The horror
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The horror
can't believe some of the cars that the "clunkers" program took in.
true we dont' know the condition but DANG!!!
http://jalopnik.com/5365954/ten-most...nkers/gallery/
true we dont' know the condition but DANG!!!
http://jalopnik.com/5365954/ten-most...nkers/gallery/
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LOL, what would make somebody do such a thing? Maybe some women who caught the hubby cheating decided it would be a nice payback to trade-in the Aston for a Prius LOL. A Buick GNX??? WTF??? A GNX is the rareset and arguably the most collectible American car made since the mid 70's. In average condition a GNX is worth $50k and super clean low mileage examples have fetched $85k plus at auction. For those of you not familar with a GNX, lemme spell it out for you Buick Regal = MB CLK 350, Buick Grand National = MB AMG CLK 63, Buick GNX = MB AMG CLK 63 Black Series...only the value of the GNX never went down by 40% as my Black Series has. Even if it was a beater GNX with matching numbers I would have given the fool $25k myself for it. The LaForza is a clunker they should smash all of them IMO.
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some of these cars have to be BS. I would maybe crush the 85 Maserati if it was in total despair. The GNX, Aston Martins, 850i, Typhoon etc. who would consider crushing them?
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The first picture with the red Aston is most definitely photoshopped (and not particularly well), but I don't think it was meant to be taken literally... just for "artistic effect" if I had to guess, since the same Aston's apparently on the list.
I too don't get how some of these models would've been "clunkered" by their respective owners - a cursory search of the used market would've demonstrated a far better result could be had by selling the vehicle outright. Doesn't make sense, unless they were absolute buckets o' rust...
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Jeez. That's horrible. Some great cars got dumped. Let's just hope that they were all in horrible, or non-running condition.
Here is a list someone there posted of cars junked that were not included in the first post:
3 Alfa Romeo Milanos
- Over 50 AMC Eagles
- 6 1984 - 1991 Audi Coupe GT and Quattro
- 4 Audi S4's and 4 S6's
- 45 BMW 6 Series
- 1 M3, 1 M5, and 1 Z3
- 1 CCC Engineering Duntov GT
- 52 Allantes
- A Few 1994 - 96 Impala SS
- at least 132 Corvettes
- at least 200 El Caminos
- 17 Chrysler Conquests (Mitsubishi Starion)
- 39 TC By Masarati
- 210 Stealths
- 1 Courier Pickup
- 24 Lightnings
- 107 Ford Taurus SHO
- 3 2007 GMC Acadias
- 15 Isuzu Vehicross
- Jaguars.... that count astounds
- 9 Jaguar XJR
- 2 XK8, 23 XJS, 26 XJS Cvt,
- A Boatload of Grand Wagoneers, and J10/20 Pickups
- 3 Laforzas
- You don't want to now the number of RX-7 and RX-8's
- 26 Merkur Scorpios, 21 XR4Ti's
- 20 Mitsubishi 3000 GT Spyders
- 5 Starions
- 1 2006 350Z Roadster
- 1 2006 Altima Coupe
- 22 Peugeots
- 61 Fieros
- 1 TVR 280i
- 310 Toyota Supras
Here is a list someone there posted of cars junked that were not included in the first post:
3 Alfa Romeo Milanos
- Over 50 AMC Eagles
- 6 1984 - 1991 Audi Coupe GT and Quattro
- 4 Audi S4's and 4 S6's
- 45 BMW 6 Series
- 1 M3, 1 M5, and 1 Z3
- 1 CCC Engineering Duntov GT
- 52 Allantes
- A Few 1994 - 96 Impala SS
- at least 132 Corvettes
- at least 200 El Caminos
- 17 Chrysler Conquests (Mitsubishi Starion)
- 39 TC By Masarati
- 210 Stealths
- 1 Courier Pickup
- 24 Lightnings
- 107 Ford Taurus SHO
- 3 2007 GMC Acadias
- 15 Isuzu Vehicross
- Jaguars.... that count astounds
- 9 Jaguar XJR
- 2 XK8, 23 XJS, 26 XJS Cvt,
- A Boatload of Grand Wagoneers, and J10/20 Pickups
- 3 Laforzas
- You don't want to now the number of RX-7 and RX-8's
- 26 Merkur Scorpios, 21 XR4Ti's
- 20 Mitsubishi 3000 GT Spyders
- 5 Starions
- 1 2006 350Z Roadster
- 1 2006 Altima Coupe
- 22 Peugeots
- 61 Fieros
- 1 TVR 280i
- 310 Toyota Supras
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LOL, what would make somebody do such a thing? Maybe some women who caught the hubby cheating decided it would be a nice payback to trade-in the Aston for a Prius LOL. A Buick GNX??? WTF??? A GNX is the rareset and arguably the most collectible American car made since the mid 70's. In average condition a GNX is worth $50k and super clean low mileage examples have fetched $85k plus at auction. For those of you not familar with a GNX, lemme spell it out for you Buick Regal = MB CLK 350, Buick Grand National = MB AMG CLK 63, Buick GNX = MB AMG CLK 63 Black Series...only the value of the GNX never went down by 40% as my Black Series has. Even if it was a beater GNX with matching numbers I would have given the fool $25k myself for it. The LaForza is a clunker they should smash all of them IMO.
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Great case in point - my neighbor's 1970 Buick GS 455 Stage 1 convertible, bought from an old man who wanted $5k for it. I saw one go at Mecum for $75k last year.
