So this is where lots of the scrappidge stuff is going.....

[scrappylad]

Just heard about this today...

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1190681/Car-scrappage-scheme-scrapped-August.html

[Guest]

The Government stands to make at least £100million profit on the cash-for-bangers scheme thanks to the extra VAT generated

Thats interesting. I had completely overlooked the fact that there might be something in it for the taxman

[brammy777]

can guarantee the cars most affected aremk 3 astrasThe original VectrasFord Mondeo Mk 1late 80s-early 90s Volvos.and the last generations of escort.All that common fodder, but it will be rare one day.I swear i see more Cavaliers than Vectras round here anyway! Escorts are also hideously common as well. Surprising that the Renault and VW dealers in Old Basing havent been advertising this scheme, considering Old Basing is Old gifferville.

[r.welfare]

Have Martins still got the bright orange MG TF LE500 up on the "Car Of The Week" ramps down the side?Mind you, since they have a 51-plate Polo on the forecourt for £3995 I suspect they don't need to advertise scrappidge, if they can actually get anywhere near that price from deluded punters

[Guest]

What a cheerful photo:

[Justin Case]

Mandelson to Brown - ".....and you're telling me you paid fourteen thousand quid for this "

[Guest Tony Hayers]

What a cheerful photo:

We're going to make millions on this scheme, and its all paid for by the taxpayer

Hmmm the public, what a bunch of mugs ha ha ha ha ha (evil laugh)

[Volksy]

What a cheerful photo:

We're going to make millions on this scheme, and its all paid for by the taxpayer

Hmmm the public, what a bunch of mugs ha ha ha ha ha (evil laugh)

or

 

Lets come up with some other schemes to give BMW loads of tax payers money.. worked with Rover if you remember...

[Mr_Bo11ox]

 

- Whats the stud pattern on these then?

- 4 x 100, just scored some slotmags for it off eBay, off a Scimitar or summert

- OMG THATS GONNA ROCK! SLOTMAGS FTW etc.

[mouseflakes]

 

Ooh - that's a cheeky little number. Hope you got a good deal.

Yes - Great Uncle Walter popped his clogs last month - left his car in the lock-up, so I traded it on the Scrappage Scheme. I don't know why he even had a car - didn't use it more than a dozen times - just used to polish it and get it serviced every six months. Big old thing it was - a Talbot of some sort, begins with 'T'.

[RENOMAD]

I wonder if the Scrap guys would sell them for Export?????

[MrRegieRitmo]

 

"It's a SPINI adventure!"

[trigger]

Here's another scrappage victim, TR7 Convertible.

 

[55bloke]

It's a LONG time since anything has made me as angry as this f*****g scrappage scheme!! I've just e-mailed No 10 with a link to this thread!!! Bugger all chance that his Godship will actually read it, but worth a try I suppose!! Can you imagine if Gord actually signed up to this forum?!!!

[FredTransit]

At the risk of putting him off, I would like to see him try. Fookin wastage programme. BUT can't help thinking stupid people who have fallen for this crap too.....

[Guest Tony Hayers]

Yes - Great Uncle Walter popped his clogs last month - left his car in the lock-up, so I traded it on the Scrappage Scheme. I don't know why he even had a car - didn't use it more than a dozen times - just used to polish it and get it serviced every six months. Big old thing it was - a Talbot of some sort, begins with 'T'.

And yet one more reason to give Mandelson a slap. What the hell am I talking about!!!! As if anyone ever needed a reason to give that weasel face shit a slap in the chops

[VWPowered]

Tagora maybe beleived only made 25,000 originally so must be shit hot rare..

[Pillock]

What a cheerful photo:

Check the expression on the BINI's 'face'....

 

"They've put me handbrake on. I can't escape.... oh shit! Cameras! Noooooooooo"

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

How about a clean 53'000 mile 1983 520i Automatic?

 

http://www.u-pull-it.co.uk/searchLot.ht ... Id=9139919

 

This was one of the first Scrappidge victims in, arriving mid May. What a bastarding shame.

 

Assassinate Mandelson now. There's no other way.

[FredTransit]

I just can't look at these victims any more, can't believe the owners ditching them like this. Do they believe the cars are going on a little holiday? At the same time I can't believe the dealers don't just treat them as a trade in. They really do have no business brain, and I can't wait for them all to go bust as soon as the crappage scheme ends. They are as thick as pig shit if they can't see a classic or vintage car is worth more than 2 grand.

[Milford Cubicle]

How do we know all these 'U-Pull-It' cars are scrappage victims? They could just be regular scrappers.

[FredTransit]

They just look too good to be regular scrappers, and some of them have it written on the windscreen.....

[Pillock]

You must accept that we're a little outside the norm on this forum though. To a lot of people - maybe even the majority - an '83 520i is in limbo between classic (i.e. driven every other sunday, polished daily, kept in a heated garage, knows the owners of the other three in the country by name) and 'daily transport' which is what the population drive. After a car gets to 15 years old it's automatically a 'banger' until it becomes classic, 20 years after that.We're the few people that perv over stuff like that, I'd guess the dealers really don't give a shit and neither do previous owners.I wouldn't have thought scrappage has persueded anyone to get rid of their prized posession, it's just all the stuff that would normally end up in the free ads for "£250 or offers, needs attention" is suddenly getting squished and costing the government £1000. How many times have you got the bargain of a lifetime just by asking if a car is for sale? A lot of people aren't that attached.....

[FredTransit]

Er 1983 is 26 years ago, and therefore officially classic.....

[pogweasel]

Yeah, if it's 25+ it must be a classic, and also tax excempt [sic]

[Pillock]

'Officially' according to who though?Since they froze historic vehicle licence at 1/1/1973 then the DVLA and government don't think it's a classic! And whether your insurer will depends entirely on the insurer - I know people with 1990's Corrados on a classic policy, but you'll struggle to get a 1988 Escort on one.

[Guest Tony Hayers]

I know people with 1990's Corrados on a classic policy, but you'll struggle to get a 1988 Escort on one.

TBH, whilst I know what you mean with what you have just said I think that (the classic policy being held back for 88 Escorts) is a load of bollocks* in the grand scheme of things. Especially when you take the Ford tax into the matter and how much they ask for them when they hit 30 years old. And as such they want all those years of polishing and care & maintenance back in cold hard cash if it gets hit by a Chav in a Corsa, or by an act of God felling a tree onto garage that said 3i/RST is kept in .In 10 years time a standard 88 3i or RS Turbo will be worth about 20K, probably, on ebay *Its not that I hate Corrados but I dont see what all the fuss about them is????? A G40 Polo seems like much much more fun

[FredTransit]

That's what I meant, to the insurance company 20+ is generally accepted as classic, often less.

[Pillock]

I know people with 1990's Corrados on a classic policy, but you'll struggle to get a 1988 Escort on one.

TBH, whilst I know what you mean with what you have just said I think that (the classic policy being held back for 88 Escorts) is a load of bollocks* in the grand scheme of things. Especially when you take the Ford tax into the matter and how much they ask for them when they hit 30 years old. And as such they want all those years of polishing and care & maintenance back in cold hard cash if it gets hit by a Chav in a Corsa, or by an act of God felling a tree onto garage that said 3i/RST is kept in .In 10 years time a standard 88 3i or RS Turbo will be worth about 20K, probably, on ebay *Its not that I hate Corrados but I dont see what all the fuss about them is????? A G40 Polo seems like much much more fun

Well, like I said it depends on the insurer. The majority won't see the Corrado as classic but I know at least one does, hence my friend having a Corrado and paying peanuts to insure it.I'd guess you'd probably find one to clasically insure a 3i or RST too if you tried, not sure about the poverty-spec ones. They basically look at how much of a following a car has, and whether it's likely to be cherished and it's done on a car-by-car basis, and can vary between insurers since there's no universal list of classic cars.And the G40 Polos are, trust me, a whole lot of fun. I flogged mine, full of regret, but with my licence still intact. It wouldn't have stayed that way for long since my new favourite hobby was BMW-baiting on the M1.

[Guest]

What a cheerful photo:

"So I inherited an old Lonsdale estate off my uncle, and got 2 grand for it against this new MINI."

"Ye stupid daft shirtlifter! Dae ye no' realise ye wid hae scored instant kudos over on the Autoshite forum wi' a Lonsdale?"

"Well yeah, but I waited months to get my log-in approved so I thought bollocks to them..."