Why did the bunnywagon get crushed anyway?
*has obviously missed parts of the story*
To give a few more details...
Despite the cute appearance, it was a devil-car. It extracted copious amounts of blood from anyone who tried to work on it, and did so with rusty, sharp bits. It refused to run properly, no matter what was done with it. The engine couldn't maintain compression or oil pressure, the transmission was bent and off-set, the brakes were mostly-useless, the steering was vague, the chassis was so rusty and floppy, you could watch piles of flaked-off rust accumulate under it.
Every time it was driven, it tried to strip itself apart. Every time someone worked on it, it tried to strip them apart. It was suicidal and wanted to take as many people down with it as it could, so we put it down before it could hurt anyone else. There was no hope of rehabilitation.