Interesting Cash for Clunkers numbers...

[mistergou]

Got my Car an Driver in the mail today, an ran across a interesting cash for clunkers article..

Out of the nearly 700,000 used cars traded in here is a small list of some of the most expensive cars traded in...

makes me sad that they destroyed these cars


Total # -- Years ---------- Base price new

123 -- '84-'95 Corvettes...$23k-37k

67--- '86- 89 Mercedes-Benz 560SL ... $48k-64K

9--- '90'-'92 Mercedes-Benz 500Sl... $83K-106K

1----'93 Mazda RX-7 ... $33k

1.... '85 TVR 280i ....$23K

3..... '89-90 Laforza....$38k-43k

1..... '91 BMW M3.... $35k

1.....'91 BMW M5.. $56k

1...... '91 GMC Typhoon... $28k

1.... '05 Mazda RX-8 .....$25k

3..... ' 97-98 Mitsubishi 3000GT spyder ... $57-64

the best for last...

1.... '97 Aston Martin DB7 Volante... $146k...
Wish I could have found the owner that was stupid enough to trade this car in... I would have giving them the "cash for clunker" price for it...

[Nerdsrock22]

While I understand your sentiment, I seriously doubt that you would have bought a crappy Aston Marton that probably needed $20k in repairs.

There are reasons people sold these cars for $4k.

[mistergou]

While I understand your sentiment, I seriously doubt that you would have bought a crappy Aston Marton that probably needed $20k in repairs.

There are reasons people sold these cars for $4k.

yeah good point didnt think about the expensive repairs...

but still I know some of those cars ran fine, which makes me sad that they destroyed them..

[Total_Blender]

While I understand your sentiment, I seriously doubt that you would have bought a crappy Aston Marton that probably needed $20k in repairs.

There are reasons people sold these cars for $4k.

Also, with something like an Aston, its not something you can work on in your driveway at home. Technically speaking it is possible, but from a standpoint of retaining value, people who buy high end cars prefer to have maintenance done by dealer techs where its documented, etc.

So if you have a beater Aston and for some reason your insurance won't cover it, you're probably better off just taking the 4k.

Same with the Mercedes' too, a beater '86 Mercedes might be a cool car for 4k on paper, but when you start looking at buying those Mercedes parts (if you can even find them) its not such a good deal.

4k will barely get you a decent used Honda, let alone a decent used Mercedes.

[2turbo4u]

How do you know that those cars actually got crushed?

[n00bsrus]

not really concerned with the aston marton, but wtf who was the idiot that crushed the typhoon? motherfucker should be shot. they made like 160 of them EVER. turboed n' shit. wtf.

[CHADbee]

not really concerned with the aston marton, but wtf who was the idiot that crushed the typhoon? motherfucker should be shot. they made like 160 of them EVER. turboed n' shit. wtf.

i know, that really pisses me off, they most likely had no clue what they had