Brings a tear to your eye

Found this while prowling someone's Flickr sets for goodies.

 

Yup, even looks like the statue accross the street is flipping them the finger.....

 

Destined to be in a demo derby near you..

 

how could they do this I don't understand some people??? Even the balloons gave up!

 

The 4500.00 is a marketing ploy to get you in the door.
You can get UP TO 4500 if you by a hybrid and mail in for the tax credit.
The real deal is in this link..
http://www.retireyourride.ca/home/rewards.aspx
and this link
http://www.greenhybrid.com/discuss/f49/tax-rebate-hybrids-ontario-canada-11763/

In short,the cars do go to the wreckers and cannot be resold.
My buddy tried to buy a nice truck that was parked in the cash for clunkers pile,but the dealer is not allowed to resell under the program.
What you get for the clunker (maximum 300.00),add the factory rebates,and government tax credit,you may be lucky to get a total of 4500.00--but not hard cash.it is all on paper.

 

Actually,I came across this.
It is against the law to advertise "cash for clunkers" in Ontario..

"OMVIC's marketing standards govern advertisements for both new and used vehicles in Ontario and level the playing field for consumers and dealers," explains OMVIC spokesperson Brenda McIntyre. "The purpose of the standards is to ensure advertisements are free of false statements, empty promises and deceptive representations of products or services. Among other things, advertising a "Cash for Clunkers" program violates Section 3.12.1 of the Standards which states advertisements do not offer a minimum trade in allowance."

http://www.marketwire.com/press-rel...rs-Cannot-Advertise-Cash-Clunkers-1034349.htm

So..somebody can save the caprice wagon by blackmailing that dealer.Get the wagon,promise not to squeal,LOL

 

Everyone on this forum should send that dealer a letter tell him what an ass he is for doing that to a nice old car. Better yet.....send them to the local newspaper and TV stations. Although, if he advertises with them they wouldn't run the story anyway.
I really, really hate seeing stuff like this. Especially from dealers. If I lived in that town, I would have to do my best to bad mouth this stupid idea. Someone should steal that wagon some night. He obviously doesn't care about it anyway.

 

thats a common thing in these parts...all the dealers do it!

2 years ago i tried without success to buy the one off one of the local Dodge dealerships...a 78 Volare woodie....it was mint!!....cept all the spraybomb

i just ignore it now

 

at least with the american version you are allowed to pull parts off of the "damned". from what i underatand...the canadian program stated that the cars must be destroyed as a whole?

 

They had a LHS sticking out from a dumpster near here a while ago at a ford dealer.

 

Cash for Clunkers=colossal failure.
Designed to get clunkers (ie gas hogs) off the road and make the world a happier, hippier place.
From what I heard the vehicle that sold the most here in the US with the CFC deal was the FORD F-Series.
People brought in their tired work horse, got more than what it was worth as a "regular" trade in and bought a brand new Super Duty or F-150.
I have been in the market for a late 90's F-350 crew cab in the $5000 range. A year ago they were plentiful. Now, thanks to the genius CFC deal they are scarce.
Our local Ford dealer had a industrial job site dumpster with a mid 90's Explorer sticking out of it.
I just sold my 94 Explorer last month for $1800.
When it first started the local chivy dealer had an entire row of CFC trade ins on their front line, real proud of em it seemed. They had some nice rigs out there. I was actually looking at a very straight/clean 86 Bronco. Full-size, XLT, had good tires, fuel injected 302.
Not for sale.
Then the Gov started backing out of their promise to pay out.
They (said chivy dealership) had a whole slew of rigs they took in on the CFC deal that the GOV said didn't "fit the criteria" they ended up trying to sell the junk for anything they could get.
What a mess.

 

They did the same thing here as well to a 92 Caprice sedan at a local Chevy dealer.... seems they find it amusing. I remember when these cars set on this very lot (even that same spot!!) when brand new!! I vividly remember one of those cars setting there when it was new in the early 1990s... who knows, maybe the same car?

fans of these cars and myself were very cross indeed....






same dealer, different location with a lot full of cars waiting to be destroyed!! a 100% rust free mid-late 80s Toyota Land Cruiser, waiting to be destroyed!

 

wow...some idiot actually clunkered a tj wrangler? you can get 4800 for a rotted out wrangler here! that one looks clean!

i call it what it is....Vehicular Genocide!

 

Here's a list of some of the cars taken off the road http://www.autoblog.com/2009/09/24/shed-a-tear-for-clunkers-that-deserved-better/

 

its too gut wrenching to bare!
a buick GN!!! a TYPHOON!!!! Lightnings!!!!!! idiots!!!

i find the aston and bentley too hard to believe....both would be worth over 20 grand even in shoddy condition...which would be hard to believe in and of itself