Originally Posted by Wolf359
Originally Posted by Ducked
Sometimes...but its more the other way around. I dislike new cars.
Hard to find old cars (apart from high price classics) these days though. Thought it was just a Chinese thing, but I saw very few bangers when I was back in The Yook recently, and none before my pre-cat cutoff.
Government scrappage schemes. Quite hard to believe there wasn't some payola involved, given that it was mostly foreign car production to benefit.
It was a large government program, but small in the scheme of things, 3 billion. Of course as they say a billion here a billion there and soon you're talking real money. You may want to read a few articles about why people believe in conspiracy theories and adjust your thinking.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-do-some-people-believe-in-conspiracy-theories/
There was also a lot of data about it. Where was the payola? When you make accusations, you should be able to back them up. I'd chalk it'd up to poor legislation and execution.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_Allowance_Rebate_System
Nuttin to do wiv me, mate.
That's the
American scheme.
My post (as the reference to The Yook, and the lack of a local car industry, and me not being an American indicated) was about the UK.
American politicians may be completely uncorrupt and not subject to any undue influence by lobbyists, in any shape, fashion or form.
Could be.
Not too relevant to me since they aren't using MY money to scrap My cars, and I don't get to vote for (or against) them anyway.
Our lot, OTOH, tend to suck.
I didn't say there
was payola involved, that would indeed have been an accusation and would require some evidence. I just said it was hard to believe there wasn't.
Not the same thing, since if there wasn't, the alternative is incredible (see how that = hard-to-believe?) stupidity.