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[HAZZARDCOUNTY100]

Does anybody know of how to save a mint toyota starlet from the crusher, owned by the government. A garage i do work for has taken in a 1970's toyota starlet owned by one owner from new, 29 thousand miles from new. and three service books full of service stamps(TOYOTA) and all bills and M O T's. dut the lady has just purchased a new ford and under the 2000£ goverment scheme has put the starlet up for donar car. The car is like new. Apart from purchasing the car for 2000£, can it be saved ant other way.!!!!!!!!. I can't believe that reall good condition cars are being crushed under such a awfull scheme.

[Rick]

Although not my cup of PG Tips, aren't these rwd Starlets quite sought after with the drifting brigade? There seems to be a good following for 70s Jap iron, surely this could be saved, I've heard of other things escaping the chop

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[peter scott]

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"A 1967 Bond Equipe and a 1954 Riley RME have been saved from destruction AFTER being traded in under the scrappage scheme. The Riley was even being loaded on to the breaker's truck when the owners club intervened.
Brindley Kia, Wolverhampton who have the Bond and a BMW dealer in Huddersfield who took in the Riley (ironic as BMW own the Riley name) did, after being approached agree to pass the cars on to new owners willing to restore them, but obviously they were looking for reimbursment to the tune of £2000 for each car as they wouldn't recieve the government's £1000 or the manufacturer's £1000..
After obtaining the blessing of the Riley's previous owner who had failed to find a buyer so traded it for a new BMW, the Riley is now with a new owner who plans to restore it. "
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[Rich5ltr]

This really is one of the most ludicrous schemes dreamed up by this floundering government. Clearly crushing perfectly good cars and replacing them with a newly built one with all the pollution and wasted energy that consumes is not in the least bit green and simply designed to make it look like they are doing something, however daft!

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[Phil - Nottingham]

It is a disgraceful waste of tax payers money as lot of the assistance is going to keep overseas workers in employment any although at least Toyota near me have gone back to full time working for a spell.

Apparently some quite serviceable modern cars are going to the crusher anyway and real unsafe bangers are still on the road as their owners cannot afford to find the extra money to buy and insure a new car anyway.

However cannot blame owners taking advantage if they cannot sell and it is thetir car to do as they please with after all.

Really pleased about the Riley - I just wonder how many of these will be actually scrapped though as it is dead easy though totally illegal to swap ID's with a real old heap

To try to rush people into this and part with money and theire classics they are syaing half teh money has alreday gone so do not leave it too long?
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[Brian M]

I think we all know this is a cynical ploy by Gordon to win a few green votes.

Have the Conservatives announced they are going to scrap the scrappage scheme if (when) they take over?

There was a feeling that the introduction of Historic Car Tax Zero rate by the Conservatives won them up to 300,000 votes in the following election.

Or are there more green votes to be won?
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[Rich5ltr]

[47Jag]

The point of the program is to stimulate the economy with an added green bonus. The problem is that it seems to be the Korean economy that is benefiting (the most popular car being bought is the Hyundi i10).

As far as the green bit goes, Rich has hit the nail on the head.

Art

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[PAUL BEAUMONT]

Did you catch last night news. Apparently our German friends, where a similar scheme exists, are simply driving the scrappaged 10 year old VW and BMWs etc over the border to Turkey and flogging them. Living on an island does have its drawbacks!!!!
PAUL