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VIDEO: How To Disable A Cash For Clunkers Car
Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 5:59 pm
by Michael Palero
A video of a Volvo being disabled for CARS
http://jalopnik.com/5327580/video-how-t ... e=true&s=i
Jalopnik.com wrote:The prescribed and approved method of disabling a car according to law involves replacing the engine's oil with sodium silicate, more commonly known as liquid glass. When the car is run with a mixture of water and sodium silicate the liquid quickly evaporates and the solids are left behind, causing most of the oiled surfaces to seize and break.
As you can see in the video above, the results are fairly horrific. You can actually hear this car scream. In fact, if you watch all the way, you'll see it spout up its last bit of oil before it breathes its last breath.
Re: VIDEO: How To Disable A Cash For Clunkers Car
Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 8:16 am
by Mako Koiwai
Pretty nice "clunker"
Re: VIDEO: How To Disable A Cash For Clunkers Car
Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 8:56 am
by George Schilling
Mako Koiwai wrote:Pretty nice "clunker"
Watching the Volvo die sums up the whole CARS program. What a taxpayer rip-off.
Re: VIDEO: How To Disable A Cash For Clunkers Car
Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 8:58 am
by Sebastian Rios
That was horrible. Almost like torturing kittens.
Re: VIDEO: How To Disable A Cash For Clunkers Car
Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 10:04 am
by Jonathan Lugod
Re: VIDEO: How To Disable A Cash For Clunkers Car
Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 10:21 am
by Kevin Price
Someday we're going to look back at this phenomenal waste of money and machinery and shake our heads. Oh wait, we're shaking our heads already.
Re: VIDEO: How To Disable A Cash For Clunkers Car
Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 10:24 am
by Kristoffer Gjevre
Yesterday I watched them kill an 1995 Oldsmobile Aurora with 240,000 miles:
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