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400,000+ vehicles still road worthy waiting to be scrapped

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Nachy
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Sitting nose to tail on a disused airstrip, these cars form a tiny part of the massive backlog of vehicles destined for the scrap heap.

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.

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.
Neo@lex
I'll have them
Loginer
400,000 cars there for the taking. A pity they all have the steering wheel on the wrong side.
Rokodo
This is what happens when people think new car = environmentally friendly.

SPOILER
It actually creates more pollution when a new car is manufactured and an old one destroyed as opposed to keeping the older one on the road, despite a higher pollutant output.
Pokebis

Rokodo wrote:

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It actually creates more pollution when a new car is manufactured and an old one destroyed as opposed to keeping the older one on the road, despite a higher pollutant output.
You should be quite aware it's against the rules to use logic against environmentalists by now.
qlum

Pokebis wrote:

Rokodo wrote:

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It actually creates more pollution when a new car is manufactured and an old one destroyed as opposed to keeping the older one on the road, despite a higher pollutant output.
You should be quite aware it's against the rules to use logic against environmentalists by now.
this was not something of environmentalists it's actually the government supporting car manufacturers. but yeah its true logic never works on environmentalists

also doesn't this belong in general discussion
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