Scrap the Scrapage! www.rupertread.net

Scrap the Scrapage says Rupert Read, Green party councillor in Norwich, small car owner, and lead candidate for the Greens in the European elections this June 2009 for Eastern England. www.rupertread.net

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[Pyroman1990]

We must fight this, we must NOT loose classic old 50s, 60s and 70s cars

[johnthunder2001]

Car scrappage plans are bullshit, why dont the government give people £2000 to make their cars more environmentally friendly, like converting petrol cars to LPG that costs £1000-£2000 and helping people converting diesel cars to biodiesel, that also costs around £1000-£2000. Then there will be no scrap but cars recycled into fully useful green cars, someone put a bullet through this governments head please.

The reason they dont is TAX, they get Tax from the sales, lots of it.

[bandrewg12]

all the way from America i believe in ya buddy good luck campaigning i need a new car lol an English export would be nice.

[karcusprankster]

35 miles to the gallon is shit, I've got a Peugeot 306 1.9 D Turbo and it does 50mpg! Yet I pay an arm and a leg on tax (£205)

[mydailymotion1]

As George Carlin so eloquently put in on one of his stand up routines, " Buyin' things. Buyin' things. Spendin' money they don't have, on things they don't need."

[mydailymotion1]

It's all a CON TRICK.

The car industry has been upping the price of new motors to compensate for this 'offer'.

Have you asked yourself just WHO is funding this scam?

Yes - YOU the taxpayer!

Too many selfish idiots have fallen for this deception.

If the offer is still going, please don't be tempted, it really ISN'T a good deal.

[SuperSTEPHEN1989]

l don't like car scrappage plans why do thy aks mot your car if it just going to a scrap some cars worth lot monnay

as l am a scrap dealer l see la lot good vehcle' shod't be getting scrap . they shod the be scrapping the car scrappage deal

[Jimwelly]

I hope people know that new cars tend to breakdown more often as they are so complicated and have so much electronics on them which always seem to go wrong, im a mechanic and people get a shock at some of the repaire bill for a 4 yr old car which, plus on new cars nearly every thing is plastic and the avarage engine oil capacity is double to what it was 10 years ago ( his corsa takes 3l of oil, new corsa 5.5 l of oil) get my drift

[joshieboi005]

Nah im serious. All the cars back in those days were just box's on wheels! and now most modern cars are more streamlined. im talking about 80's and 90's cars

[Pyroman1990]

Are you taking hte piss? Something like a Morris Minor look much better than something boring like a Peugeot 306, or even 307!

[joshieboi005]

Yeah we must loose them all! crush them all so theres none left! all the cars u had in the past looked shit and boring. and they didnt look good enough. youve lost anyway!! hahahaha

[j101saar]

You overlook that the scrapage scheme is aimed at boosting the new car market (and used market - a report showed prices of older cars have gone up since scrapage). There are also other benefits from scrapping older cars - I'd rather be in a new Corsa in a crash than in yours (see NCAP). Newer cars have to conform to tougher emissions standards - so you can have a lot more economy/less emissions for the same performance. The scrapage scheme extends the reach of those looking to upgrade also.