Posted on 06/11/2006 12:23:46 PM PDT by G. Stolyarov II
Toyota hybrids have hit the ceiling - the tax break ceiling.
The limit of 60,000 cars was surpassed already, BUT, because of some funky law, buyers have until Sept. 30th to buy a Prius and still qualify for the $3,150 government tax credit. After that they can only get half a credit.
Qualifying for the credit is easy -- finding a Prius is the hard part.
I got an email from a fellow in Canada who says they have a bunch of them just sitting around. Would anybody like to fund bringing them here to the Bay area of San Francisco? The price of a used Prius goes up here. There is money to be made there somewhere.
The following hybrids are eligible for tax credits -
2006 Ford Escape 2WD- $2,600
2006 Ford Escape AWD - $1,950
Haven't reached the 60,000 limit yet.
2006 Mercury Mariner - $1,950
2006 Honda Civic - $2,100
2006 Honda Accord - $650 - $1,300
2006 Honda Insight - $1,450
Haven't reached the 60,000 limit yet.
2006 Toyota Prius - $3,150
2006 Toyota Highlander - $2,600
2006 Lexus RX 400h - $2,600
2007 Toyota Camry - $2,6000
2007 Lexus GS 450h - $1,500
CA will issue 75,000 HOV stickers to hybrid owners...the current number of stickers issued is 56,775 -- with about 8,000 more pending.
Which of these cars might you be planning to buy?
You presume that all those in search for "high moral ground" credit [the only use of the said high ground is that it is very convenient for urinating on those below] - so that all those in search of this HMG credit already got their hybrids. There is an intangible element in greenpissing.
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