Retire Your Ride is Winding Down

The program comes to an end this month but it was a great RIDE! This program was very progressive and was a great help in getting older, higher polluting cars off the roads. Let's take another look at the details:

Retire Your Ride is an initiative of The Government of Canada, Summerhill Impact and its partners, designed to enable people to get their high-polluting cars off the road and reward them for doing so. The program is committed to improving air quality by responsibly recycling vehicles and aims to retire at least 50,000 vehicles per year until March 31, 2011.

If you have a car that needs retiring, we’ll recycle its parts in an environmentally responsible way, and reward you for it.
Reducing Emissions and Saving the Environment

Did you know that 1995 model year and older vehicles produce 19 times more smog-forming pollutants than 2004 and newer models?

By ensuring that vehicles are properly recycled, we can prevent the release of toxins into the environment. By retiring vehicles earlier, you’ll be helping reduce harmful emissions.

Now that it is ending everyone should still remember that auto recyclers will not be going anywhere and will still accept your old, high polluting cars in exchange for cash!

Good RYR Article by David Gold

Just noticed a nice article about the Retire Your Ride Program by David Gold, co-owner of Standard Auto Wreckers (www.StandardAutoWreckers.com).

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Read the entire article on Retire Your Ride here.

Chief of Charity Quits Over Diamond Trial

Jeremy Ratcliffe, a trustee of a charity linked to Nelson Mandela, will leave the organisation after being caught up in a scandal involving a supermodel, a warlord and blood diamonds.

The Nelson Mandela Children's Fund announced that Mr Ratcliffe, its former chief executive, was stepping down from the charity's board after he acknowledged that he secretly possessed alleged blood diamonds for more than a decade.

His possession of the diamonds came to light this month when the supermodel Naomi Campbell testified that she gave them to Ractliffe in 1997.

Searching the Web for Auto Parts

As someone that enjoys rebuilding old cars I have spent a large portion of my hobby searching the web for good quality auto recyclers. Sometimes you really have to dig deep into a directory to come up with a few winners and here are some of my gems:

Premium directory used auto parts listings

Modern directory used auto parts sites

Maxi directory listings for auto parts

Boost directory, used auto parts

Alpha directory search for used auto parts

If you want a complete list of all the directory resources I used just send me a message!

Retire your Ride is One Year Old

The first year of this program has been a big success, I would like to see the government juice up the program to the $500 level to give consumers that extra push to scrap their old gas guzzling vehicles. When it comes time to junk your car make sure to do it in a green way!

The Newfoundland and Labrador Lung Association, in partnership with the Conservation Corps of Newfoundland and Labrador, are celebrating a successful first year of Retire Your Ride — Canada’s national vehicle recycling program.

According to a news release, the event will highlight the achievements of the program in Newfoundland and Labrador, and serve as an opportunity to release a new promotional video.

The event will be held in St. John’s at A-1 Automotive (395 East White Hills Rd.) Thursday from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Several speakers will comment on the continued importance of Retire Your Ride, a program that has recycled 275 cars from the province’s communities and highways.

“We have come a long way in just one year with Retire Your Ride,” says Amanda Kinsman, Retire Your Ride’s provincial vehicle recycling co-coordinator. “I’m enthusiastic about the success we have generated so far and I’m confident we are capable of removing far more high-polluting cars from our roads in 2010.”

Looking forward to more 'green' projects like this in the future!

Bob Lutz Video on Green Cars Future

Interesting speech at a casual lunch by Bob Lutz

Crazy Big Truck - Is that Legal?

I have never seen anything like this in Canada, I can't imagine how dangerous it is!