Car scrap incentive plan nonsense

SamIAm_3-2

We were trying to get rid of the 306 for about 6 months and we literally couldn't give it away. Ebay was a last resort - we were just hoping that someone would take it off our hands and we got £500 for it!

lostinrates wrote: »

Alternatively, I could donate it to a charity to sell

That's a good idea - I didn't know you could do this! Out of interest, which charities do this?

Or, you might be able to get £2000 off the government for it!

lostinrates

SamIAm wrote: »

We were trying to get rid of the 306 for about 6 months and we literally couldn't give it away. Ebay as a last resort - we were just hoping that someone would take it off our hands and we got £500 for it!


That's a good idea - I didn't know you could do this! Out of interest, which charities do this?

Or, you might be able to get £2000 off the government for it!

Our local odds and sods animal woman is always selling odd things to raise money and uses ebay...I have no idea if the bigs charities do. I'd give it to someone who could use it if its still in any condition

Yeah, or the £2k

dopester

Katona has just had another Porsche repossessed.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1158249/Hard-Kerry-Katona-hands-keys-ANOTHER-Porsche.html

Actually used prices are faring better than I expected, but I believe it can't be too much longer for new car prices to crack.

Auction Report #8: Manheim Colchester 06 Jan 2009 (with pics)
2007 07 Porsche Cayman 3.4 S Tip S Coupe. 16k. £20,600 provisional

matbe

mr.broderick wrote: »

Actually this isn't a sales tactic, we in the motor trade are genuinely concerned about our ever fragile environment. Why does everyone think the motor trade is riddled with lying cheats ? :rolleyes:

Maybe because every time we buy a car we are lied to and cheated ?

bo_drinker

mewbie wrote: »

So if you buy an old banger for two hundred quid, will you be able to 'scrap' it for £2k? Sounds like a plan of sorts.

They will have their !!!!!! covered on this. You will have to have owned the car for x years and paid for tax on it etc etc. I don't see it happening across the board but one of the manufacturers will do something but up the prices first. If people fall for it it's up to them

chewmylegoff

donaldtramp wrote: »

I agree, if you have a working car there is absolutely no benefit changing it for a "green washed" car. The Pious is one of the most environmentally damaging cars out there. The heavy metal in it's batteries (which have to be lugged everywhere) have a huge impact in mining, processing and shipping all over the world. It's fuel consumption aint up to much either.
The best thing you can do is keep your old car running for as long as possible and when it eventually dies, buy a small engined car.
This greenwashing is pulling the wool over peoples eyes. (not mine!;))

i hired a vectra a couple of years back. when i arrived i was informed i had been "upgraded" to a stupid prius. which was the only car they had.

it was awful. and it wasn't even particularly efficient, cominbed mpg was about 30. get much better mpg out of a mini cooper s, driving like an idiot.

mr.broderick

matbe wrote: »

Maybe because every time we buy a car we are lied to and cheated ?

You wouldn't want it any other way..

trenchwars

What are the odds that if this were introduced, the car dealers would immediately hike their prices by at least 1/2 the amount.