Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:25:16 -0400
Reply-To: mcneely4@COX.NET
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From: Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject: Re: Cash for Clunkers Tally
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Several European countries, including England, Germany, and France have
cash for clunkers programs, too. In England, some vanagons and vanagon
campers have been turned in. I suspect that is true in Germany as well.
And for what it's worth (not much to some, I know), just because most on
the list like vanagons, that doesn't mean that they are not gas suckers
and that they don't pollute beyond what modern vehicles do. Whether all
agree with it or not, the cash for clunkers program has accomplished two
good things: (1) It has gotten a lot of polluting vehicles off the
road (including some vanagons), and (2) It has stimulated sales at a
time when the economy sorely needed it. Same result in Europe.
Vanagons have their uses. But if someone is driving one in a daily
commute across a distance, that person simply needs to find another way
to go if possible. Just my tcw.
Dave Mc
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 9:50 PM, Jim Felder wrote:
> It's British, it was clunker new.
>
> Jim
>
> On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 9:40 PM, Alan Felder wrote:
>> I think I saw a 90's vintage aston-martin in there
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 9:18 PM, Tom Hargrave wrote:
>>
>>> It's not just Vanagons!
>>>
>>> I scanned through the list and there are quite a few cars in there
>>> that I
>>> dream to own one day!!!!!
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Tom Hargrave
>>> 256-656-1924
>>>
>>> Our Web Sites:
>>> www.kegkits.com
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>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On
>>> Behalf Of
>>> Tim
>>> Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 8:27 PM
>>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>> Subject: Cash for Clunkers Tally
>>>
>>> Haven't seen this information posted here yet, but according to the
>>> cars.gov website:
>>>
>>> 279 Vanagon 2wd were turned in
>>> 9 Vanagon syncro were turned in
>>>
>>> In addition they list
>>> 4 van 4wd
>>> 3 van 4wd (cargo)
>>> 10 van 4wd (passenger)
>>>
>>> Also
>>>
>>> 132 Eurovans were turned in
>>> 12 Eurovan Campers were turned in
>>>
>>> See all the gory details at
>>>
>>> http://www.cars.gov/files/official-information/trade-in-vehicles.pdf
>>>
>>> Sad, sad, sad .....
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Alan Felder
>> Austin TX
>> 82 Diesel Westy
>>
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