Not supposed to be politics here, but, what I have heard in the USA, Rio=20 TInto (very large iron ore (and others) producer), raised price on ore,=20 China balked at higher price, needed scrap to feed furnaces, and cash=20 for clunkers was born. It dried up the market of good used cars. Helped=20 granddaughter find a car recently. The market is starved for cars in the=20 $3000 range. Now the Rio TInto and China have agreed on a price and=20 shipments resumed, the cash for clunkers is disappearing. On 7/27/2010 8:42 AM, Sean Breheny wrote: > On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 4:55 AM, wrote: > =20 >> I believe a Rolls Royce has been crushed under this law. See >> http://www.motoring.co.uk/car-news/bmw-s-porsches-and-bentleys-are-crush >> ed_13467 >> >> >> =20 > Could someone explain to me why the UK government seems fixated on > crushing cars?! If it really is necessary to confiscate the car, and > it is in any kind of workable condition, I'd think it would make sense > to auction it off and use the money as a source of revenue. > > Sean > =20 --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .