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2001 Trailblazer, 2000 Windstar and 2001 Jeep Cherokee traded in under the Federal "Cash for Clunkers" program headed for the crusher.

getting paid for the vehicles traded in under the 3 billion dollar Federal Cash for Clunkers program they are turning over the vehicles to auto recycling facilities and scrap yards.

What a suprise today when they brought down a load of vehicles including a 2001 Jeep Cherokee, 2000 Ford Windstar and 2001 Trailblazer. Three beautifully well maintained vehicles with moderately low mileage that will be destroyed because the Federal government somehow thinks that this is saving America money.

I do not know a high school or college student, low income family, single working parent or any other average Jane (including myself) who would not mind the opportunity to purchase one of these used vehicles. But as you might already know the Cash for Clunkers program mandates that the engines on these vehicles are destroyed and that under no circumstance are the vehicles resold; they are destined for the crusher.

So now these vehilces will be processed here at our facility just like all other salvage and wrecked vehciles. Fluids drained and other contaminating substances removed, all salvageable body parts and other miscellaneous parts stocked for resale and then off to the crusher to be recycled.

So if any of you out there are searching for a reasonably priced, well maintained used vehicle to get you to and from work or school and are having a hard time coming up with the money or finding a good vehicle think of the 750,000 used, running vehicles like these that were destroyed in the past few months and your hard earned tax dollars that fueled this genius plan.

2005 Volvo XC90, 90k miles, 2.5L, automatic transmission.  Grey with grey interior, hit in front .

Parting out... call 1-800-231-9121 for parts requests or questions and all of your used auto part needs.

Visit us on the web at www.ecautosalvage.com where you can view more pictures and check out our large inventory of used OEM domestic and foreign car and truck parts.

Please note this photo shows parts on vehicle at time of inventory.

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99 09 VOLVO S60 V70 S80 XC90 OEM HEATER BLOWER MOTOR    US $45.99

2004 04 VOLVO XC90 OEM 3RD ROW BACK SEAT LH    US $229.99

03 07 VOLVO XC90 OEM AIR CLEANER ASSEMBLY 25L 5cyl    US $74.74

2004 04 VOLVO XC90 OEM COOLANT OVERFLOW BOTTLE    US $51.74

03 04 05 06 07 08 09 VOLVO XC90 HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY LH    US $344.99

03 09 VOLVO XC90 OEM ENGINE COOLING FAN ASSEMBLY    US $229.99

2004 04 VOLVO XC90 OEM FLOOR SHIFTER    US $74.74

03 04 05 06 07 08 09 VOLVO XC90 OEM FRONT DOOR RH    US $632.49

2003 03 2004 04 VOLVO XC90 OEM FRONT SEAT RH    US $287.49

03 04 05 06 VOLVO XC90 OEM DOOR MIRROR ASSEMBLY LH    US $275.99

2004 04 VOLVO XC90 OEM OVERHEAD CONSOLE LIGHTS    US $86.24

03 04 05 06 07 08 09 VOLVO XC90OEM FENDER RH    US $402.49

2004 04 VOLVO XC90 OEM 3RD ROW BACK SEAT RH    US $229.99

03 09 VOLVO XC90 OEM LOWER TRUNK LID TAIL GATE    US $402.49

2004 04 VOLVO XC90 OEM HEADLIGHT DASH SWITCH    US $51.74

99 09 VOLVO S60 V70 S80 XC90 FRONT HEATER BLOWER MOTOR    US $45.99

03 09 VOLVO XC90 OEM UPPER TRUNK LID LIFT GATE    US $747.49

03 04 05 06 07 08 09 VOLVO XC90 CLIMATE CONTROL UNIT    US $109.24

03 09 VOLVO XC90 OEM WIPER TRANSMISSION LINKAGE    US $57.49

2004 04 VOLVO XC90 OEM WIPER WASHER FLUID BOTTLE    US $51.74

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2004 Mazda 6, 33k miles, 2.3L, automatic transmission.  Green with grey interior, hit in front .

Parting out... call 1-800-231-9121 for parts requests or questions and all of your used auto part needs.

Visit us on the web at www.ecautosalvage.com where you can view more pictures and check out our large inventory of used OEM domestic and foreign car and truck parts.

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03 08 MAZDA 6 FACTORY 16 STEEL WHEEL RIM    US $51.74

98 99 00 EXPLORER RANGER MAZDA CLIMATE CONTROL UNIT    US $28.74

97 09 RANGER MAZDA B EXPLORER OEM WIPER LINKAGE LH    US $28.74

98 07 RANGER EXPLORER MAZDA B OEM FRONT WIPER MOTOR    US $40.24

97 09 RANGER MAZDA B EXPLORER OEM WIPER LINKAGE RH    US $28.74

03 07 MAZDA 6 AND SPEED6 OEM POWER BRAKE BOOSTER    US $51.74

03 08 MAZDA 6 OEM AC A C COMPRESSOR    US $114.99

2004 04 MAZDA 6 OEM FUSE BOX    US $57.49

04 05 MAZDA 6 OEM AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION ASSEMBLY    US $574.99

03 05 MAZDA 6 OEM ANTI THEFT LOCK MODULE COMPUTER    US $57.49

03 04 05 06 07 08 MAZDA 6 OEM DASH PANEL ASSEMBLY    US $143.74

2003 03 MAZDA 6 FRONT DOOR INTERIOR TRIM PANEL RH    US $45.99

03 04 05 06 07 08 MAZDA 6 OEM BACK REAR DOOR LH    US $229.99

2003 03 MAZDA 6 OEM CENTER CONSOLE ASSEMBLY    US $74.74

2003 03 MAZDA 6 REAR DOOR INTERIOR TRIM PANEL LH    US $45.99

2003 03 MAZDA 6 REAR DOOR INTERIOR TRIM PANEL RH    US $45.99

03 04 05 06 07 08 MAZDA 6 OEM FRONT DOOR RH    US $316.24

03 04 05 06 07 08 MAZDA 6 OEM BACK REAR DOOR RH    US $201.24

2003 03 MAZDA 6 OEM REAR SEAT    US $86.24

2003 03 MAZDA 6 OEM COOLANT OVERFLOW BOTTLE    US $40.24

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2004 Scion XA, 52k miles, 1.5L, automatic transmission.  Silver with grey interior, hit in front driver's side. 

Parting out... call 1-800-231-9121 for parts requests or questions and all of your used auto part needs.

Visit us on the web at www.ecautosalvage.com where you can view more pictures and check out our large inventory of used OEM domestic and foreign car and truck parts.

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1999 Buick Regal, 119k miles, 3.8L, automatic transmission.  Green with tan interior, hit in front driver's side.

Parting out... call 1-800-231-9121 for parts requests or questions and all of your used auto part needs.

Visit us on the web at www.ecautosalvage.com where you can view more pictures and check out our large inventory of used OEM domestic and foreign car and truck parts.

Please note this photo shows parts on vehicle at time of inventory.

1998 Audi A6 wagon, 137k miles, 2.8L, automatic transmission.  Blue with grey interior, hit in front.

Parting out... call 1-800-231-9121 for parts requests or questions and all of your used auto part needs.

Visit us on the web at www.ecautosalvage.com where you can view more pictures and check out our large inventory of used OEM domestic and foreign car and truck parts.

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The dealers then have an execution order to kill the engines of the trade in vehicles with a solution of sodium silicate. This mass killing of engines has left used engine communities across the nation, including the one at East Coast Auto Salvage, horrified and fearful.

“These engines have done nothing to deserve this!” exclaims the 2003 Trailblazer engine that resides in B1 at East Coast Auto Salvage. “These are good running engines that could have provided transportation for people in need of a ride. Not everyone can afford a new car; many people need used engines to keep their vehicles running. That is what we are here for.”

Just today the Wall Street Journal released an article about the increase in demand for the Sodium Silicate solution that is used in the execution process. It describes the killing process and in particular the experience at a dealership in Kansas:

At dealerships across America, mechanics accustomed to fixing engines are battling for the chance to ruin them. "Everybody wants to go first, so I'm probably going to have to make them draw straws," says Jim Burton of Randy Curnow Buick Pontiac GMC in Kansas City, Kan. As service manager, however, he might reserve that thrill for himself. "I can't wait," he says.

Over the weekend, half a dozen mechanics gathered around three clunkers marked for death at Jim Clark Motors in Lawrence, Kan. As Loris Brubeck Jr., the dealership's president, held a stopwatch, the sodium-silicate solution took two minutes flat to kill a 2002 Ford Windstar, and just a few seconds more to kill a 1999 Jeep. But a 1988 Dodge van lasted more than six minutes. "Sometimes those old engines, they're the hardest to kill," says Mr. Brubeck.

“As if the killings themselves weren’t bad enough it is just sickening the great pleasure that these mechanics and dealers are taking in performing the execution,” says the 2000 Expedition Engine that resides in Z2 at East Coast. “These motors are just like us. They probably still have a lot of life in them but the government decided that they should be put to death, it’s a shame really.” 

The article in the WJS describes the effect of the Sodium Silicate:

"The heat of the operating engine then dehydrates the solution leaving solid sodium silicate distributed throughout the engine's oiled surfaces and moving parts," says the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration publication. "These solids quickly abrade the bearings causing the engine to seize while damaging the moving parts of the engine and coating all of the oil passages."

“Reading this makes me cringe, what a horrible way to die,” says the 2004 Durango Engine that resides in A10. “It could have been any of us really; it is just a matter of being at the wrong place at the wrong time.”

Indeed these engines from these “clunkers” don’t stand a chance. Approximately 250,000 vehicles have already been destroyed under the program and if the senate approves more funding another 500,000 or more running engines will be killed. This obviously reduces the number of good used vehicles available on the market and because of the engine destruction will also reduce the number of used replacement parts available for consumers.

“This program just doesn’t make any sense to me,” says the 1998 Deville engine that resides in Z3. ”Valuable resources were used to create us in the first place and the resources used to produce new vehicles costs more in the long run than keeping us old engines running until we naturally expire. All of this killing seems unnecessary and I am glad that I am not a tax payer right now because I don’t see how this is a benefit to the consumer.”

A moment of silence will be held by all of the engines at East Coast Auto Salvage this evening in remembrance of those engines that could have lived on to help others but instead were brutally slaughtered by the federal government.

WSJ article at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124934376942503053.html

Cash for Clunkers Information at http://www.cars.gov/ 

2000 Cadillac Escalade, 120k miles, 5.7L, automatic transmission.  Black with tan interior, hit in front. 

Parting out... call 1-800-231-9121 for parts requests or questions and all of your used auto part needs.

Visit us on the web at www.ecautosalvage.com where you can view more pictures and check out our large inventory of used OEM domestic and foreign car and truck parts.

Please note this photo shows parts on vehicle at time of inventory.

Today is the official start date for the federal Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS) formally known as "Cash for Clunkers".  This program will allow vehicle owners to trade in their older, less fuel efficient vehicle for a $3,000-$4,500 credit toward the purchase of a new more fuel efficient vehicle. For consumer related information about the program please visit www.cars.gov

The trade in vehicles are required by law to be destroyed by an authorized auto recycler or scrap yard. Only a few thousand facilities nationwide have made the list of authorized facilities. The government drew the list up from a database of disposal facilities that participate in the National Vehicle Mercury Switch Recovery Program. Most of these facilities are already in compliance with the environmental regulations for auto recycling and the government believes them to be the most qualified for participation in the CARS program.

East Coast Auto Salvage Inc. is proud to be on the list of authorized disposal facilities in the state of Connecticut. If you are an auto dealer participating in the CARS program and would like to talk to someone about the removal and disposal of the trade in vehicles that you acquire please do not hesitate to give us a call. 

Call East Coast Auto Salvage Inc. today to discuss disposal of Cash for Clunkers trade-in vehicles.

Toll Free: 1-800-231-9121

Local: (860) 345-4591

Hours of Operation Monday - Friday 8AM-5PM, Saturday 8AM-12Noon

For more information about the disposal of the trade in vehicles please visit CARS Disposal & Salvage