# Cash for clunkers bills runs out of money. **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [August 2, 2009, 7:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cash-for-clunkers-bills-runs-out-of-money/245833 "2009-08-02T07:12:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 32
**Author:** ![Shady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Shady](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shady)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 6:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cash-for-clunkers-bills-runs-out-of-money/245833/32 "2009-08-06T06:25:02Z")
> [@Who still hasn't mounted snows yet?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-still-hasnt-mounted-snows-yet/21297/33): > > It’s not because of poor planning, it’s because it worked better than they thought… > > [Cash For Clunkers Nearly Out Of Funding Because Of Greener Purchases](http://jalopnik.com/5330919/cash-for-clunkers-nearly-out-of-funding-because-of-greener-purchases) It depends on what you consider “better” Sure a lot of people traded in shit boxes for new econoboxes but think of how many people who will probably not be able to pay the payments. I bet theres a shit load of people running around with new cars right now that only got them because a nice 5k down payment on a car thats maybe only ~12k would keep them in the clear for a bit. now lets see if they can make the payments on the cars… Ive personaly seen/heard a lot of scumbags going in and getting these new cars simply because 4500 is a nice down payment on a sub 20k car… --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cash-for-clunkers-bills-runs-out-of-money/245833)._