A car is a depreciating asset, so all crushing it does is accelerate its depreci...

		greedo on Aug 2, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NSA director heckled on stage at Black Hat securit... A car is a depreciating asset, so all crushing it does is accelerate its depreciation. Some utility is lost, but you also have to consider the impact of the 10k. Some went to steel mills, to workers, to dealers, etc. It's not like burning a stack of $100 bills.