Comments on: Won't Someone Please Save Our Clunkers! http://gas2.org/2009/08/10/wont-someone-please-save-our-clunkers/ What is the future of fuel? What's new? What's next? Since 2007, Gas 2 has covered a rapidly changing world coming to terms with its oil addiction. Sat, 26 May 2012 14:59:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Doug http://gas2.org/2009/08/10/wont-someone-please-save-our-clunkers/#comment-11732 Doug Mon, 21 Sep 2009 05:18:15 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=3209#comment-11732 Face it for many(most?) a motor vehicle is nothing more than transportation, get used to it. Anyone who calculates, that they(not you or I) can afford a new vehicle purchase, and the purchase makes sense for THEM, what happens to the trade in is of little importance. The practical tragedy with the destruction of the trade ins, is that it eliminates the possibility of those who can't afford a new car to purchase cars that are more fuel efficient, and safer than the true clunkers they are no driving Face it for many(most?) a motor vehicle is nothing more than transportation, get used to it. Anyone who calculates, that they(not you or I) can afford a new vehicle purchase, and the purchase makes sense for THEM, what happens to the trade in is of little importance. The practical tragedy with the destruction of the trade ins, is that it eliminates the possibility of those who can’t afford a new car to purchase cars that are more fuel efficient, and safer than the true clunkers they are no driving

]]> By: Doug http://gas2.org/2009/08/10/wont-someone-please-save-our-clunkers/#comment-35032 Doug Mon, 21 Sep 2009 05:18:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=3209#comment-35032 Face it for many(most?) a motor vehicle is nothing more than transportation, get used to it. Anyone who calculates, that they(not you or I) can afford a new vehicle purchase, and the purchase makes sense for THEM, what happens to the trade in is of little importance. The practical tragedy with the destruction of the trade ins, is that it eliminates the possibility of those who can't afford a new car to purchase cars that are more fuel efficient, and safer than the true clunkers they are no driving Face it for many(most?) a motor vehicle is nothing more than transportation, get used to it. Anyone who calculates, that they(not you or I) can afford a new vehicle purchase, and the purchase makes sense for THEM, what happens to the trade in is of little importance. The practical tragedy with the destruction of the trade ins, is that it eliminates the possibility of those who can’t afford a new car to purchase cars that are more fuel efficient, and safer than the true clunkers they are no driving

]]> By: Doug http://gas2.org/2009/08/10/wont-someone-please-save-our-clunkers/#comment-35033 Doug Mon, 21 Sep 2009 05:18:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=3209#comment-35033 Face it for many(most?) a motor vehicle is nothing more than transportation, get used to it. Anyone who calculates, that they(not you or I) can afford a new vehicle purchase, and the purchase makes sense for THEM, what happens to the trade in is of little importance. The practical tragedy with the destruction of the trade ins, is that it eliminates the possibility of those who can't afford a new car to purchase cars that are more fuel efficient, and safer than the true clunkers they are no driving Face it for many(most?) a motor vehicle is nothing more than transportation, get used to it. Anyone who calculates, that they(not you or I) can afford a new vehicle purchase, and the purchase makes sense for THEM, what happens to the trade in is of little importance. The practical tragedy with the destruction of the trade ins, is that it eliminates the possibility of those who can’t afford a new car to purchase cars that are more fuel efficient, and safer than the true clunkers they are no driving

]]> By: Jo http://gas2.org/2009/08/10/wont-someone-please-save-our-clunkers/#comment-11731 Jo Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:31:57 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=3209#comment-11731 This post really confuses me - are you picking on the 1 million plus regular readers of Jalopnik? Are you suggesting that the CARS program is universally heralded as an economic and environmental success (such an assessment is hardly unanimous, see: broken window fallacy). It seems like your goal - with the multiple uses of "car fashionistas" - is somehow to mock the Jalopnik readers, but as a regular reader of both Gas 2.0 and Jalopnik, well ... if there is a clever/witty comment in there, I just don't get the joke. Case in point: I can name half a dozen people who buy hybrids as fashion accessories - and none of them read Jalopnik (or PopSci, PopMech, Make, etc.), all 6 read "People" and "Us Weekly", though. Pot/Kettle? This post really confuses me – are you picking on the 1 million plus regular readers of Jalopnik? Are you suggesting that the CARS program is universally heralded as an economic and environmental success (such an assessment is hardly unanimous, see: broken window fallacy). It seems like your goal – with the multiple uses of “car fashionistas” – is somehow to mock the Jalopnik readers, but as a regular reader of both Gas 2.0 and Jalopnik, well … if there is a clever/witty comment in there, I just don’t get the joke. Case in point: I can name half a dozen people who buy hybrids as fashion accessories – and none of them read Jalopnik (or PopSci, PopMech, Make, etc.), all 6 read “People” and “Us Weekly”, though.

Pot/Kettle?

]]> By: Jo http://gas2.org/2009/08/10/wont-someone-please-save-our-clunkers/#comment-35030 Jo Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:31:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=3209#comment-35030 This post really confuses me - are you picking on the 1 million plus regular readers of Jalopnik? Are you suggesting that the CARS program is universally heralded as an economic and environmental success (such an assessment is hardly unanimous, see: broken window fallacy). It seems like your goal - with the multiple uses of "car fashionistas" - is somehow to mock the Jalopnik readers, but as a regular reader of both Gas 2.0 and Jalopnik, well ... if there is a clever/witty comment in there, I just don't get the joke. Case in point: I can name half a dozen people who buy hybrids as fashion accessories - and none of them read Jalopnik (or PopSci, PopMech, Make, etc.), all 6 read "People" and "Us Weekly", though. Pot/Kettle? This post really confuses me – are you picking on the 1 million plus regular readers of Jalopnik? Are you suggesting that the CARS program is universally heralded as an economic and environmental success (such an assessment is hardly unanimous, see: broken window fallacy). It seems like your goal – with the multiple uses of “car fashionistas” – is somehow to mock the Jalopnik readers, but as a regular reader of both Gas 2.0 and Jalopnik, well … if there is a clever/witty comment in there, I just don’t get the joke. Case in point: I can name half a dozen people who buy hybrids as fashion accessories – and none of them read Jalopnik (or PopSci, PopMech, Make, etc.), all 6 read “People” and “Us Weekly”, though.

Pot/Kettle?

]]> By: Jo http://gas2.org/2009/08/10/wont-someone-please-save-our-clunkers/#comment-35031 Jo Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:31:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=3209#comment-35031 This post really confuses me - are you picking on the 1 million plus regular readers of Jalopnik? Are you suggesting that the CARS program is universally heralded as an economic and environmental success (such an assessment is hardly unanimous, see: broken window fallacy). It seems like your goal - with the multiple uses of "car fashionistas" - is somehow to mock the Jalopnik readers, but as a regular reader of both Gas 2.0 and Jalopnik, well ... if there is a clever/witty comment in there, I just don't get the joke. Case in point: I can name half a dozen people who buy hybrids as fashion accessories - and none of them read Jalopnik (or PopSci, PopMech, Make, etc.), all 6 read "People" and "Us Weekly", though. Pot/Kettle? This post really confuses me – are you picking on the 1 million plus regular readers of Jalopnik? Are you suggesting that the CARS program is universally heralded as an economic and environmental success (such an assessment is hardly unanimous, see: broken window fallacy). It seems like your goal – with the multiple uses of “car fashionistas” – is somehow to mock the Jalopnik readers, but as a regular reader of both Gas 2.0 and Jalopnik, well … if there is a clever/witty comment in there, I just don’t get the joke. Case in point: I can name half a dozen people who buy hybrids as fashion accessories – and none of them read Jalopnik (or PopSci, PopMech, Make, etc.), all 6 read “People” and “Us Weekly”, though.

Pot/Kettle?

]]> By: Zigfreid http://gas2.org/2009/08/10/wont-someone-please-save-our-clunkers/#comment-11730 Zigfreid Sun, 16 Aug 2009 17:25:01 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=3209#comment-11730 Many of you felt sorry for the little clunker. Zat is because your are crazy. The clunker has no feelings and the new car is much better.... Many of you felt sorry for the little clunker. Zat is because your are crazy. The clunker has no feelings and the new car is much better….

]]> By: Zigfreid http://gas2.org/2009/08/10/wont-someone-please-save-our-clunkers/#comment-35028 Zigfreid Sun, 16 Aug 2009 17:25:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=3209#comment-35028 Many of you felt sorry for the little clunker. Zat is because your are crazy. The clunker has no feelings and the new car is much better.... Many of you felt sorry for the little clunker. Zat is because your are crazy. The clunker has no feelings and the new car is much better….

]]> By: Zigfreid http://gas2.org/2009/08/10/wont-someone-please-save-our-clunkers/#comment-35029 Zigfreid Sun, 16 Aug 2009 17:25:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=3209#comment-35029 Many of you felt sorry for the little clunker. Zat is because your are crazy. The clunker has no feelings and the new car is much better.... Many of you felt sorry for the little clunker. Zat is because your are crazy. The clunker has no feelings and the new car is much better….

]]> By: MaxHedrm http://gas2.org/2009/08/10/wont-someone-please-save-our-clunkers/#comment-11729 MaxHedrm Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:41:47 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=3209#comment-11729 Not to mention that most of the people that are in the demographic you want to help likely don't have the credit rating to buy a new car. Their last car was probably bought with cash or at a we-tote-the-note kinda place and was all they could afford. $4500 isn't going to help much when they have to finance the other $10000 at 10% interest. Not to mention that most of the people that are in the demographic you want to help likely don’t have the credit rating to buy a new car. Their last car was probably bought with cash or at a we-tote-the-note kinda place and was all they could afford. $4500 isn’t going to help much when they have to finance the other $10000 at 10% interest.

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