I've a 1999 honda civic with over 100K miles on it. So, in the market for a new car for the past few months. However, the car has no major issues and I'm looking to trade up for a bigger space car(as my family has grown over the years).

Would like to take advantage of the 'Cash for Clunkers' bill being passed by Congress. You'll get either a $3,500 or $4,500 rebate if you qualify
http://www.edmunds.com/industry-car-...-clunkers.html

I've maintained the car well over the years. The car currently gets 30 mpg(highway + street driving combined). Any ideas on how to reduce the mpg to below 18 mpg?

Thanks!

 

crode the spark plugs, dirty your air filter, crode the distributor. clog the air intake abit. deflate tires. bad / dirty gas. dirty oil.

 

You're a douchebag for trying to commit fraud.


It's going to be incredibly hard to get less than 18 mpg. lol

 

Drain all the oil, replace with water, start her up, then put a brick on the gas pedal WITHOUT putting it in gear. Eventually, you'll get 0 mpg.

I'm sure you can just sell your well maintained car for $3500.

 

this sounds like a bad idea...

DONT DO IT

 

Yea seems like a bad idea to me too. your bascially a douchebag for this. hahaha.

 

It doesn't matter how many mpg your particular car actually gets. It's based on the original EPA test of that year/make/model/engine. So no Civic is going to ever qualify.

Also it's not "cash for clunkers"; you have to buy a new car and get a discount on it. Even with a large incentive from us taxpayers, it is still almost always money ahead for you to keep buying gas for your old clunker and keep it as long as it still runs.

 

i like itinerant's idea...haha..but seriously if you wanna do that just go spend 500 dollars on a real P.O.S and then go do that and sell the civic for 2,000 dollars or whatever its worth...

 

this thread is stupid...poor in some 2-stroke gas, see how that works out.

 

dito. very stupid thread!!!!!!!!

your going to trade in your car that is good and maybe get blue book value for it....
i still say the cash for gas guzzlers crap is retarded.
your going to spend 15K bucks for a new car. and your not going to get to much more MPG from the new ride anyways!
its only good if you have a truck or just a beat up POS and want to upgrade to a new car anyways.


if you want to get the blue book value of the car which is a easy 3,500 is hell leave the car at the mall with the doors unlocked for a week and be sure to have full coverage car insurance. let someone steal it or if you know anyone shady just tell them to steal your car remove any good parts off it and torch the rest.
technically its not fraud... someone did steal it.