On the subject, and of interest to everyone here, is the provision that, yes, the dealer must immediately drain the "clunker's" oil and run it with a Sodium silicate (liquid glass, basically) solution in it, which destroys the engine completely....Now for the interesting part: as of this past week, the Jeep Cherokee was listed as #5 of the most "clunkered" trade-ins....After the motor-killing, a recycler has 160 days to sell off any other parts, then the vehicle is mandated for the crusher. My question (and I still havent gotten a coherent answer from any dealership I called) is: where are these vehicles being sent out to, before being crushed? This is all inevitable, sadly, but as it stands there will never be a better time to get out to the boneyards and stock up on plentiful, and cheap, used parts.
Side note: I cant believe that people are trading out of xj's under the current clunker rules concerning mileage,....my 98 (4.0, aw4, 3.55's) got 20 mpg all day long before the lift, and if i leave it out of overdrive, I still see 17-18 on the highway, with 35's!
Comical, since Chrysler replaced it with the Liberty, which is 900 pounds heavier (stock xj 4 door clocks in at 3350), has less torque, and gets worse mileage, and Chrysler called it "progress"..no wonder they went under!
