http://www.tundraheadquarters.com/blog/2009/07/29/how-to-kill-a-perfectly-good-engine/ Toyota Tundra News, Reviews, Accessories, and Information Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:53:05 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.tundraheadquarters.com/blog/2009/07/29/how-to-kill-a-perfectly-good-engine/#comment-8110 admin (Jason) Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:26:32 +0000 http://www.tundraheadquarters.com/blog/?p=1546#comment-8110 I personally think that the Cash For Clunkers bill is a decent idea, but I don't think that it should be extended. In my mind, the idea was to give the auto industry a shot in the arm and get some older cars off the road. I think it has been a mild success - but not extraordinary enough to warrant continuing...but that's just one man's opinion. I personally think that the Cash For Clunkers bill is a decent idea, but I don’t think that it should be extended. In my mind, the idea was to give the auto industry a shot in the arm and get some older cars off the road. I think it has been a mild success – but not extraordinary enough to warrant continuing…but that’s just one man’s opinion.

]]> http://www.tundraheadquarters.com/blog/2009/07/29/how-to-kill-a-perfectly-good-engine/#comment-8093 mk Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:32:42 +0000 http://www.tundraheadquarters.com/blog/?p=1546#comment-8093 Interesting now that supposedly the 1 billion might already be used up in 1 week that the fed. govt. wants another 2 billion to go this is flawed program. So, another 3 weeks or so more of spending 3 billion dollars for what? So, the car dealers and mfgs. can increase their profits at the expense of all these people taking out millions in car loans? Great way to stimulate spending and putting more people in bankruptcy. Great job President Obama administration????? Interesting now that supposedly the 1 billion might already be used up in 1 week that the fed. govt. wants another 2 billion to go this is flawed program. So, another 3 weeks or so more of spending 3 billion dollars for what? So, the car dealers and mfgs. can increase their profits at the expense of all these people taking out millions in car loans? Great way to stimulate spending and putting more people in bankruptcy. Great job President Obama administration?????

]]> http://www.tundraheadquarters.com/blog/2009/07/29/how-to-kill-a-perfectly-good-engine/#comment-8071 Art64 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:54:42 +0000 http://www.tundraheadquarters.com/blog/?p=1546#comment-8071 All they have to do is shred the whole vehicle. Youtube has videos of these monster shredders. All they have to do is shred the whole vehicle. Youtube has videos of these monster shredders.

]]> http://www.tundraheadquarters.com/blog/2009/07/29/how-to-kill-a-perfectly-good-engine/#comment-8063 mk Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:13:55 +0000 http://www.tundraheadquarters.com/blog/?p=1546#comment-8063 Just heard tonight on the news that the fed. govt. is thinking about suspending the cash for clunkers program for fear of running out of money. It has only been up and running I think for 1 week, july 24th, and now it is possibly going down already. I think I heard that about 120 million of the 1 billion in 1 week has already been used up and the phones are backlogged to no end calling up cars.gov. The dealer told me to call them up personally since not even the dealer hotline can get thru to them. Typical govt. program they cannot handle and never thought it out fully. I wonder what the dealers are going to do with the extra sales they have already made and find out later that they might have to eat the 4500 bucks in trade in price since the dealer told me that if for some reason the car does not qualify, the dealer's are out the money, not the fed. govt., since it is all up to the dealers to decide whether the car qualifies. Just heard tonight on the news that the fed. govt. is thinking about suspending the cash for clunkers program for fear of running out of money. It has only been up and running I think for 1 week, july 24th, and now it is possibly going down already. I think I heard that about 120 million of the 1 billion in 1 week has already been used up and the phones are backlogged to no end calling up cars.gov. The dealer told me to call them up personally since not even the dealer hotline can get thru to them. Typical govt. program they cannot handle and never thought it out fully. I wonder what the dealers are going to do with the extra sales they have already made and find out later that they might have to eat the 4500 bucks in trade in price since the dealer told me that if for some reason the car does not qualify, the dealer’s are out the money, not the fed. govt., since it is all up to the dealers to decide whether the car qualifies.

]]> http://www.tundraheadquarters.com/blog/2009/07/29/how-to-kill-a-perfectly-good-engine/#comment-8043 TXTee Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:16:48 +0000 http://www.tundraheadquarters.com/blog/?p=1546#comment-8043 Does anything in the government go smoothly besides the known fact that you are guilty until proven innocent? Does anything in the government go smoothly besides the known fact that you are guilty until proven innocent?

]]> http://www.tundraheadquarters.com/blog/2009/07/29/how-to-kill-a-perfectly-good-engine/#comment-8037 Mickey Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:30:17 +0000 http://www.tundraheadquarters.com/blog/?p=1546#comment-8037 The money is already allocated so go ahead the govt. spent it, so enjoy it. You already paid for it. Not good for an engine though. If I had no plans for that vehicle I wouldn't care about it. The money is already allocated so go ahead the govt. spent it, so enjoy it. You already paid for it. Not good for an engine though. If I had no plans for that vehicle I wouldn’t care about it.

]]> http://www.tundraheadquarters.com/blog/2009/07/29/how-to-kill-a-perfectly-good-engine/#comment-8035 mk Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:54:21 +0000 http://www.tundraheadquarters.com/blog/?p=1546#comment-8035 Hey, for 4500 bucks when a car is only worth 1-1.5 thousand tops, who cares (cars are not human although when I trade in or sell a vehicle I really have liked a lot and has treated me great over the years, I do get a little choked up) even though our car that has treated our family without any major problems since 1989 is sad to see it go no matter how you look at it. A lot of people are saying NOT to take a fed. govt. handout and do the cash for clunkers program since it is NOT the fed. govt's. money going into this program since they cannot afford it anyways, but the money comes from all the taxpayers pockets in the USA who is going to have to foot the bill on this one later on down the line for 1 billion dollars. We all will be pissed to no end if later after the program is done, the fed. govt. raises our taxes or creates additional fees associated with owning vehicles or something else and then blame it on the need to reimburse the fed. govt. for the 1 billion dollars they gave as a gift to ONLY a FEW of the US citizens. Hey, for 4500 bucks when a car is only worth 1-1.5 thousand tops, who cares (cars are not human although when I trade in or sell a vehicle I really have liked a lot and has treated me great over the years, I do get a little choked up) even though our car that has treated our family without any major problems since 1989 is sad to see it go no matter how you look at it. A lot of people are saying NOT to take a fed. govt. handout and do the cash for clunkers program since it is NOT the fed. govt’s. money going into this program since they cannot afford it anyways, but the money comes from all the taxpayers pockets in the USA who is going to have to foot the bill on this one later on down the line for 1 billion dollars. We all will be pissed to no end if later after the program is done, the fed. govt. raises our taxes or creates additional fees associated with owning vehicles or something else and then blame it on the need to reimburse the fed. govt. for the 1 billion dollars they gave as a gift to ONLY a FEW of the US citizens.

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