# Cash for clunkers bills runs out of money.

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**Category:** Shift518 Automotive\
**Created:** [August 2, 2009, 7:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cash-for-clunkers-bills-runs-out-of-money/245833 "2009-08-02T07:12:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 6:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cash-for-clunkers-bills-runs-out-of-money/245833/22 "2009-08-02T18:34:02Z")

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> [@FR: or Poss FS:5 Bdrm house on the island.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fr-or-poss-fs-5-bdrm-house-on-the-island/21097/18):
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> They have to destroy the engine and tranny but the rest of the car can be parted out at the junkyard. I read an article in the paper about it a few days ago. They pour some chemicals into the engine to ruin it.
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> To me this program is a stupid waste of money but it wouldve been nice back in '05 when I traded in my '96 Blazer for a new Elantra. I probably wouldve gotten $4500 instead of $2000.

> [@FS: garage sale... cheap...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-garage-sale-cheap/20868/10):
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> they pour acid in the block to wreck the bearings till seizure occurs,and at the same time a chemical is added to the tranny to waste it …personally id love that job wreckin shit all day .but it is a waste as most semi newer cars are goin a lot longer than what people are tradin em in on

**“The prescribed and approved method of disabling a car according to law involves replacing the engine’s oil with sodium silicate, more commonly known as liquid glass. When the car is run with a mixture of water and sodium silicate the liquid quickly evaporates and the solids are left behind, causing most of the oiled surfaces to seize and break.[/quote][quote=PJB;393245]Its basically just trading in worthless old shitboxes and getting money for them. Nothing with a higher value than $4500 is getting junked.  
Theyre not going to kill a car worth $20k and give you $4500 for it.”**

Think again about them doing this to just “junk cars”.

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waj2KrKYTZo&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fjalopnik.com%2F5327580%2Fvideo-how-to-disable-a-cash-for-clunkers-car%3Fskyline%3Dtrue%26s%3Dx&feature=player\_embedded](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waj2KrKYTZo&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fjalopnik.com%2F5327580%2Fvideo-how-to-disable-a-cash-for-clunkers-car%3Fskyline%3Dtrue%26s%3Dx&feature=player_embedded)

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