Remember what we said about the car scrappage scheme?

Xaccers · Unread post by **Xaccers** » 05 Apr 2010, 12:50

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z0kDMMwYWB

In the second photo there's a mauritius blue xantia which I could do with nabbing the O/S wing from, and if it's got front fog lights, it's bumper too!
It's probably a 1.9TD so more environmentally friendly than the car it was scrapped to buy.

addo · Unread post by **addo** » 05 Apr 2010, 13:25

I'm appalled, and have circulated the article to another website. Everyone needs to see this criminal waste, exposed for what it is.

Unread post by **myglaren** » 05 Apr 2010, 13:37

Another government fiasco almost on a level with the Beeching Axe.

XantiaMan · Unread post by **XantiaMan** » 05 Apr 2010, 13:48

Its sickening. Did it help the industry? I personally feel it could have managed without.

Unread post by **CitroJim** » 05 Apr 2010, 14:15

Hardly "green" is it

Utterly disgraceful...

brmartyn · Unread post by **brmartyn** » 05 Apr 2010, 18:22

It’s disgusting all them ‘perfectly’ good cars just sat there rotting away

XAC - You must have better eyes than me I can't see the Xantia anywhere

Xaccers · Unread post by **Xaccers** » 05 Apr 2010, 18:32

brmartyn wrote:It’s disgusting all them ‘perfectly’ good cars just sat there rotting away

XAC - You must have better eyes than me I can't see the Xantia anywhere

See the light green Espace with sunroofs and roofbars?
Just behind it is a white BMW (I think) facing the other way, just up from there (on the BMW's NS) is the blue Xantia, you can see it's NS rear quarter.

Citroening · Unread post by **Citroening** » 05 Apr 2010, 18:58

Have look at the size of it on Google Maps

Link

just behind it is a white BMW (I think)

Looks a bit like a VW Bora or Passat to me (but still close)

F.

Xaccers · Unread post by **Xaccers** » 05 Apr 2010, 19:33

brmartyn · Unread post by **brmartyn** » 05 Apr 2010, 20:09

Xac wrote:

Good spot

Xaccers · Unread post by **Xaccers** » 05 Apr 2010, 20:17

I knew having my eyes lasered would come in handy one day

R9UKE · Unread post by **R9UKE** » 06 Apr 2010, 00:23

This makes me sick. A few cars a really want at the minute are:
Renault 25
Renault Safrane
Citroen BX
Citroen XM
Citroen Xantia
Peugeot 605

I can only imagine how many of these have been killed under this ridiculous scheme... making them even more rare.

scratcher · Unread post by **scratcher** » 06 Apr 2010, 07:57

and to think we as taxpayers are subsidising these cars at £2000 a time!

Citroening · Unread post by **Citroening** » 06 Apr 2010, 10:01

scratcher wrote:and to think we as taxpayers are subsidising these cars at £2000 a time!

And sometimes more

I know someone who got offered £5,000 for there CX in trade in for a Volvo C30.

Have a look at the thread - thankfully he saw the light!

http://www.cxclub.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1319

F.

mezuk04 · Unread post by **mezuk04** » 06 Apr 2010, 16:45

Such a terrible waste