I hate to get a little political, but what's the consensus here on car scrappage?
The Germans did it and it worked a treat. New cars started flying out the door. The Americans joined the party (but in the small print slipped some protectionist measures under the radar, then their car makers went bankrupt), the Japanese are all for it and the UK have stepped up as well.
So, let me get this straight: you want me to borrow money to buy a car that's 10% more efficient than the one I'm scrapping because it's good for the environment? What utter rot. What about the environmental cost of building a new car, or disposing of the old? Ok, so some parts can be recycled, but, guess what ... at an environmental cost!
And don't get me started on the second hand car dealers; killed the market in Germany by all accounts (maybe there is local knowledge on here?) and bound to do the same everywhere else.
BUT nothing, NOTHING on that whole storyline so far got my goat as much as this
http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=19961
Midget, MGB, X1/9 .... all scrapped.
I'm off for a cup of tea and a sit down ....
The Germans did it and it worked a treat. New cars started flying out the door. The Americans joined the party (but in the small print slipped some protectionist measures under the radar, then their car makers went bankrupt), the Japanese are all for it and the UK have stepped up as well.
So, let me get this straight: you want me to borrow money to buy a car that's 10% more efficient than the one I'm scrapping because it's good for the environment? What utter rot. What about the environmental cost of building a new car, or disposing of the old? Ok, so some parts can be recycled, but, guess what ... at an environmental cost!
And don't get me started on the second hand car dealers; killed the market in Germany by all accounts (maybe there is local knowledge on here?) and bound to do the same everywhere else.
BUT nothing, NOTHING on that whole storyline so far got my goat as much as this
http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=19961
Midget, MGB, X1/9 .... all scrapped.
I'm off for a cup of tea and a sit down ....