Phew, can, worms, opened!
I have also protested by email to Hamiltons and most other enthusiasts over on the MINI forums also think this is wrong and will be complaining to them.
But don't forget it was this Government (and Europe) who started these schemes, the car also has to have been owned by the person trading it in for at least 1 year with a valid MOT and at the end of the day it is the owners personal decision to trade in their beloved car for the scheme, no one has to do this................
(Once any car has been traded in under the scheme even the Dealer can't save the car or sell it on, as the government will not release any money towards the new car unless a destruction order for the old vehicle has been officially issued).
BMW/MINI are not in the first instance the ones to blame (and neither are MINI enthusiasts, most of whom are also shocked by this and are also writing to complain) it's the dealership (this Margaret person) that has done this, as MiniWorld said in their news piece: "Margaret added that their choice of an original Mini to advertise the car scrappage scheme
was not official BMW policy".
Also it's this $%£^&*$ s*dding government who have brought in the scheme as mab01uk says!
Anyway, complain to the dealers themselves and I suggest copy in MINI UK as well because frankly, like it or not, they are the most likely people to stop this kind of thing from their dealers. Also e-mailing or writing a letter is going to have a far greater impact than phoning, particularly if MINI UK are aware of the number of written complaints.
No! All classic car scenes need to come together if this is going to work at all. Beetles have alot of people that will take part, and older skodas and volvos etc are alot more scarce than the mini is so these need to be saved even more so! We all need to unite.
Absolutely agree, frankly I think it's out of order to call for other cherished classics to be scrapped - the classic car community have been campaigning on this issue for quite a while now and I respect them for that (and have signed all the petitions too). We should unite but keep this in perspective!
In the original scrappage threads here some people were denying any Minis were going to be scrapped, they even continued to do this when I presented them with evidence that at one Toyota dealership two had been scrapped in the first few days of the scheme. There were people who frankly couldn't give a stuff when I quoted Classic Car Weekly who had discovered that one of only 20 examples remaining of a 70s model had been scrapped. Now we have this sportspack which is going to be scrapped and there's the most incredible amount of noise, much of it banging on about BMW etc. That's a side issue, as CMcB has said MINI/BMW are looking into the issue and I'd suggest they are the best hope of getting these idiots ... ooops ... 'dealers'
to reconsider so lets see what they say. In the meantime show your strength of feeling by:
1. Emailing/writing to the dealers and BMW/MINI (making it polite and well argued, rants will just get binned and do more damage than good!)
2. Sign the
Classic Car Weekly anti-scrappage petition and show your support for all classic cars and the whole classic community.
Lastly, the thread title "
Mini United (yeah Right)" - well actually wrong, MINI enthusiasts, like classic enthusiasts, are already voicing their disquiet at what has happened and have written to complain so we are and can be united!
Edited by roga, 05 June 2009 - 09:51 AM.
