• percent@infosec.pub
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    4 hours ago

    gov shenanigans

    Was the “Cash for Clunkers” thing one of them? When that happened, I remembered wondering how it might affect the used car market later… But then I forgot to check until just now 🙈

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      3 hours ago

      Yeah I’m sure it was.

      It’s a catch 22 though, the clunkers being removed were heavy polluters. I have a 60s C10 and that thing pollutes like crazy. Looks beautiful though.

      Other issues are the CAFE standards that motivated large expensive trucks and the general social change towards large SUVs. I hate those big crossovers, my wife has one and it’s a POS.

      • skisnow@lemmy.ca
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        2 hours ago

        the clunkers being removed were heavy polluters

        and got replaced with trucks that were twice their size, resulting in zero net gain