15 VX's destroyed and lost for ever!

[Triathlete]

Yep, just what it says! Here is a list of vehicles traded in for Cash4Clunkers.
Its amazing what was traded in and what was allowed to be traded in. What did they save by taking 800+ natural gas vehicles off the road?
Foose F150's, Bentley's, Masaratti's...and 15 VX's

[Ldub]

That's just depressing...

[Chopper]

I can't imagine there was much left of the "Foose F150" or the Bentley....when 3500 or 4500 bucks off a new Cobalt seemed a good deal. The parts are gone from those VX's, and that's a shame, but no one dumped any gems

[vt_maverick]

Now we need to find out what yards they went to so we can grab the parts!

[Mark B]

Anytime the government gets involved in a program, it gets screwed up.
Gut the engines, but save the parts. A lot of people cannot afford a new car and want to keep there old car running.

[circmand]

Anytime the government gets involved in a program, it gets screwed up.
Gut the engines, but save the parts. A lot of people cannot afford a new car and want to keep there old car running.

It was part of the deal that parts could be resold from the trade ins

[circmand]

If any of the collectable trade ins were worth more than $3500 the owners would have sold them rather than trade in for $3500.

[Triathlete]

If any of the collectable trade ins were worth more than $3500 the owners would have sold them rather than trade in for $3500.

Probably most....but, some people are just lazy and will take the quick and easy way out. There was a Masi Biturbo traded in here (Tucson) and the local news was doing a story on c4c. The dealer that took the Masi in on trade showed it to them. Immaculate condition and the dealer said it ran great. He said the guy was just tired of spending what it cost to keep it running that way. So, yes most were probably worth no more than the Gov gave for them, but...
A few collector types would probably liked to have gotten their hands on a few of those for restoration... Buick ASC GNX, DB7, Bentley, Foose F150, Roush Stage 3 F-150, 928 S4...

[handeeman]

It was part of the deal that parts could be resold from the trade ins

That is true...the salvage yards can sell the parts. now if we can find those 15 VX's....parts bonanza ! Maybe even a luggage rack for me and mikemol.

Actually, it's been a sad week for me this week. I've had to help move some of the clunkers to a holding area to be put to death (sodium-silicate). Some of these cars would make ya sick..2002 Isuzu Rodeo 4x4, 99 mercury Grand Marquis (mom and pop type car), 2000 Ford Windstar van clean as a whistle. These would have made a nice car for some hard working needy family.
For an old car dog like me it just breaks my heart to see-em put to death. They drain the oil, then pour in the silicate, most of em run about 4-6 minutes before they quit. We had one old dodge van that started to sieze up then kept on running they had to pour more silicate in it. Kinda like a person fighting for that last breath. Don't get me wrong, a lot of them are clunkers and needed to be taken off the roads but some of them are not guzzlers or clunkers.
We need to find the 15 VX's.

P.S. I did a search of all the manheim (total resource) auctions no VX's yet.

[nocturnalVX]

I just ordered a new hood insert from Merlin. It would have been nice to have those 15 VehiCROSSes for parts rather than being crushed.
Yes, CRUSHED. I hate to say it, but none of the cars traded in can be resold or stripped for extra $$$. They must be crushed and recycled. I know there were many decent rides that could have gone to someone that can't afford a new car. Stupid.

[circmand]

I just ordered a new hood insert from Merlin. It would have been nice to have those 15 VehiCROSSes for parts rather than being crushed.
Yes, CRUSHED. I hate to say it, but none of the cars traded in can be resold or stripped for extra $$$. They must be crushed and recycled. I know there were many decent rides that could have gone to someone that can't afford a new car. Stupid.

The engines have to be made non operable all other parts can be resold.

[VXorado]

Another successful government program

[lasturbo]

Another successful government program

I had this on the other thread rickshaw started, so in case you did not see it, and saddened by the loss of our 15 brothers/sisters, here is how successful the program was if you break it down this way:

A vehicle at 15 mpg and 12,000 miles per year uses 800 gallons a year of gasoline. A vehicle at 25 mpg and 12,000 miles per year uses 480 gallons a year.

So, the average clunker transaction will reduce US gasoline consumption by 320 gallons per year. They claim 700,000 vehicles – so that's 224 million gallons per year.

That equates to a bit over 5 million barrels of oil…
5 million barrels of oil is about ¼ of one day's US consumption. And 5 million barrels of oil costs about $350 million dollars at $75 per bbl.

So, we all just spent $3 billion...to save $350 million.

Hmmmmmmmmm. How good a deal was that?
But, I'm thinking that they’ll probably do a great job with health care, though!

and if GM had to file bankruptcy , where did they get the money to expand their manufacturing plant in China ???

[rickshaw]

Download the list of trade-in vehicles
The official CARS trade-in list (page 79) reveals that there were (15) VXs traded-in.
1999 (9)
2000 (4)
2001 (2)

[handeeman]

I'm saying that those VX's don't have to be crushed, they just can't be put back on the road again. If any of you have salvage yard contacts they can put out an APB to other salvage yards looking for VX's. We might can find them before some moron decides their not worth anything and crushes them.