Date:         Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:02:24 -0700
Reply-To:     levi hawkins <b1levi@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         levi hawkins <b1levi@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: "Thieves Cashing in on Stolen Clunkers in Germany" (shows a
              Vanagon being heisted)
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This is a pic of Germans stealing a van? 
Who came up with that? 
That pic is from South Africa from years ago, and the german CFC program only just started less than a year ago anyway.

--- On Tue, 8/11/09, Florian Speier <groups.florian@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

From: Florian Speier <groups.florian@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: "Thieves Cashing in on Stolen Clunkers in Germany" (shows a              Vanagon being heisted)
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Date: Tuesday, August 11, 2009, 9:32 AM

yes, the germans figured out 5-10% get illegally diverted to easter europe
and africa. considering that c4c in germany mainly aims at 9-12 yea old
vehicles, and that the  emission reqs there where pretty high back then
already, maybe they should just be exported to the U.S. to make us
greener:-)

On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 9:02 AM, Roland <syncronicity1@gmail.com> wrote:

> This caught my eye.  It describes Gemany's cash for clunkers (C4C) program.
> But they don't require destruction of the engine like in the US.
>
> The picture in this article shows a car being grabbed by thieves ==> a
> Vanagon.
>
> http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/08/thieves-cash-clunkers-germany.php
> http://tinyurl.com/nwevvq
>
> Roland
>