cash for clunkers! what a waste c.a.r.s.

the whole cash for clunkers thing is ridiculous. how many of these people can really afford a new car if they've been driving a round in a old car for years? were just gonna end up sinking further into recession and its just going to get harder for me to find a job. plus, what about all the auto parts store that rely on these old cars for the bulk of there business? theres gotta be some guys on here that work at Auto Zone or O'riellys or pep boys that can gie some insight

i don't want to make payments on a new car especially if i'm only gaining 4 or 5 mpg, and i would rather see someone use my truck rather than have it junked or tore apart especially since its in good shape.

man both the hard body and runner make me mad as hell, i work at a dealership here in sacramento well elk grove niello bmw and about the only cluncker i have seen some in was an exploder but there is a honda dealership that i drive by on my way to work and there are about 300 clunckers from what  i have been able to see i have seen some clean ones sucks to see where the clean minis are really gointo

Someone said they would like to take three junkers and get 12,000 bucks ( you can't) the cars that qualify for C.A.R.S. have to be registered, tagged, and insured for a year before they can be turned in. they said that bone yards have an option on these cars. no bone yard is gonna buy a salvage car if they cant get a motor out of the deal, so plenty of good sheet metal is going to the crusher.THIS WHOLE DEAL IS BS AT TAXPAYER EXPENSE.THANKS PRESIDENT DUMB ASS!!!!

---------------------------------------------Originally posted by ineedatruckhow do you find out more about this cash for clunkers thing? i have 3 clunkers would they give me 12,000 for all of them? and do you have to use that money to buy a brand new car or can it be used from a dealership? do they need to be running?---------------------------------------------You can only do 1 car per transaction. And have to be registered and insured for a minimum of 1 year. its to prevent people going out and buying cars to jsut trade in. All I see is about 1 year after this ends you see repos sky rocket even more since most people doing this deal are driving those old cars for a reason they cant afford new cars.

---------------------------------------------Originally posted by neurotic---------------------------------------------Originally posted by ineedatruckhow do you find out more about this cash for clunkers thing? i have 3 clunkers would they give me 12,000 for all of them? and do you have to use that money to buy a brand new car or can it be used from a dealership? do they need to be running?---------------------------------------------You can only do 1 car per transaction. And have to be registered and insured for a minimum of 1 year. its to prevent people going out and buying cars to jsut trade in. All I see is about 1 year after this ends you see repos sky rocket even more since most people doing this deal are driving those old cars for a reason they cant afford new cars.--------------------------------------------- haha,   so true on the last part.. why is it when the government tries to help out..  it ends with people in dept and more taxes ?  lol...  they try to help out on housing, putting more people in homes.. then once intrest rates rise , people couldnt afford houses, and banks runs into trouble , and government bails them out with our tax money...now theyre try'n to put people in cars.. only for people run into job trouble or whatever and cars get repo'd and banks run into trouble again , and more bail out money and more taxes we got to pay...   and isnt HONDA benifiting the most out of this bull shit deal?   im wondering why i got to pay taxes for other people to have new cars?

I guess I'm confused how it is the governments fault that people aren't being held responsible for their own poor decisions.  It is not the governments fault if you got into an ARM loan.  Nor is it their fault if you go out and buy a brand new car thinking it's the best deal ever even though you can't afford it.  Perhaps if our country wasn't filled with people that apparently have no capability of thinking things through or understanding what they are getting themselves into we wouldn't be in this mess to begin with.

Edited: 8/19/2009 3:59:24 PM by SubCulture S10

and on top of the new car payment alot of people fail to realize that not only does that go up but also your insurance does as well on a new car. My friend did this and he forgot to calculate in another 75$ a month for that...So he went from no cay payment and like 10$ a month insurance to 250$ payment + 75% insurance...for 5 yrs

yeah it sucks here in tucson someone took in a typhoon at the honda dealership. i couldnt believe it!!

---------------------------------------------Originally posted by msturgI guess I'm confused how it is the governments fault that people aren't being held responsible for their own poor decisions.  It is not the governments fault if you got into an ARM loan.  Nor is it their fault if you go out and buy a brand new car thinking it's the best deal ever even though you can't afford it.  Perhaps if our country wasn't filled with people that apparently have no capability of thinking things through or understanding what they are getting themselves into we wouldn't be in this mess to begin with. ---------------------------------------------Exactly!!!