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Originally Posted by euromodder
Older vehicles also have far higher emissions than the newest breed.
Given the relatively low energy cost in making a new car, there certainly is a point where it becomes more environmentally friendly to recycle the old clunker and replace it with a new(er) car.
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Not necessarily true. CO2 emissions (the only thing that really matters any more, since everything else was reduced to negligible levels years ago) are directly proportional to mpg, and in a good many cases - Honda CRX & Civic from the '80s, Metros, etc) the older cars will still get better mpg than anything new other than a Prius or Volt.
Then there's the simple issue of driveability. Most new cars I've seen just aren't driveable, with everything from automatic transmissions to those stupid push-button start things that don't shut the engine off when you want to absurd levels of cell phone connectivity.