Official Cash for Clunkers trade in list

[Gordon]

WTF, an M3, M5, 850i, a 2000 E46 323i conv, etc...Wow, check out the list of cars that were traded in for C4C. Then again, the cars we view as enthusiast cars may have rust buckets, salvage title, etc...

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/09/24/shed-a-tear-for-clunkers-that-deserved-better/

G-Man

[Hammer03]

Thats the only way I can figure they got traded in. Autoblog had a list of all the "green" vehicles that got traded in too: http://www.autoblog.com/2009/09/26/top-ten-green-cars-that-met-their-fate-during-cash-for-clunker/

I can only hope these things barely ran, were falling apart, or were completely stripped... Nobody said it had to have a full interior. I don't know that it even had to run, now that I think about it. Some of those cars are just too new though... I think someone clicked the wrong box or fudged some numbers or something. Too many cars I would have paid $4500 to save... Or at least bought, parted out and made money on!

[SteveJ]

If they were all 1990's BMW's, then I would believe they all had major electronics issues. E46 3rd brake light assy = $150, lamp control module=$?, central locking system=$?. Those things add up, quick!

Nikasil blocked 7's?

Probably some shrewd trades there.

[Mike Self]

'91. Sigh...I somehow can't imagine that S14 engine filled with glycol and redlined 'till it seized. I coulda used that crankshaft...

mike