"Cash for Clunkers"

[87County]

You now will have all heard of this scheme

Gillard Offers Cash For Old Cars

so in case any of you are tempted.....

I'll raise Ms Gillard's bid another $500 to $2500 for a functioning registered pre '96 tdi 110/130.....


honestly, it makes you wonder if anyone has ever considered weighing the environmental cost of car "disposal" against the same cost of keeping it working

and.... it also makes you wonder if they'll try and apply it to the perenties and crush them instead of selling them to enthusiasts who will register them (if they can)

pre-election policy-on-the-go madness if you ask me


..... & I suspect that hurried board meetings at ford/hyundai/toyo will be considering whether to apply the full $2000 increase to retail prices as of tomorrow

[trog]

can you just imagine all the new cars on the side of the road behind sheds etc as they are deemed too expensive to fix as the computers are playing up or something. i am cosidering a 300 tdi to replace the td5 as it has been a p i a just to find some one in Kununarra to even look at it. Perhaps the cash should be a toyota voucher as it seems that this is the only brand to be serviced outside the capital cities.

[clean32]

I think it will not work; it will just invite a new form of income for the dealers.

Besides the people who really need the help to get out of there clunkers are the ones who 2500 is not enough to help.

as an idea maybe it would be better and cheaper for the government if there was no tax on vehicles that achieve a low running cost, including emissions fuel consumption and dealer servicing.

Recycling of cars is a big business, it is cheaper to produce steel from old cars than it is to make new steel ( energy wise) I believe its the same with polymers.

[blackbuttdisco]

There is no economic sense in me accepting $2000 then having to pay another $65000 to the replace the LR I have at the moment, even if it is a 95 model. It is paid for and runs on LPG, it is probably cleaner than some of the later model cars. My daughter is about to register her 1951 Austin so that will be another oldie back on the road. Stuff em!

[Sprint]

first thing we need to do is cash in the clunkers in parliament......

recently eyed off a Holden Cruze CDX manual at work to replace my XR8 as a daily driver, and ignoring servicing costs, interest on finance and factoring in the difference in fuel economy, i'd have to clock up around 200,000km before i broke even when compared to replacing my current car with an identical one....

and i know which one i'd sooner have!

[Captain_Rightfoot]

first thing we need to do is cash in the clunkers in parliament......

recently eyed off a Holden Cruze CDX manual at work to replace my XR8 as a daily driver, and ignoring servicing costs, interest on finance and factoring in the difference in fuel economy, i'd have to clock up around 200,000km before i broke even when compared to replacing my current car with an identical one....

and i know which one i'd sooner have!

Also, the energy required to make a new car is said to be equivalent to two years worth of fuel for the car doing average km.

The best way to save fuel for most people is to actually think about your life and minimise your vehicle usage.

[Lotz-A-Landies]

You now will have all heard of this scheme

Gillard Offers Cash For Old Cars

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pre-election policy-on-the-go madness if you ask me

..... & I suspect that hurried board meetings at ford/hyundai/toyo will be considering whether to apply the full $2000 increase to retail prices as of tomorrow

They are running similar schemes in the US and UK (under Brown) because of the GFC. In the UK there were complaints because the people who were in the market to accept the offer were buying low end cars particularly ones from Asia and it was doing nothing for the local auto industry. I suspect that the same would happen here.

Just before you suggest restricting it to locally produced vehicles - No it would be illegal under our free trade and WTO treaty obligations.

[d@rk51d3]

First, we need to produce a good quality local car.

Then I'd happily buy one.

[Disco44]

Bring back the horse , I say,and use the $2500 to feed him.

[KarlB]

The 'cash for clunkers' proposal MAY be a good one, that should not be dismissed lightly. It is being promoted as a carbon dioxide reduction exercise. For those that are interested a brief but good review of the issue can be found here: Automotive World - ?Cash for clunkers? and lifetime CO2 emissions. Note that this was written in 2009 and not specifically about the Australian Government's proposal.

Cheers
KarlB