Clunkers, it gets better
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No such thing as a free ride.
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I can just see someone trading in their SUV, paying full sticker for a clown car, then getting hosed a couple times on taxes. All this so they can save 2 or 3 hundred bucks a year in fuel. Dumbshits:p
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I knew about being taxed on the full value and did not even trade something in. Sorry but I think anyone who did not do their homework cannot say nothing about having to pay the taxes. They were disclosed up front nearly all over the web.
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But I DID know that I wasn't gonna get suckered by the Clunkers bill. From where I come from, fixin' the old clunker is a hell of a lot cheaper that buyin' a new clunker. 'course, I'm pretty handy, and it gives me an edge. And I can count, which gives me a bigger edge. And as far as keepin' up witt th' Jones's...my junks paid for...you fellers pay th' interest. Chas |
We did not even think about a trade-in, we drive full sized Chaev Impala LSs that get 29 MPG highway. Saw Mr. Opportunity peddling Honda Civics that also get 29 MPG highway and that is a 4-cyl upholstered rollerskate.
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Even if you wanted to trade the impala in it would not have qualified under the max MPG guidelines for the program.
I am not defending Honda ( as I think our gov's money should have only been paid out to US companies ) but your impala is a few years old if I recall. Its 29 mpg rating would be less if rated to the 2009 EPA standards the new civic is. |
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Don't Jap cars get built in the US? Who owns how much stock in any given company? Walmart is a US company. Is it good for the US? Should we support it over a rival who is Jap based but sells American made stuff? |
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I knew my post would bring up this subject even before I posted it. yup the lines are blurred and smearing more every day. Let me clarify my stance on the clunker program to try and get this thread back on track. I do not feel we had any business offering tax payers money to try to stimulate the auto industry. Sure the program was supposed to be eco friendly and I applaud that but it was a ruse to sell cars and get the factories back to work. Now that the moneys exhausted I really feel the auto companies are going to feel the pain in the car sales department. They depleted what, maybe the next 6 months worth of car sales to help speed things up. Two steps forward and 12 back.. |
I tend to agree with you but I do think you woke some thoughts about what buy American really means. Think I'll start a new thread to explore it. :rolleyes:
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