I have to say they have been a lot less interesting since they decided they were big budget and should blow more things up.

Plus there are a limit to how many myths there are out there, and who wants to put a valuable franchise to bed?

omg, stop crying.

who the hell cares what they use. if they have the money, why not?

sure as hell if i had a ton of cash, i would buy something valuable and jsut ruin it.

i.e. the mona lisa,(if it were ever for sale)

I guess everyone has their favorite cars and cringe at seeing it summarily destroyed, but . . . an AMC you mean the same people that brought us the Gremlin, Pacer, etc?

Some things are just not meant to be kept. R.I.P

yes, but also the same company that brought you the AMX, the Javelin, the Rebel Machine and the SC/Rambler.

dan

... and your point is?

the principle behind guilt by association works for gilt by association as well.

dan

Perfectly Good AMC Eagel? There is no such thing, you might as well have said Santa Clause's sled. The Eagle was and remains a worthless piece of junk, exactly why it was chosen.

I agree, the Eagle was a total piece of shite. I had one for a brief period. It's a pleasure to see it almost cut in half. Serves it right.

It's interesting how quickly AMC went down in quality. Back in the 50s and 60s the company was Nash and then Rambler. I remember them making some pretty good family cars -- high quality and roomy. It'a a shame the company changed to one with "American" in their name and then built garbage.

Hey guest ..stfu

Eagles forever strong! You people need to be more open minded and more respectful...Those comments hurt the AMC family...

Eagles are good cars and many remain on the road to this date in 2010. I have 4 of them and drive them daily, one has 210,000 miles on it. They are rather indestructible cars, mine plow thru the floods we have here in Houston, and never stall, and were invaluable during hurricane Ike in 2008. They also have pulled brand X SUVs twice their size.....and 3X-4X their value out of ditches here in West Houston as a COURTESY when I come across those who have strayed off into ditches with their 'four wheel drives' that the owners only knowledge of anything 4WD is a gravel driveway.

Bottom line are they are good vehicles, like many cars AMC, way ahead of their time and often copied by modern automakers.

As for Mythbusters, they have obviously run out of topics and a dated show. It's like watching Cupcake Wars or Who Wants to See What a Kardashian is Wearing now, just zero interest. Too bad, as when you have to invent topics to try to stay relevant you lose people's interest...and with it I guess, ratings.

Side note: whoever the idiots in charge of that Clunker Program a few years ago didn't think that out either. What a waste. If more thought had been given to it, automakers would have ramped up production of those vehicles eligible for the program. Instead, dealers had no inventory of those 'green' cars available. Here in Houston, not that I would want/own one, I went to all Chrysler dealers and they only had monster SUV Aspens (that I would probably have to pull out of ditch with my Eagle anyways) and Jeeps, both not eligible. So empty lots. The bigger problem was that the feds would have made a killing if they sent a fraction of these turned in vehicles for this program....sold them overseas where SUVs, gas hogs, and especially in arid and HOT middle east and African countries, they love the powerful AC systems these vehicles have. But no, simply dropped engine bomb in engines and crushed the vehicle thinking it would reduce pollution somehow, go figure. A lot of the cars I saw in back lots that had been turned in for this program were nice cars! Just gas eaters or what passes for gas eater. No one griping about that now that gas is $2.25 a gallon though. A lot of these 'turned in' cars could have also made a huge difference to abuse women, Katrina and Rita evacs (we still have a estimated 110,000 Katrina folks here in Houston FIVE YEARS LATER); even retunring veterans from two wars, these vehicles could have helped them get back on feet you know. Think about it before a reply please. The earth didn't get better because removal of majority of the cars in this program.

Just hate to see a good car wasted. Anyone wanting to buy a good, dependable and long lasting AMC Eagle might look thru craigslist.org and also the Eagle's Nest website dedicated to that series, good luck, and I must have missed the episode about a Ford Fiesta getting crushed, must have been watching important television that day like the tiddlewink competition on ESPN.
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