We made the Clunker list

[vt_maverick]

it has to be own by the person trading it in for atleast 1 year and to be insured for that year ...and after the deal it must become scrap.. and sent for scraping//and not to be on the road again.

That seems incredibly wasteful to me. Removing perfectly fine cars from the road to crunch them and/or bury their parts-stripped remains in a landfill?

Oh I forgot - selling more fuel efficient cars will someday make up for it.

[iamironman]

That seems incredibly wasteful to me. Removing perfectly fine cars from the road to crunch them and/or bury their parts-stripped remains in a landfill?

Oh I forgot - selling more fuel efficient cars will someday make up for it.

Actually, there was a show on I think discovery channel , on recycling, and it's something like 60% of cars in scrap yards get recycled into materials for new cars and 36% gets recycled into non auto materials and only about 4% gets sent to landfills as it is unrecyclable material... The 250,000 cars this $1 billion dollars is supposed to buy is supposed to save like 1 trillion dollars in oil over a 8-10 year period... because of taking off the road 18mpg (and less) cars, and because the minimum car that replaces it has to have a minimum of 5mpg better gas (than the ceiling of 18mpg) consumption. The more cars traded in that make less than 18mpg and the more cars bought that get more than 23mpg, the bigger the savings in oil spending over the years. That was from some "expert" making commentary on CNBC...

[circmand]

From the begining of time the government has been spending tons of money to save money long term. If they are saving all this damn money how come we are paying more in taxes? They need to stop. I cant afford to save any more.

Its like a women who sees a $1000 dress on sale for $500 who buys it and comes home and says she saved $500. No you cost me $500.

[Scott Harness]

Its like a women who sees a $1000 dress on sale for $500 who buys it and comes home and says she saved $500. No you cost me $500.

LOL...sort of...my wife does that trick

[vt_maverick]

I cant afford to save any more.

That is the funniest thing I have read in a good while.

[iamironman]

Its like a women who sees a $1000 dress on sale for $500 who buys it and comes home and says she saved $500. No you cost me $500.

$500 for one dress!!! My whole wardrobe isn't worth $500... and I can't afford shoes, so I cut off my legs!

[Cobrajet]

There is also a MPG difference requirement based on the type of vehicle being turned in versus the type being bought. My co-worker traded in his old Honda Pilot for a brand new Acura TL last week under this program ($3500 rebate) and just got a letter that stated that the TL did not qualify because the MPG difference was only five, and it had to be 6 or more. "Return the car or pay $3500 more." He's going to return the car, and then see if it shows up on their used car list!

[vt_maverick]

There is also a MPG difference requirement based on the type of vehicle being turned in versus the type being bought. My co-worker traded in his old Honda Pilot for a brand new Acura TL last week under this program ($3500 rebate) and just got a letter that stated that the TL did not qualify because the MPG difference was only five, and it had to be 6 or more. "Return the car or pay $3500 more." He's going to return the car, and then see if it shows up on their used car list!

Ahhh bureaucracy at work. I wonder how much it's costing to have an army of auditors sit around somewhere and generate/mail letters for 1 MPG overages.

This is change we can believe in my a**.

[Ldub]

$500 for one dress!!! My whole wardrobe isn't worth $500... and I can't afford shoes, so I cut off my legs!

DUDE...that is some dark assed humor right there...

If I didn't know your situation, I might have been appalled...

Keep the good thought Iron...

[tom4bren]

"I got a kick out of this cash for clunkers thing ..because dealers mark up the cars so much ...all you are doing is giving them a tax credit and they sell there cars for profit.. you get nothing"

One of the local Stealerships is advertising that they will give you the rebate ... even if you don't trade in a clunker.

[iamironman]

DUDE...that is some dark assed humor right there...

If I didn't know your situation, I might have been appalled...

Keep the good thought Iron...

*snicker*

OMG!! I shocked Ldub!!! weeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

it's all life to me L, ups n downs, laugh and go off on people when it's down... whine and bitch when it's up, the more ya complaiin the longer the "Supreme Being" makes ya live... spilled milk/bridge water



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[Anita]

Cash for Clunkers... suspended.

I suppose they were expecting more "Clunker" VX's to be turned in and instead, the demand for them grew.

[Ldub]

*snicker*

OMG!! I shocked Ldub!!! weeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

it's all life to me L, ups n downs, laugh and go off on people when it's down... whine and bitch when it's up, the more ya complaiin the longer the "Supreme Being" makes ya live... spilled milk/bridge water



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Yep-yep...like acid off a ducks back...