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    Nissan GT-Rs Purchased Via UK Cash For Clunkers Law Loophole
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    Image of LuciferV8 LuciferV8
    05/21/09

    In reply to Nissan GT-Rs Purchased Via UK Cash For Clunkers Law Loophole
    Hahahahahahaha!!!!
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    05/19/09

    In reply to Nissan GT-Rs Purchased Via UK Cash For Clunkers Law Loophole
    On the bright side, that's two fewer beat-ass Ford Orions on the road.
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    05/19/09

    In reply to Nissan GT-Rs Purchased Via UK Cash For Clunkers Law Loophole
    I didn't know Alan Jackson was big in Europe:


    Well if i had money

    Tell you what I'd do

    I'd go downtown and buy a GT-R or two

    Crazy bout a GT-R

    Lord I'm crazy bout a GT-R

    I'm gonna buy me a GT-R

    And cruise it up and down the road

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    Image of .357 .357
    05/19/09

    In reply to Nissan GT-Rs Purchased Via UK Cash For Clunkers Law Loophole
    I can't see the problem in the "cash for clunkers" when it means you can get 2 GT-Rs. The only problem with this law is the scrapping of great cars. I'm going to keep my 97 Pontiac Sunfire for future DOTS.
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    05/19/09

    In reply to Nissan GT-Rs Purchased Via UK Cash For Clunkers Law Loophole
    I'm getting the giggles imagining Jezza saying "I blew my tranny" in his round, oh-so-British tones.


    I just bet you did, Jeremy.

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    Image of Skunky Skunky
    05/19/09

    In reply to Nissan GT-Rs Purchased Via UK Cash For Clunkers Law Loophole
    At least on the bright side, with the built in GPS the government will always know where they are.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    05/19/09

    In reply to Nissan GT-Rs Purchased Via UK Cash For Clunkers Law Loophole
    The problem is that the environment is a public good. Individuals don't have incentives to preserve the environment if it means sacrificing their own consumption. Plus, they only have short term utility (unlike countries, which last for many lifetimes). That's why people believe that government regulation is necessary, including getting rid of old polluting vehicles.


    You can't rationally argue that because one such program has loopholes, all similar programs will fail. Furthermore, the two GTRs do not reflect on the entire pool of cars that were obtained through this program. Maybe a vast majority of the cars were mini cars that get 40 mpg. The issue of "stimulating the economy" is also not addressed.


    Did emissions decrease overall as a result of this program? What were the effects on the UK economy? These are two unanswered questions that define whether your argument is valid.

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    Image of Maxichamp Maxichamp
    05/19/09

    In reply to Nissan GT-Rs Purchased Via UK Cash For Clunkers Law Loophole
    I was listening to NPR's Forum this morning and the Edmunds.com lady said the UK clunkers program was having some problems. I didn't know this was the problem. Wow.
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    Image of If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
    05/19/09

    In reply to Nissan GT-Rs Purchased Via UK Cash For Clunkers Law Loophole
    History shows again and again how nature points up the folly of men.
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    Image of Plecostomus [Tyrrell] Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
    05/19/09

    @FromaBuick6: God God Godzillaaaaa... ooohhhhhhhhhhhhhh.


    heartclick for the Blue Oyster Cult reference and making it completely relevant.

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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    05/19/09

    In reply to Nissan GT-Rs Purchased Via UK Cash For Clunkers Law Loophole
    I'm going down to Nissan tomorrow!
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    Image of Flathead Smith Flathead Smith
    05/19/09

    In reply to Nissan GT-Rs Purchased Via UK Cash For Clunkers Law Loophole
    How does buying a Japanese car stimulate the economy in Britain except for a couple of sales guys. They should make a "clunker for clunker law" and allow the British to trade in there clunker for a new car made in Britain.
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    Image of Plecostomus [Tyrrell] Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
    05/19/09

    @Flathead Smith: Same thing should go for the Cash-For-Clunkers program here in the US. You sell a car to buy a US-made new car. My mother intends to scrap my brother's perfectly functional 1995 Ford Thunderbird with less than 100k on it so she can use the $1500 she'll get on a Subaru Forester. Knowing her, she won't get the XT model, either, so I'd much rather force her hand into buying American.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    05/19/09

    @Plecostomus will never win COTD... but has a: She could sell it for over a grand. Convince her.
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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    05/19/09

    @Flathead Smith: well in addition to creating jobs from shipping to sales, apparently both of those GT-Rs also generate both sales tax and an additional £405 in gas-guzzling tax every year. For every 20 of them people buy, the yearly gas guzzler tax pays for one civil servant!
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    Image of will will
    05/19/09

    In reply to Nissan GT-Rs Purchased Via UK Cash For Clunkers Law Loophole
    at least it's not a camry
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    05/20/09

    @will: or a Corolla S!


    Did we ever get an editorial ruling on the most pointless sport trim package ever... I would guess that the Corolla S would have one that based on the thread...

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