Potential threat to older vehicle ownership.

[patxbcoupe]

I know full well that this has been raised on these forums already, however, I dont understand why some of us cant see the dangers in the Cash for Old Cars scheme currently proposed by the Labor party...
What has been offered could only be the tip of the iceberg, as Japan for one has a compulsory scrapping policy after a set age limit or kilometers travelled...
Many of our forum members drive older vehicles (not just our modified/classics) but also as work cars, daily drivers, shopping runabouts etc, through personal choice or due to economic reasons, and in the future this choice may be taken away in the name of Environmental concerns...
A well maintained, roadworthy older vehicle makes less emissions to keep on the road, than what is used to produce a new one, especially when considering the amount of resources that go into the battery packs etc of a hybrid vehicle, and yet these are being touted as the miracle answer to the world's problems, mainly by car manufacturers and goverments.

Hopefully this thread wont degenerate into a series of personal attacks or get sidetracked, but surely this is worthy of some thought and discussion with the Federal Election looming?

I'm not a political party member or even that interested in politics at all, but we need to consider this issue along with many others at this time...
cheers Pat