We live in the wrong state.
Too flat, too cold, too hot, boring lakes/reservoirs.
I suggest binge drinking year round, and fapping to a college football team during winter.
They just had to dismantle them and recycle the materials, and not sell them as parts. So they could "dismantle" them any way they wanted to since it's just going to get melted down anyway.
I'm not going to miss seeing it on the road. It's the classics and exotics that got destroyed that's sad to see. The program did stimulate car sales (for Asian manufacturers) and improved average fuel economy. Was it great, no, was it terrible...I'm not sure.
I used to get bothered by them too, even though I was on the do not call list. Finally one day I answered and told them to take me off the list and calls stopped. Saying you're not interested isn't enough.
Apparently if you stick one of these in the road, the road turns into a playground and how fucking dare you drive your car on a playground.
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