[palmer]

I was sick when I learned the dealer had to ruin the perfectly good engine that had maybe 5,000 miles on it to meet the requirements of the program.

Where did you hear that?

[fight_truth_decay]

One Honda and General Motors dealer in Fort Worth says he has 50 clunker deals that were being held up by paperwork. "We're going back to our second and third round with customers to have things signed," said Will Churchill, owner of Frank Kent Motor. "They keep coming up with new forms to sign," Churchill said........ Now the dealership is in a Catch-22 situation: he must destroy the engines of clunker trade-ins to be eligible for the program. But if the paperwork falls through, he could be stuck with junked, rather than still running, cars.

[libbylu]

FNC did a thing, went to where they were mashing cars. They take off the tires,pull out the engine. They pour something on the engine to make sure they will never work again. crush the bodies. No exceptions.

[Kozak]

Our dealer told us they have to put salt water in the engine to “seize” it, and TOW it to a certified “green” recycling center where they will crush it.