emissions test. Why not give it to an unfortunate person or family? Isnt that the new socialist mantra anyway? Helping out your brother?
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What do you expect, it's a government program
Looking at that video, it just doesn't surprise me that great cars get destroyed. After all it's a government program and they can't do anything right. Don't believe that people are trading tons of gas guzzling Explorers for tons of fuel efficient Focus crap. What SUV driver's going to go into a car 1/3 the size of what they were using? Did the need to have a larger vehicle all of a sudden disappear? Just government spin to make you think the program is an environmental home run. Heard that people are trading 12 MPG SUVs for 19 MPG SUVs and getting $4500.00 to do so. So much for saving whales! Breaking down that C4 into recycled parts would have made more sense than destroying it. Plus the gasses emitted during the destruction were probably more toxic than 10000 miles of driving. They have to crush these cars and not recycle the parts adding tons of environmentally unfriendly materials into the environment instead of recycling through used parts sales. Like I said, Government Program does not equal making sense. Greenie weenies are really dopes here IMHO.
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Looking at that video, it just doesn't surprise me that great cars get destroyed. After all it's a government program and they can't do anything right. Don't believe that people are trading tons of gas guzzling Explorers for tons of fuel efficient Focus crap. What SUV driver's going to go into a car 1/3 the size of what they were using? Did the need to have a larger vehicle all of a sudden disappear? Just government spin to make you think the program is an environmental home run. Heard that people are trading 12 MPG SUVs for 19 MPG SUVs and getting $4500.00 to do so. So much for saving whales! Breaking down that C4 into recycled parts would have made more sense than destroying it. Plus the gasses emitted during the destruction were probably more toxic than 10000 miles of driving. They have to crush these cars and not recycle the parts adding tons of environmentally unfriendly materials into the environment instead of recycling through used parts sales. Like I said, Government Program does not equal making sense. Greenie weenies are really dopes here IMHO.
Amen. When has the government ever been good at anything? I'm getting tired of all this "change".
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No one ever said this program made sense. Some people just don't think. Suppose they got their 4500.00 and bought a Taurus at $28500.00. Deduct the 4500 and the Taurus is 24k. They could GIVE the Vette away and buy a newer version of the same car for 16k and pocket the difference. Not to mention that the Vette probably still was getting over 20mpg in that condition.
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No one ever said this program made sense. Some people just don't think. Suppose they got their 4500.00 and bought a Taurus at $28500.00. Deduct the 4500 and the Taurus is 24k. They could GIVE the Vette away and buy a newer version of the same car for 16k and pocket the difference. Not to mention that the Vette probably still was getting over 20mpg in that condition.
What I never understood about this whole (our) cash for clunkers program was that most people driving clunkers cannot afford a large car payment. If they get a $4500 down payment and still buy an (average) new car for $18K, they still owe $13.5K!
Most dealers would still offer $5K in a trade/sales promo (blah, blah, blah) to close a deal anyway. Unless the car is absolutely on it's last breath, you could probably get just as good a deal without using the government (our) money. I know the idea is to get these old cars off the roads, however it hurts to see any generation Vette get destroyed.
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From: Canal Winchester OH
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They could have given the $4500 W/O destroying the cars. That is the biggest issue with this program. They could have given $4500 CASH to people who DONATED their cars to some charity, then the money would have gone through the whole economy instead of just the automotive industry. They would have benefited as people spent the money and people in other industries went back to work.
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From: Iowa
absolutely sickening. I was actually happy when I heard the program was out of cash so this ridiculous waste would end, then they go an extend it! So much worse when you think that they are taking OUR money to pay for the destruction of perfectly good vehicles.
how did a C4 qualify for the program anyway? don't they get high 20's? not as good as a C5 but I thought they were up there.
My girl and I are working on replacing our beaten up focus (which gets the same mpg as my vette!) with the biggest SUV we can afford. she's tired of small unsafe econoboxes and so am I. I'm hoping for a Suburban with the 6.0. doubt we'll really go that big though. Take that tree huggers.
I don't know about you but I am going to pay tribute to this poor vette, such a tragic loss, by idling mine in my driveway for one hour tomorrow afternoon. Who's with me?
how did a C4 qualify for the program anyway? don't they get high 20's? not as good as a C5 but I thought they were up there.
My girl and I are working on replacing our beaten up focus (which gets the same mpg as my vette!) with the biggest SUV we can afford. she's tired of small unsafe econoboxes and so am I. I'm hoping for a Suburban with the 6.0. doubt we'll really go that big though. Take that tree huggers.
I don't know about you but I am going to pay tribute to this poor vette, such a tragic loss, by idling mine in my driveway for one hour tomorrow afternoon. Who's with me?
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From: Temecula California
Ive seen quite a few of these type of videos and it is such a joke, Im quite surprised the ***** at the california air resources board allow this crap to happen, you should see some of the other vids, so much smoke you can hardly see the car...now times all that smoke by the thousands of cars.....boggles the mind but then so does obama and his cronies
