This is a very good example why Cash for Clunkers is wrong:
![Immaculate German Toyota Celica ST162 to be wrecked Immaculate German Toyota Celica ST162 to be wrecked](https://www.banpei.net/files/images/german-celica-at160-pic1.jpg)
Immaculate German Toyota Celica ST162 to be wrecked
This Celica is for sale at Marktplaats (Dutch craigslist), but you can never drive in it!
According to the ad:
AUTO KOMT VAN DUITSE SLOOPREGELING DUS GEEN CHAS>NUMMER DUS ALLEEN VOOR SLOOP OF ONDERDELEN
Which roughly translates into something like this:
Car was taken in from the German Cash for Clunkers, so no valid chassis number and only to be used for wrecking or parts
![Immaculate German Toyota Celica ST162 to be wrecked Immaculate German Toyota Celica ST162 to be wrecked](https://www.banpei.net/files/images/german-celica-at160-pic2.jpg)
Immaculate German Toyota Celica ST162 to be wrecked
That is a bit of a shame since it is a very rare original cabrio Celica GT (3S-FE) and comes with ABS, central locking (like that is useful!) and 4 brand new tires!
![Immaculate German Toyota Celica ST162 to be wrecked Immaculate German Toyota Celica ST162 to be wrecked](https://www.banpei.net/files/images/german-celica-at160-pic3.jpg)
Immaculate German Toyota Celica ST162 to be wrecked
And if you thought it had been used a lot before it was traded in you’re wrong! It did not even drive 75000 kilometers in its life! For a Toyota the car has just been broken in. :(
Hopefully the car is now being reused in some other way… It is still a shame to see such a thing happen! In some cases the Cash for Clunkers may be a good thing, but looking at this example it sounds like a very bad practice of funding the car industry…