On Thu, August 6, 2009 11:24 am, Terrible Tom wrote:
>
> Yeah when I found out that they were wrecking the engines, my guts got all
> twisted up. Seems
> such a waste. Our outside salesman at work had to locate the stuff for
> the dealers to use.
> Its a specific formulation designed to do just that - drain the oil out
> and run this stuff through to seize the engine.
Have you seen the video?
http://jalopnik.com/5327580/video-how-to-disable-a-cash-for-clunkers-car
No matter how tempting $4500 is, after seeing that I'd never be able to
send my truck off to be euthanized unless it was on its last legs anyway.
> its far cheaper than a new truck.
That exact statement is the reason why I'm still driving a 15 year old 4x4
pickup truck with no air conditioning, no interior space and 156,000 miles
on the odometer to work every day, 55 miles round trip at just under 20
MPG, in a province where "cheap" gas is anything under $3.50/gal. It
makes no sense whatsoever as a daily driver, but it's paid for, it gets me
where I need to go, and I've fooled around with taking it apart and
putting it (mostly) back together enough that I have a pretty good idea
how it works. The most annoying thing about this truck is actually trying
to justify it to people who just don't get it. Those conversations
usually end with a statement like "you won't think your Prius is so
awesome when I park on top of it" because it's the only way to get them to
stop nagging me about my "horrible hydrocarbon-emitting ways".
-- Jason Bleazard http://drazaelb.blogspot.com Burlington, Ontario his: '95 Dakota Sport 4x4, 3.9 V6, 5spd, Reg. Cab, white hers: '01 Dakota Sport 4x4, 4.7 V8, Auto, Quad Cab, black
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