[editor-surveyor]

Nobody should be particularly surprised by this.

These are the vehicles that keep more than 75% of our commerce rolling, and likely the best possible use of the clunker funds, if the economy is of importance.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

We’ll be replacing two vehicles in the coming years. They will be Fords.

[AnAmericanMother]

Yep, that's exactly what a friend of mine did. Old F150 for new, more efficient F150.

Another friend traded in a beater of a Ford Ranger for a brand new one.

But what's wrong with that? Great trucks, more gas efficient. Since this Cash for Clunkers debacle was going on anyhow, that was as good a use of the incentive as buying some stupid Prius that you can't haul three hunting dogs in the back of.

(that reminds me. I need to measure my F150 to see if I can get a third dog crate in the back. I may have to use one of my narrow SUV crates to make it fit. Alternatively, my oldest dog can just ride in the back seat. She's pretty much a lady of leisure now anyway.)

[cripplecreek]

I’ve got two F150s.

[a fool in paradise]

Still wondering when Obama is gonna fill my gastank like some crazy woman claimed he was gonna do.

[Tarpon]

Wouldn’t a load of 2x4s look funny, even to a liberal, in the back of a smart suicide clown car?

We finally have a new house being built near us, the owner has been planning it for two years, and the area looks like a Ford truck showroom.

[not2worry]

I think this GREAT.

I would like to see a poll of how many of these folks voted for Obama! My guess would be not very many.

We Red Necks finally can say with a smile “GOTCHA LITTLE MAN”

[mnehring]

Did anyone actually think that someone who has a truck would actually trade it down to a Pious or ‘Smart’ car?

[Billthedrill]

I was stunned - stuned - to see even the local librul rag blasting the program in the morning headlines. What the heck did they expect, some rancher with a 30-year-old pickup turning it in on a Scion? Some guy who hauls construction equipment on dirt roads to opt for a Smart Car with the two-by-fours sticking out the back passenger window? (Don't laugh - I once saw a Rolls Royce doing that in Palo Alto, CA).

Let's face it, it was free money from the government without much control. If they were serious about making it anything other than a feel-good gesture they'd have offered it to people who failed emissions checks or broke down on the highway - something, anything at least to ensure it wasn't some guy trading in a perfectly good car he didn't like anymore. And what did we get out of it? A small, temporary spike in car sales, gouts of white smoke from the ruined engines, and thousands of tons of new, environmentally-friendly scrap metal in the wrecking yards. That, my FRiends, is as classic a Democrat boondoggle as there is.

[I still care]

Anyone who is smart is buying their big vehicles now.

Obama has sworn to destroy the big vehicle market, and the Cafe standards he’s putting in are a big step towards that. My guess is a big truck in 2015 is going to be a valuable vehicle. Get it now, folks.

[SuziQ]

Hubby read an article that said far from it merely costing $3500-4500 per vehicle, it actually cost US over $17,000 per vehicle for this deal!

[GatorGirl]

Yep we considered trading in our giant, gas guzzling SUV for a newer giant, gas guzzling SUV just to slap Feinstein et.al. in the face....

But we didn’t because I’m waiting for GM to revert to private ownership before I buy another one of their products.