Bangers for cash: Own up!

Who took the challenge get rid of those old cars for 2000 quid some are not worth that.

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Bangers for cash: Drivers get £2,000 incentive to trade in old cars for new models... but how much will it REALLY help?

Motorists who trade in their old cars will get a £2,000 discount towards a new vehicle under a 'bangers for cash' scheme designed to kickstart the ailing UK motor industry.

Anyone with a car - or a van under 3.5 tons - which was registered before July 31, 1999 will get a cash incentive of £2,000 to trade in their old vehicle for a new one.

The car scrappage scheme was yesterday welcomed by motoring organisations, but condemned by environmental groups for failing to promote 'green' cars.

Reply to
Rob
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Rob, this is already being done to death on uk.rec.cars.misc, practicalclassics forums and just about every other discussion group I've seen. Do we really need to talk about it here too?

Reply to
Willy Eckerslyke

I don't subscribe to either of the other groups but to me its absurd to suggest such for older cars where there is no tax.

Reply to
Rob

General feeling from other groups, is that the whole thing is just government spin and will have very little effect on "our" cars. Yes it's absurd, but hopefully, it's also of very little relevance.

Reply to
Willy Eckerslyke

Anyone who thinks that this scheme has anything to do with environmentalism is out of their mind. You're going to be scrapping a car that most likely hasn't got emissions that much higher than a new one but you've got all the pollution and energy costs involved in the scrapping of the old one and more importantly, the building of its replacement.

Utter insanity.

Reply to
Conor

It's the building of its replacement that they want of course. It's a measure to boost sales.

However I'm sure there will be plenty of takers from people who have cars that they see as "old bangers". There will be less classics around in 20 years time (if of course we are even allowed to drive them by then...)

Reply to
Chris Bolus

It won't affect any car worthy of the title "classic". It may clear away some of the lingering dog poo to remove the confusion that currently equates old with classic.

Reply to
Peter Hill

Not right now. But it *will* affect cars that are future classics. Which cars those are right now is a matter for debate but there is no doubt they are included in the scope of the legislation. It's possible, as ever, that the legislation will get rid of the sheds and just leave the nice ones that people care enough for without regard to tax incentives and such.

Reply to
Dean Dark

And apparently there is not enough cash to cover all who want to take the offer so classics should be safe.

Reply to
Rob

You have to remember that any car model/make that is currently in the banger phase is part way to classic. Once the plebs have had their fill of running most of them into the ground over say a 10 year period, those that are left will be on the edge of classic status, and those that are restored will be the next generation of concourse show vehicle.

Reply to
Elder

I could well have done without Austin 7's [1] and Moggie Minor 1000's. Could only really be viewed as aspirational cars to those that had bicycles or M21 with sidecar.

What we need is an updated list of cars like that maintained by the VSCC. Only cars worth saving are on the list. Of the huge swath of gray porridge that doesn't make the list just preserve one of each to show future generations how dire motoring was for the unfortunate.

[1]The 750 Motor club found a really good way to use them up but must have got taken over by wishy washy Liberals before completing the job.
Reply to
Peter Hill

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