CB fighting for its life @ Cash for Clunkers

[ikayto]

Poor poor CB

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbxhj..._embedded#t=25

[h22sparkle]

damn lol

[guitarplayer825]

R.I.P. 8/5/09
You will be missed

[buckysaccord93]

she just kept truckin..poor old girl i think those guys didnt know what to think when she kept starting up and running

[nope]

that's so sad...especially if it really only had 60,000 miles on it. what a shame

[JoshM]

That's a damn shame.

[djkurious]

How did this car qualify for CFC?

[ChIoVnIdCa]

How did this car qualify for CFC?

it doesn't

[Leung]

i don't think i can bring myself to watch that video.

i know the only way i'll leave my Accord is if i wreck beyond repair or the car explodes. never would i trade it in.

[deevergote]

Same here. It's like watching a puppy get kicked to death. I'll pass.

[baracuda]

its not as bad as the video of the teens blowing up the accord,the one were they just bounce it off the rev limiter and shit until catchs on fire. and is this a real "CFC" ? because i know our cars dont quailfy...

[LeosCB7h22]

any car qualifies, as long as it pulls up to the lot. But thats the stupidest program ever. its a waste.

[NutBucket]

any car qualifies, as long as it pulls up to the lot. But thats the stupidest program ever. its a waste.

Not true at all. There's a specific list. Course, it doesn't matter now since the program is over.

I would argue it was a great program because it really did move a lot of cars and got a lot of crappy old ones off the road. Sure there were some that weren't exactly "clunkers" but no program is perfect.

[RagingAsian]

I closed the window as soon as I saw it was a Seattle Silver Accord. It reminds me of my car and like Leung said...I aint never getting rid of my susie. unless of course it explodes or I wreck it. I pity the fools who try and steal it.

[deevergote]

I traded in my 02 GTP for $3500. The engine was leaking oil in multiple places... it was too complicated for me to figure out, and it'd have cost me about $2000+ to have a shop do it, since the motor had to come out.

If I could've gotten $4500 for it with CFC, I probably would have. It was a really nice car, aside from the engine and electrical issues. And the blown suspension. And the pathetic brakes (well, I replaced those with larger ones... so they were good by that point).

It was a good program because it got a lot of inefficient, polluting vehicles off the road. A LOT of SUVs were traded in. The downside is that some people traded in cars that probably had plenty of good life left in them. I've seen a lot of what I would consider really nice cars fall to CFC. If the repair cost is high, and the trade-in value is lower than the CFC offerings... off it goes. The person giving it up doesn't care. The minute they trade it in, it's not theirs anymore. They'll never see it again. What do they care if it's destroyed or resold? Most people don't care as much about cars as we do. We're automotive enthusiasts. To us, cars are more than just transportation.