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Posted on 01/15/2009 5:32:50 AM PST by Red Badger
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So, I buy an old clunker for $1000, trade it in and get $4500?..............We gonna be sooooo rich!................
Great. More welfare for the automakers. Is this a great country, or what?
What would I be able to get on, say EBay, for the ears of one of these mentioned?
Any bidders out here?
It ain't cash brother. It's the new money called govt. scrip. Only govt. approved dealers will be able to give you credit. Otherwise it's just a piece of paper with Pelosi's pic on it.
Dang!
They’ve got to be in driveable condition!
Somehow I just knew I would not be able to get away with the plan that was forming in my head...
>> So, I buy an old clunker for $1000, trade it in and get $4500?
It’s gonna be fun to see the “law of unintended consequences” operate on this one!
I predict:
* New car prices will rise by, oh, let’s say, $4500...
* The unbroken caravan of used cars down I-35 to Mexico will slow... then stop... then reverse...
&etc
Just losing their ears don't get 'em out of office. You gotta think of something more... permanent.
In a way, yes. However, it is a far larger welfare program for the rubes who voted for Obama.
Time to go buy a junker to sell to the government.
It seems the devil is in the details. I’ll bet that any vehicle class other than Prius-wannabees are struggling just to meet the CAFE standard for that class. So I want to trade in my 3/4 ton that gets 12 mpg for a newer 3/4 ton. Theones I have looked at all rate around 13 mpg. So to qualify I would have to get one that does 16 or 17 mpg? Maybe if I traded down to a 4 cylinder.
I have a ‘95 Jetta that gets 32mpg. How can I upgrade from there? The new Jetta’s only get 35mpg, I think.
My thoughts almost. I drive a ‘85 3/4 ton Dodge van I gave $500 for 2 years ago.
“While participation in the voluntary program is hard to gauge”
It’s not hard for me to gauge. It is NOT financially feasible for me to purchase a new vehicle given the present economy and the overwhelming corruption and stupidity of Congress.
I’ll keep the “clunker.”
(So what will Congress do then? Force the banks to lend money to all of us who cannot afford a new vehicle? [sarc])
Of course, that was only one ear, but it was a foregone conclusion that the coyote wouldn't be bothering the flock again.
“Only govt. approved dealers will be able to give you credit. “
Bailout city.
The ears are worthless, they don't use them anyway. You want something valuable, get tongues.
If every vehicle on the road today were to get replaced with "environmentally-friendly" vehicles -- what, exactly, will be done with the 250 million "old" vehicles currently on the road? They have to be put somewhere or disposed of; the cars contain fuels and other fluids that they don't want released into the environment; each one takes up a lot of physical space; re-selling to the third world simply shifts the problem elsewhere; etc.
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