As you can tell, the higher-end engines will struggle long and hard before seizing up on the mixture of sodium silicate. As someone who has seen the kind of vehicles being traded in for the "Cash for Clunkers" program, the waste should bother you. Perfectly good vehicles that could be some lower-income family's first decent car are having their engines destroyed because the "experts on everything" in Washington think this is a good idea.
And not only are the engines destroyed. 180 days after the car is sent to a salvage operation, it MUST be shredded or crushed for scrap metal, so even IF another engine could be found, this vehicle, that the government experts have deemed "dirty", will never be back on the road.
A couple of examples being proclaimed "clunkers"..
1986 Ford Bronco, garage kept, less than 11K miles -The 351W V-8 is dead now.
1999 Olds Silhouette mini-van, less than 69K, loaded, DVD, etc - Engine is now dead.
"We are from the government and we are here to help."
It's surgery with a nuclear weapon. What difference does it make if it is only a tactical one and kills only in a one-mile radius? Them aren't braggin' points.
ReplyDeleteThe fact that the program is being labled a success is bothersome. There are some dealerships in a particualr county I know well that are advertising this program to death, while the unemployment in the county is 12%. "I can't find a job, I don't have health insurance, but I just HAVE to go buy a new car and cash in on my $4500 Cash for Clunkers credit!!!"
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