Wife sold the 240

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She sold it for just what we had in it for over 2 yrs of driving it.
$300

We would not have thought to cash for clunkers it, its just been to
reliable.

She got a much newer car at the same deal..(it just happens) She
doesn't want to junk up the drive way so she found someone that could
really use it.

If I just happen on one of a few 240's I've seen I won't pass on a
good deal.
The daughter will be driving in a few years.... tanks ,,uh I mean
Volvo's are great cars....lol

thanks all for help and info hope to have reason to drop back.

Mario
The guy that will be staring at your 240
 
She sold it for just what we had in it for over 2 yrs of driving it.
$300

We would not have thought to cash for clunkers it, its just been to
reliable.
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Rated fuel economy is too high to qualify for that scam of a program anyway.

I don't even want to get started on that rant, three *billion* dollars
of public money blown paying people to junk perfectly good cars, while
excluding practically anything that could honestly be called a clunker.
It's gonna be a long slow hangover for the auto industry now that
they've crammed the next several years of sales into the last few months.
 
That was my initial opinion as well, but up here in the Northeast at
least, I've seen rusty old gas guzzlers replaced by new Hyundais,
Civics, Corollas and Ford Focuses. Focii? Anyway, the program seems to
have worked as advertised in the Rust belt. Now I'm waiting for those
late model SUVs to appear for sale elsewhere...
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They won't appear for sale elsewhere, the program mandates they be
destroyed. Oil drained out, chemical poured in, engine run until it
seizes, then it's off to the crusher. That's the part that irked me so
much about it. Cars don't rust here, the ones turned in were mostly good
daily driver trucks, SUVs, and luxury cars in the 5-10 year old range.
IE the sort of cars those who buy used cars would otherwise be buying.
 
James said:
Rated fuel economy is too high to qualify for that scam of a program
anyway.

I don't even want to get started on that rant, three *billion* dollars
of public money blown paying people to junk perfectly good cars, while
excluding practically anything that could honestly be called a clunker.
It's gonna be a long slow hangover for the auto industry now that
they've crammed the next several years of sales into the last few months.
Click to expand...


That was my initial opinion as well, but up here in the Northeast at
least, I've seen rusty old gas guzzlers replaced by new Hyundais,
Civics, Corollas and Ford Focuses. Focii? Anyway, the program seems to
have worked as advertised in the Rust belt. Now I'm waiting for those
late model SUVs to appear for sale elsewhere...
 
James said:
They won't appear for sale elsewhere, the program mandates they be
destroyed. Oil drained out, chemical poured in, engine run until it
seizes, then it's off to the crusher. That's the part that irked me so
much about it. Cars don't rust here, the ones turned in were mostly good
daily driver trucks, SUVs, and luxury cars in the 5-10 year old range.
IE the sort of cars those who buy used cars would otherwise be buying.
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Oh I know what the program mandated, but never underestimate the
criminality of the American car business. ;-) I understand your
concern, but up here we seem to have a good supply of used cars even
after the program, so places where cars don't rust should have even
more. I am genuinely surprised at how well it worked. I was expecting to
see SUVs replacing SUVs, but they seem to mainly have replaced old V-8
vans and pickups, and with four and six cylinder SUVs at that.
 
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