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 Ok so I admit it, it's nice not driving my 'clunker' anymore.
 
But I really question the wisdom of destroying all these cars that are turned in, many of them probably perfectly fine. Is this a net gain, taking these off the road and replacing them with higher-mpg vehicles?
 
Had I retained my clunker, put a bit of money into some repairs and driven it for another year, wouldn't this be less impact to the environment than what it took to create that new car I just bought?
 
Who knows, greater minds than mine would have to answer that question.
 
It just goes against my midwest, sensible upbringing to be destroying functioning cars.
 
But the new car does drive nice, so screw it !