I literally lol'ed at the "choppy waters of a Cape Cod inlet" crack.

And hell yea to Keg Dude.

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I countered...

Her car is a little 3 cylinder piece of shit and too small for my +6ft frame.

My car is up to date with servicing so I asked when she last serviced hers. "It doesn't need one it's only 3 years old". I then was about to tell she's dumb and to fuck off but I asked if I can see her car. It was just outside. A Daihatsu with 4 bald tyres (less than 2mm tread). Then I told her to fuck off.

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People can rip on the conservatives to high hell, but God forbid someone poke fun at a liberal.

Seriously, some people just need to relax. Go get an organic beer at whole foods, sit down and relax.

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BTW - if you can think of a future classic that's post 1985, esp American, their value will skyrocket in the years to come. I think my Jeep Wagoneer just got a lot more valuable..those would be prime candidates for the crusher now.

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All right. It's the best we're likely to get out of Congress, and it's not a bad idea. It's just a goddamn shame about the "must get less than 18" rule, because I know of a lot of Cavaliers I'd like to see crushed.

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(B) SAVINGS PROVISION- Nothing in subparagraph (A) may be construed to preclude a person who is responsible for ensuring that the vehicle is crushed or shredded from--

(i) selling any parts of the disposed vehicle other than the engine block and drive train (unless the transmission, drive shaft, or rear end are sold as separate parts); or

(ii) retaining the proceeds from such sale.

I read that as you can sell anything but the block.

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The second point of the bill is to increase the vehicle fleet fuel efficiency. This will do that, though the minimum improvement is relatively modest.

The third point is to reduce air pollution. New cars are less polluting than old cars, and old cars have problems maintaining their emissions equipment.

For resource efficiency and overall sustainability, it doesn't look quite as good. From a life cycle energy use perspective, a more fuel efficient car should have a positive impact over its life, perhaps a very substantial improvement.

Crushing a useful car that someone could buy to replace an even worse car is a bit of a loss. Crushing an entire car before useful parts can be stripped to keep other cars going is also a loss. Generally it is best to reuse parts and materials in as close to their current status as possible: eg rinsing and reusing your beer bottle, rather than crushing it and then using the shards to make a new bottle.

Even better would have been vastly increasing the attention paid to transit, multi-occupancy cars, and to provide facilities for pedestrians and bicycles. But, since the country has been dedicated to the car for the past sixty years, a transition from complete reliance on private autos has to be incremental if it is not to be overly disruptive and counterproductive.

Personally, it looks like I could trade in my car - that I paid $4,000 for about ten years ago and get a $3,500 credit. That's pretty appealing, as opposed to shining it up, fixing it up, putting up ads and then dealing with lowballing yahoos. Since my car has something like a 25 mpg CAFE average (and suits me just fine), it limits what I could be buying substantially. I'm not really sure what's out there and new that I actually would want to buy right now.

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