UK Govt Scrappage Scheme!

[PassatB6]

I think we need to crunch all the numbers before we can decide whether it is more energy efficient to use an old car than buy a new one. Its much a more complicated issue than it seems.

[nick1234]

This is so wasteful!!

would you scrap a 10-year old or classic VW for a new one despite the fact that it would run for another ten years?

This is what is happening in Europe at the moment where people throw away cars in top condition and with extremely low kilometres.

This is so wasteful!!

[PassatB6]

would you scrap a 10-year old or classic VW for a new one despite the fact that it would run for another ten years?

No. But I would scrap a ten year old Hyundai Excel for a new VW. Come to think of it I would scrap a 1 yr old Hyundai Excel for a new VW.

[roccodingo]

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I reckon there would be a period of time where people would be dragging cars out of paddocks etc to scrap em, but then they would be gone and could never pollute again.

When the scrap steel price was way up there, this was infact happening, but nothing to do with savvy government policy by any means .

Couldnt agree more about getting all the unroadworthy unmaintained older cars of the road of whatever manufacture tho, prob be a good idea to send the driver/owner with it..

[roccodingo]

would you scrap a 10-year old or classic VW for a new one despite the fact that it would run for another ten years?

This is what is happening in Europe at the moment where people throw away cars in top condition and with extremely low kilometres.

This is so wasteful!!

This happens big time in the US, cars go to the scrapyard because the owner thinks its a throwaway item ( to lazy to maintain ) California policy is the gov't gives you a grand to take your car and scrap it, Once in the yard the shell can never be re registered. I have seen perfectly good vehicles in yards over there that need only minor maintenance to be good runners.

To keep these already manufactured vehicles on the roads is definately environmentally the most effective method than churning out millions of newer units.

I think the time is fast approaching where the world and its ways are due for a period of huge change...

[gldgti]

I think the time is fast approaching where the world and its ways are due for a period of huge change...

take cover, when it comes, its gonna hit hard.