Mercedes confirm Scrappage Participation

[SilverSaloon]

so a guy brings in his 1999 car in thats worth about 1.5k on the current market. the car is in fantastic order and is perfect and is also econmonical to run as it has a nice HDI diesel engine. He gets his 2k scrappage allowance, which he is happy about as its £500 more than the car would sell for privatly.....

will this perfectly good car then just be crushed regardless of its excellent condition...?

 

[st4]

so a guy brings in his 1999 car in thats worth about 1.5k on the current market. the car is in fantastic order and is perfect and is also econmonical to run as it has a nice HDI diesel engine. He gets his 2k scrappage allowance, which he is happy about as its £500 more than the car would sell for privatly.....

will this perfectly good car then just be crushed regardless of its excellent condition...?

Yes. Silly isn't it. Whats the public benefit in paying for it to be scrapped.

 

[wemorgan]

it should raise speed limits too and make minimum speed limits to make us drive faster in our new monsters to use even more fuel and make money.

and the minimum idle speed raised to 3000rpm.....learners would be exempt, since they do this anyway

 

[SilverSaloon]

Yes. Silly isn't it. Whats the public benefit in paying for it to be scrapped.

thats a shame as surely a good used car can be purchased for £2k normally.

so if joe bloggs who has a R107 SL decides he fancies something more practical he cant be bothered with trying to sell so happy to put it in for the scrappage thing against a new Hyundai..... the SL will be crushed?

 

[wemorgan]

What ever happen to the phrase: reuse, reduce, recycle?
It seems the first step has been conveniently missed out.

 

[st4]

R107 SL decides he fancies something more practical he cant be bothered with trying to sell so happy to put it in for the scrappage thing against a new Hyundai..... the SL will be crushed?

Derek, don't even think about it.

 

[MercFanUk]

I wonder what this will do to the price of older cars in a few years. Take for example if lot's of w124's/w202's were taken in...

Will that make them more expensive as they would be rarer? Or would it make them cheaper?

 

[Mr Jadefox]

What ever happen to the phrase: reuse, reduce, recycle?
It seems the first step has been conveniently missed out.

I think it's now "scrap, rebate, tax" now