Call for Action: Cash for Clunkers

[quadzillaryder]

cash for clunkers was good- it was a quick way of gettin rid of ur old car- IF YOU WANTED TO- no one forced you to do it--it help the economy- it got banks lending out loans- got people in newer efficent cars-

[ysgeye1]

Government subsidy = theft from someone else. Another video showed the destruction of an Oldsmobile Aurora with 240k miles on it saying it only got 17mpg. My Olds Aurora gets up to 30mpg highway, with the 4.0 v-8, and it has over 260k miles on it. Here again is the government being a big problem. Destroying good cars while robbing some people to help them get a new car.

[quadzillaryder]

DUDE- no v8 gets 30mpg- are u nuts? the most a v8 can get right now is 26mpg- and thats with the latest tech out there,

[ysgeye1]

@quadzillaryder Well, that is what the computer on the Aurora says it is doing, and that is what the fuel fill up/miles calculates to. The mile calculator (the trip meter on the computer) seems to be pretty close, too. I have a motorcycle that is about 10% off, and it looks like I am getting good fuel mileage, but not really, since for every 100 miles the odometer shows I am going, I am actually only going 90 miles. Age (miles on the car) seems to have given it better mileage.

[1700iDiGuy]

is this a passed law? or is it people who want an easy way to get their hands on a new car?

got a volvo 1988 with 42,000 original miles 20ish to the gallon, the uk made a non compulsary scrappage scheme, and i don't know anyone who went ahead and did that, to be honest though its rare to see a car older than 10 years old right now in uk

[mr22jake22]

the gal in the yellow top is hot yummy

[coachz44]

Why the F am i getting a commercial about ebay before the video plays??? isnt that against what youtube stands for? sure they gotta pay bills but, F me.....

[grexample]

"Barack Obama: Disassembling America, One Asset at a Time."

[light4darkness]

I agree it's a waste of money, but so are tax rebates for Priuses, grant money to universities to find gay animals, and the mother of all wastes, billion dollar missiles, drones, smart bombs, to go after Afghan goat herders.

Wait, I forgot bailing out Wall street gamblers.

[Rockhorns76]

What's this? A half baked, economically destructive, resource plundering, Government "plan" is backfiring? Nah, can't be! Who'd of thought? Cash for clunkers is hands down the stupidest most patently illogical plan since the Ponzi scheme known as Social Security. "Give us your relatively well functioning cars, and we'll take money from tax payers to give you 4500.oo voucher for a new car." Where does the money come from? Tax payers. It's your money. Are you in debt? What a scam.

[ysgeye1]

@Rockhorns76 Right! And then you get scammed by the car dealer when they raise the price of the vehicle $4500.

[kentube59]

The real "News Story" is the Obama Administration scamming the American people !!

[Dieselolds]

Yes it looks like insane wasting of both cars and money.

[4me2cclearly]

I love my new car:))))))

[TELEVISIONARCHIVES]

This is a bad program. Smart money tells you never go buy a new car. Only buy used. You save money . You should also never finance a car longer then 3 years.

[gotveggieoil]

Could not agree more...I have a diesel that has174K miles on it, and I plant to put another 100K on it.

It was paid off at 112K.

Americans are ridiculously enamored with new cars...Quite possibly the worst investment that you can make.

[TELEVISIONARCHIVES]

Got 100,000 miles on mine. Always use Amsoil in my autos. Never had a problem.

[gotveggieoil]

I bought my 7.3 F250 with 32k on it. It was two years old...I share your opinion of used car purchasing.

I also have a Jeep Grand Cherokee (5.2 V8) That i bought with 22K miles on it...it now has 147K and has been paid off for 3 years. The money I was making payments with has been going into a 4% money market since payments were finished.

We (speaking generally) Americans seem to have a need to live above our means for some reason, and that will be the death of our country.

[ysgeye1]

@gotveggieoil Yeah, I bought my 1996 F-350, 7.3 with 280k miles on it. I get upwards of 18+mpg on the highway, which is better than a lot of new gasoline powered pickups. Now, it has 411k miles on it. I couldn't afford a new pickup like that. I got mine for under $4000. New would cost me $45k - $55k, and probably wouldn't even be as reliable.

[beancube2008]

People should push "clunkers to e-plug-ins conversion" for the future of the industry so the government would have job creation in the recycling and environment industry and create competition, training, inspection and research development among auto parts industries as well. The impact for doing so for the entire auto industry will be at least ten folds.

[gotveggieoil]

Cash For Clunkers....What an American tragedy...Such a waste...This is intrinsic to the wasteful thinking that comes with the Democratic party.

[phopojijo]

??

And the Republican party doesn't waste? Especially not Clinton's biggest surplus in history?

What the hell?

[gotveggieoil]

No...Both parties are wasting our hard earned tax dollars....I am just calling out the one that are doing it now...

If you are a die hard Democrat or Republican, you are a fool. Both parties have sold out the American people to the oligarchs.

[aagraber45]

Actually, I am not die hard anything. I WAS registered as an Independent until I was so pissed at Bush, my eyes were bleeding.

I will bite... explain the "domestic spying" stuff....

[phopojijo]

I'm actually Canadian so I'm neither :p

[gotveggieoil]

I feel sorry for you Canadians. You guy just sit up there and mind your own business, doing what you do, and you will be dragged into the North American Union without any say so.

[aagraber45]

Ha, ha, ha..... great point phopojio. Don't let the facts get in the way, huh!?

[aagraber45]

Oh yeah gotveggieoil? Do you remember when BUSH gave tax credit for buying a SUV or TRUCK! It was essentially the SAME progrom other then you didn't trade in a car to get it and they were giving way more money per car!

The facts are that the economy IS improving. Don't worry repubs....Obama will fix Bush's broke dick economy!!!

[gotveggieoil]

Bush was a dumb ass also...I am against anything subsidized by the government (which is more accurately defined as the American people) unless it is for the truly indigent or sick.

This government of ours has raped our economic sovereignty by it's irresponsibility with our tax revenue.

The fact that you STILL subscribe to party politics shows that you have yet to figure out the utter collusion of the parties.

Did you know that Obama has expanded the "Domestic Spying" program started by Bush?

[gotveggieoil]

@aagraber45 ...obama really has done quite a job fixing the economy....have you realized yet that the dems and repubs are bought and paid for by the same controllers??? only after you wake up from your blind allegiance of these two management teams vying for control of slavery incorporated (us) will you realize that it has all been a sham from the beginning

[NYrules11]

Wouldn't expect anything less from Dems. I'm sure the dems will destroy their old planes... You know the $500M in new planes you and I are getting to buy for our dumbass leaders to fly around in style in. What a joke this country is I swear. We look like a bunch of bafoons to the rest of the world and prove it by destroying perfectly good cars.

[gotveggieoil]

Yeah...I read that Pelosi was pissed that Net Jet only had 5 G5's (at 160 million per plane) so she is petitioning to have two purchased for congressional leadership.

Her and her husband can EASILY afford one of their own...Why can they not travel on their own dime like my house rep does...On his own dime!!

[4me2cclearly]

You mean like Sanford?

lmao

[METALMAN4Wii]

It's a choice no ones going to take away anyones V8 truck or suv. that gets 8 miles per gallon it they don't want them too !

[DJEEPER]

not yet...but give it time...

[jigsaw1984]

You're funny. Learn the facts before you comment.

[4me2cclearly]

Then move;)

[davidb72]

Susan Hogan has nice boobies.

[qwertywxyz]

scammers prey on morons

[squashpup]

That's why the government shouldn't even be in the business of destroying cars. Stupidity at its finest. Obama hates America.

[pfat0]

This has nothing to do with the government or cars being destroyed. You're a tool.

[scott93257]

@squashpup and I think now America hates Obama...I know I do...

If he gets re elected, I am moving to Canada or England...