# Cash for clunkers V. clean air? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [July 30, 2009, 11:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cash-for-clunkers-v-clean-air/71337 "2009-07-30T11:05:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Karter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@Karter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Karter)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 11:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cash-for-clunkers-v-clean-air/71337/1 "2009-07-30T11:05:49Z")
I try to post as little on OT as possible, but I wasnt sure if this was gen auto worthy, due to the responses I’m sure it will generate. Also plug for jeep engines, because omg. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjBilHH5z2A](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjBilHH5z2A) > For every “clunker” that we get traded in for the Cash For Clunker (CARS) Program, we must drain all the oil and put in Sodium Silicate which is pretty much liquid glass running through the engine instead of oil. how is doing this helping the environment? (if this is a repost, I searched cash for clunkers I appologize) ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 11:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cash-for-clunkers-v-clean-air/71337/2 "2009-07-30T11:12:16Z")
So there was no oil in that engine? ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 11:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cash-for-clunkers-v-clean-air/71337/3 "2009-07-30T11:16:30Z")
I think it’s to guarantee the clunker really does come off the road. It’s not much of an environmental bill if Joe trades in his 350 V8 only to have that motor a week later get dropped into Bob’s clunker with the blown motor. One clunker off the road and another right back on = no change for the environment. Full of glass that motor will never ever be used again. EDIT: And my assumption was right: [http://www.cashforclunkersfacts.com/car-dealers/engine-destruction](http://www.cashforclunkersfacts.com/car-dealers/engine-destruction) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Russian](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/the_russian/32/7414_2.png) [@The\_Russian](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/The_Russian)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 11:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cash-for-clunkers-v-clean-air/71337/4 "2009-07-30T11:20:44Z")
Thats really fucked up that they destroy all these cars. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 11:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cash-for-clunkers-v-clean-air/71337/5 "2009-07-30T11:23:21Z")
> [@The\_Russian](#): > > Thats really fucked up that they destroy all these cars. Why? That’s the whole point, to get gas guzzling vehicles off the road. All the other parts can go to salvage but the drivetrain has to be destroyed. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Russian](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/the_russian/32/7414_2.png) [@The\_Russian](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/The_Russian)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 11:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cash-for-clunkers-v-clean-air/71337/6 "2009-07-30T11:25:00Z")
Sell them to another country thats outside the environment. To help cover the costs of $4500 per vehicle. ---
**Author:** ![Eazy716](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/eazy716/32/7443_2.png) [@Eazy716](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Eazy716)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 11:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cash-for-clunkers-v-clean-air/71337/7 "2009-07-30T11:30:02Z")
> [@The\_Russian](#): > > Sell them to another country thats outside the environment. juat? ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 11:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cash-for-clunkers-v-clean-air/71337/8 "2009-07-30T11:33:47Z")
> [@Eazy716](#): > > juat? You know, Mars. Or cars on the moon! :lol: ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 11:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cash-for-clunkers-v-clean-air/71337/9 "2009-07-30T11:35:15Z")
> [@The\_Russian](#): > > Sell them to another country thats outside the environment. To help cover the costs of $4500 per vehicle. :picard: See sig. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 11:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cash-for-clunkers-v-clean-air/71337/10 "2009-07-30T11:44:46Z")
Joe, every major city center/ghetto area always voting blue proves your sig wrong though. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![rdandy5875](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rdandy5875/32/7511_2.png) [@rdandy5875](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rdandy5875)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 11:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cash-for-clunkers-v-clean-air/71337/11 "2009-07-30T11:48:37Z")
Damn…I want to know what kind of oil he HAD in there. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 11:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cash-for-clunkers-v-clean-air/71337/12 "2009-07-30T11:49:11Z")
> [@The\_Russian](#): > > Sell them to another country thats outside the environment. To help cover the costs of $4500 per vehicle. hahaha really? haha ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 11:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cash-for-clunkers-v-clean-air/71337/13 "2009-07-30T11:50:34Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > Joe, every major city center/ghetto area always voting blue proves your sig wrong though. 😉 Not necessarily. They may be poor and lazy, but they’re smart enough to know who will give them the better handouts 😉 ---
**Author:** ![POOPRA](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/poopra/32/7188_2.png) [@POOPRA](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/POOPRA)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 11:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cash-for-clunkers-v-clean-air/71337/14 "2009-07-30T11:58:39Z")
The cars go to salvage yards, but by law the motors have to be seized up so you cant reuse them. ---
**Author:** ![Treads4Heads](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/treads4heads/32/7416_2.png) [@Treads4Heads](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Treads4Heads)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 12:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cash-for-clunkers-v-clean-air/71337/15 "2009-07-30T12:04:24Z")
> [@The\_Russian](#): > > Sell them to another country thats outside the environment. To help cover the costs of $4500 per vehicle. I knew there was a reason I liked you ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 12:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cash-for-clunkers-v-clean-air/71337/16 "2009-07-30T12:20:44Z")
They will be sold to other countries and they will put old, dirty-ass diesels in them.:tup: ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 12:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cash-for-clunkers-v-clean-air/71337/17 "2009-07-30T12:30:31Z")
:lol: You really think the government could sell a vehicle for less than $4500 dollars each? They should just give steel mills stacks of $4500 dollar vouchers and have everyone drop their cars off to be immediately melted down into structural rail. Thereby the steel recycling industry picks up, and so does the industrial oxygen market. :awdrifter: ---
**Author:** ![vt1992s10](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/73ab20/32.png) [@vt1992s10](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vt1992s10)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 1:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cash-for-clunkers-v-clean-air/71337/18 "2009-07-30T13:25:34Z")
I am currently working at a Honda Dealership for the summer back in Vermont, we have ~20 cars and a few of them are pretty nice and could have probably gotten more then 4500 bucks for. The local used car places are hating this because it is raising all of the junker car prices, a beater is going to cost \>1000 now because all the beaters are going to be off the road. they are selling all the cars to a local junkyard and certain parts can be used from them, so I hear… on another note blowing up that many engines is going to be fun 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![b5a4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85e7bf/32.png) [@b5a4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/b5a4)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 1:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cash-for-clunkers-v-clean-air/71337/19 "2009-07-30T13:37:24Z")
> [@The\_Russian](#): > > Sell them to another country thats outside the environment. To help cover the costs of $4500 per vehicle. HAHAHA, well the front fell off in this case by all means… ---
**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 7:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cash-for-clunkers-v-clean-air/71337/20 "2009-07-30T19:36:00Z")
I am glad to hear the cars are going to junk yards, a lot of good parts on those. Some people cant afford to buy a new car, even with the 4500 credit, so junkers will always exist. Kinda stupid about the motors though. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cash-for-clunkers-v-clean-air/71337.md?page=2)