Royal Aircraft Establishment and Car Scrappage
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The number standing idly on the runway has swelled to around 14,000 as mechanics struggle to cope with the popularity of the Government's scrappage scheme, which ended last week.
The former airfield in Thurleigh, Bedfordshire, is one of a number of 'holding areas' packed with vehicles sold through Lord Mandelson's £400million incentive scheme.
Backlog: Thousands of cars, many of them still roadworthy, are stored at Thurleigh airfield as mechanics struggle to cope with demand for the Government's scrappage scheme
Under the policy, manufacturers matched the £1,000 per car put up by the Treasury - giving customers a £2,000 saving on a new vehicle.
The £28million haul will eventually be sent to a licensed scrappage yard where the cars' oil and petrol will be removed and parts recycled before the shells are crushed.
Almost all of the 400,000 vehicles sold through the scheme are still roadworthy and many could be driven for another five years, according to experts.
However, the vast collection --which includes a fine range of BMWs, Volvos and Peugeots - must be destroyed under the scheme's rules.
Stalled: The vast array of cars, including BMWs and Peugeots, will eventually be stripped and crushed
The former airfield in Thurleigh, Bedfordshire, is one of a number of 'holding areas' packed with vehicles sold through Lord Mandelson's £400million incentive scheme.
Backlog: Thousands of cars, many of them still roadworthy, are stored at Thurleigh airfield as mechanics struggle to cope with demand for the Government's scrappage scheme
Under the policy, manufacturers matched the £1,000 per car put up by the Treasury - giving customers a £2,000 saving on a new vehicle.
The £28million haul will eventually be sent to a licensed scrappage yard where the cars' oil and petrol will be removed and parts recycled before the shells are crushed.
Almost all of the 400,000 vehicles sold through the scheme are still roadworthy and many could be driven for another five years, according to experts.
However, the vast collection --which includes a fine range of BMWs, Volvos and Peugeots - must be destroyed under the scheme's rules.
Stalled: The vast array of cars, including BMWs and Peugeots, will eventually be stripped and crushed
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A pretty good demonstration of simply how wrong Labour got priorities. Encourage people to spend money they dont have rather maximise use of what they already have. At least they were consistent I suppose. A pretty big chunk of perfectly good cheap cars taken out of the second hand car market though.
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Just confirms what I've already thought. A load of cars the last government "bought" with £1K our money without a real clue of what to do with them afterwards. Sure, newer cars are more expensive to tax, but that will never cover the cost of all this. And yes, they'll be sold to breakers for a pittance, but with such a large influx, it will flood the market. And in most cases people with existing cars prefer to buy new parts, not used - of which the durability or quality is often not guaranteed.
I hope they haven't been "disabled" by seizing up the engine like they did over in the USA (look on youtube under "cash for clunkers").
And in all those pics, I can only see two Rovers and one Metro
I hope they haven't been "disabled" by seizing up the engine like they did over in the USA (look on youtube under "cash for clunkers").
And in all those pics, I can only see two Rovers and one Metro
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Just confirms what I've already thought. A load of cars the last government "bought" with £1K our money without a real clue of what to do with them afterwards. Sure, newer cars are more expensive to tax, but that will never cover the cost of all this. And yes, they'll be sold to breakers for a pittance, but with such a large influx, it will flood the market. And in most cases people with existing cars prefer to buy new parts, not used - of which the durability or quality is often not guaranteed.
I hope they haven't been "disabled" by seizing up the engine like they did over in the USA (look on youtube under "cash for clunkers").
And in all those pics, I can only see two Rovers and one Metro![Mad](https://www.scoobynet.com/images/smilies/mad.gif)
I hope they haven't been "disabled" by seizing up the engine like they did over in the USA (look on youtube under "cash for clunkers").
And in all those pics, I can only see two Rovers and one Metro
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Part of the 'justification' for the programme was that newer cars would be 'greener' than those cars traded in. This means that no matter how usable these unwanted cars are, the scheme insists that they are taken out of circulation to protect the planet ![Whatever Anim](https://www.scoobynet.com/images/smilies/Whatever_anim.gif)
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A terrible waste of money and perfectly good cars in allot of cases.
I cannot imagine the green effect will have worked as to produce the extra new cars sold in itself would probably outdo the damage the old cars were doing.
But aqt the end of the day what do you expect with a Labour Government they had no clue at the start why should they have had any at the end.
I cannot imagine the green effect will have worked as to produce the extra new cars sold in itself would probably outdo the damage the old cars were doing.
But aqt the end of the day what do you expect with a Labour Government they had no clue at the start why should they have had any at the end.
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When I scrapped my mothers mondeo for a new KA the dealer said his last customer had just handed over the keys for a Escort Mexico!!!!. I think the dealer was crying because he had never know such a waste of a classic.
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I would have just got the keys and fooked off, to Mexico.
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