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To: dynachrome

They will do what they have done for years in Japan. The older the car gets the higher the taxes to operate it get. That influences people to constantly buy new cars and keep the car manufacturers happy.


9 posted on 05/17/2014 8:17:32 AM PDT by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: USNBandit

“They will do what they have done for years in Japan. The older the car gets the higher the taxes to operate it get. That influences people to constantly buy new cars and keep the car manufacturers happy.”

In Singapore, once a car reaches ten years old it can no longer be driven there. So, what does the owner do? He drives across the bridge to Malaysia and sells it. Just a side note, the number of pre-catalytic cars is very small and diminishing every day. Those that become collector cars aren’t driven very much. In fact, the more one of these cars is worth the less it’s driven. So, their contribution to air pollution is “fly shit in pepper” as we say here in Texas :)


12 posted on 05/17/2014 8:42:41 AM PDT by snoringbear (E.oGovernment is the Pimp,)
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