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In order to receive federal reimbursement for the subsidy consumers get for trading in their cars, dealers must first destroy the engine. One common method is to drain the car's oil and flood the engine with sodium silicate, or liquid glass. Dealers then turn the car on and rev...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Happens to the Clunkers Traded In? | 8/4/2009 | See Source »

No party involved thinks the process is perfect. Just a week into the program, the National Association of Auto Dealers (NADA) lobbied successfully to tweak the rules. Dealers, who were originally forced to dismantle the cars before receiving the government's check, can now hold on to cars until they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Happens to the Clunkers Traded In? | 8/4/2009 | See Source »

The recyclers who process the cars aren't so lucky, according to Michael Wilson, executive vice president for the Automotive Recyclers Association (ARA), a trade group that represents 4,500 recyclers across the country. Because of the way dealers must destroy each clunker's engine, fewer parts are salvageable - which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Happens to the Clunkers Traded In? | 8/4/2009 | See Source »

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Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Happens to the Clunkers Traded In? | 8/4/2009 | See Source »

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Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Happens to the Clunkers Traded In? | 8/4/2009 | See Source »

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