Cash for Clunkers Program - Page 7

TheMercenary · 08-08-2009, 08:57 AM

I wish they had the program when we bought 3 new cars between Dec 08 and Jan 09. I would have been happy to get in on this governemnt hand out.

Griff · 08-08-2009, 09:01 AM

So GM must be moving a spread of nominally better cars that just qualify?

Fuel economy: Purchased vehicles average 25.3 miles per gallon, a 60 percent improvement over the 15.8 mpg average of trade-ins.
If true this would be nice.

Griff · 08-08-2009, 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

I wish they had the program when we bought 3 new cars between Dec 08 and Jan 09. I would have been happy to get in on this governemnt hand out.

I bet you got decent deals on those... I guess you made the last market driven decision in the PDR of America.

TheMercenary · 08-08-2009, 10:47 AM

We got some pretty good deals, '07 Honda, '08 Toyota, '09 Mini.

TheMercenary · 08-08-2009, 10:52 AM

Griff · 08-08-2009, 10:59 AM

Ha ha! Maybe they'll get a nice Lamar Alexander.

lumberjim · 08-08-2009, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

And when the thing is over, your boss will pay you to stay home, because all the people who wanted cars will have gotten them and the resulting lull in September will be record-breaking too.

why ya gotta be like that?

Undertoad · 08-08-2009, 04:34 PM

Trying to set your expectations... happiness is low expectations

lumberjim · 08-08-2009, 05:36 PM

try to set *THESE*

ZenGum · 08-08-2009, 08:09 PM

Haggis! I love the look on the elephant's face.

I both love and hate political cartoons; they say so much, so powerfully, in such a short time, they communicate so effectively; but because they don't give a reasoned argument, they are almost invulnerable to counter-argument, and because they're funny (well the good ones are) anyone who does nit-pick just looks like a killjoy.

classicman · 08-08-2009, 10:35 PM

Anyone see this as a way to give the big 3 more money without calling it a bailout? just sayin...

richlevy · 08-09-2009, 02:21 AM

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Originally Posted by classicman

Anyone see this as a way to give the big 3 more money without calling it a bailout? just sayin...

Correct me if I'm wrong but the program is open to all manufacturers, so it would not make US manufacturers any more desirable than they have been. So considering how US manufacturers have begged/lobbied/bribed Congress in the past not to raise CAFE fuel standards, on average the most fuel efficient cars are not from the big 3.

lumberjim · 08-09-2009, 09:50 PM

so....the claim process can suck it.

it took me 5 hours to enter 12 claims today. completely mind numbing.

We've done 65 Clunker deals to date, I still have 12 to enter.....and I'm solo all week because my shitbag partner is on vacation. prick.

gonna be a loooooong week.

TheMercenary · 08-09-2009, 10:06 PM

Yea, but you get the commission and he doesn't, right?

lumberjim · 08-09-2009, 10:25 PM

no...we get paid the same on all of the deals each month.

It's a sonofabitch when one guy goes on vacation. this is just really bad timing. My only hope is that there is a little bit of a mid month lull. Now that there is a fresh 2B in the coffers, I''m hoping the frenzied atmosphere will relent a bit.

08-08-2009, 08:57 AM	#91
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	I wish they had the program when we bought 3 new cars between Dec 08 and Jan 09. I would have been happy to get in on this governemnt hand out. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

08-08-2009, 09:01 AM	#92
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	So GM must be moving a spread of nominally better cars that just qualify? Fuel economy: Purchased vehicles average 25.3 miles per gallon, a 60 percent improvement over the 15.8 mpg average of trade-ins. If true this would be nice. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

08-08-2009, 10:47 AM	#94
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	We got some pretty good deals, '07 Honda, '08 Toyota, '09 Mini. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

08-08-2009, 10:52 AM	#95
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	__________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

08-08-2009, 10:59 AM	#96
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Ha ha! Maybe they'll get a nice Lamar Alexander. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

08-08-2009, 04:34 PM	#98
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Trying to set your expectations... happiness is low expectations

08-08-2009, 05:36 PM	#99
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	try to set THESE __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

08-08-2009, 08:09 PM	#100
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Haggis! I love the look on the elephant's face. I both love and hate political cartoons; they say so much, so powerfully, in such a short time, they communicate so effectively; but because they don't give a reasoned argument, they are almost invulnerable to counter-argument, and because they're funny (well the good ones are) anyone who does nit-pick just looks like a killjoy. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

08-08-2009, 10:35 PM	#101
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Anyone see this as a way to give the big 3 more money without calling it a bailout? just sayin... __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

08-09-2009, 09:50 PM	#103
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	so....the claim process can suck it. it took me 5 hours to enter 12 claims today. completely mind numbing. We've done 65 Clunker deals to date, I still have 12 to enter.....and I'm solo all week because my shitbag partner is on vacation. prick. gonna be a loooooong week. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

08-09-2009, 10:06 PM	#104
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Yea, but you get the commission and he doesn't, right? __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

08-09-2009, 10:25 PM	#105
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	no...we get paid the same on all of the deals each month. It's a sonofabitch when one guy goes on vacation. this is just really bad timing. My only hope is that there is a little bit of a mid month lull. Now that there is a fresh 2B in the coffers, I''m hoping the frenzied atmosphere will relent a bit. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

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