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re: What Cash for Clunkers did to the car market
Posted on 3/8/26 at 4:32 am to DoubleClutch
Posted on 3/8/26 at 4:32 am to DoubleClutch
Y'all don’t want none of this smoke! You feeling me Obtuse1?
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Posted on 3/8/26 at 5:21 am to UltimaParadox
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Modern vehicles statistically more reliable than those 20+ years ago
Anything built post Covid is a streaming pile of shite. I would never purchase a post 2020 vehicle.
Posted on 3/8/26 at 10:58 am to boxcarbarney
The crushed cars were shipped to China to be melted down. The cheap used car market was replaced by new cheap foreign cars (Kia, etc). Seems like it isn’t a coincidence that foreign countries profited while working class Americans suffered.
Posted on 3/8/26 at 11:01 am to BabyTac
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Anything built post Covid is a streaming pile of shite. I would never purchase a post 2020 vehicle.
Bookmarked. Will revisit in 15 yrs.
Posted on 3/8/26 at 11:02 am to boxcarbarney
It was great for Toyota, the Corolla and Camry were the two most popular car purchases
Posted on 3/8/26 at 11:45 am to boxcarbarney
Thanks for boiling my bile again - back in the day I followed a few of the mechanics forced to kill some sweet rides in that program.
Try finding a 90's BMW 530i V8 with 5-speed today.
"Close the trunk - give the car some respect." RIP
Try finding a 90's BMW 530i V8 with 5-speed today.
"Close the trunk - give the car some respect." RIP
Posted on 3/8/26 at 12:45 pm to boxcarbarney
2003 Silverado here 
Posted on 3/8/26 at 12:49 pm to Cosmo
That’s back when they were still a truck and not some tricked out fancy passenger vehicle with something that passes for a truck bed that costs three times more.
Posted on 3/8/26 at 12:51 pm to oldtrucker
2001 1500 long bed extra cab here
5.3L Vortec
5.3L Vortec
Posted on 3/8/26 at 1:15 pm to boxcarbarney
You realize those cars are now over 21 years old? How many would still be in play in the market?
Posted on 3/8/26 at 2:03 pm to Oilfieldbiology
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You realize those cars are now over 21 years old? How many would still be in play in the market?
Probably a lot. Late 90's, early 2000's vehicles were some of the best, most durable ever produced in my opinion. And there's a ton of aftermarket support for them.
Think about how many early 2000's trucks you still see driving around on a daily basis.
Posted on 3/8/26 at 2:49 pm to oldtrucker
2001 dodge ram 1500 with the 5.9
Posted on 3/8/26 at 4:30 pm to holmesbr
My grandpa had a Taurus wagon that ran forever.
I wondered where all the Jeeps went too. In the early 00s box Cherokee were all over. I had a red one with a 5 speed that I used as a spillway toy. That 4.0 was a great engine.
I wondered where all the Jeeps went too. In the early 00s box Cherokee were all over. I had a red one with a 5 speed that I used as a spillway toy. That 4.0 was a great engine.
Posted on 3/8/26 at 5:17 pm to boxcarbarney
And 13 dumbasses do not understand what you pointed out, and proceeded to downvote you.
Posted on 3/8/26 at 5:25 pm to Cosmo
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As much nostalgia as I have for some 90s cars I recently drove a 95 silverado that had been restored pretty well and those 30 year old trucks really drive like shite compared to ones of today
Correct
That's why so many people drive big trucks today
And they were much less reliable
And none of that supports the terrible Cash for Clunkers policy or ignores the negative consequences of the shitty policy (before some retard tries)
Posted on 3/8/26 at 6:00 pm to The Boat
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The way Obama fricked us
Too many ways to count
Posted on 3/8/26 at 6:36 pm to LaBR4
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1-877-Kars-4-Kids
That jingle was originally a torture device from a DARPA project.
Posted on 3/8/26 at 6:46 pm to BabyTac
I agree. I had a 2022 Ford van. Transmission out at 24,000.
My daily now is a near 20 year old lexus that I can work on myself.
Gonna keep it till the wheels fall off then but a 15 year old lexus.
My daily now is a near 20 year old lexus that I can work on myself.
Gonna keep it till the wheels fall off then but a 15 year old lexus.
Posted on 3/8/26 at 6:51 pm to Napoleon
Seeing these ‘Silverado’ post where people are bragging about making it to 100,000 miles without replacing a transmission is laughable. Two Tundras. Both well over 200,000k. Zero issues with most of those miles pulling a bass boat.
Idiots and their money.
Idiots and their money.
Posted on 3/8/26 at 8:59 pm to Napoleon
Manual transmission cherokees were the exception I think.
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