Fuel Type Diesel
Engine Size 1.9 L
Cylinders 4
Transmission Manual 5-spd
Drive Front-Wheel Drive
Options TurboCharger
Vehicle Category Passenger Car
Combined MPG 38
Qualifies for CARS? No.
Fuel Type Regular
Engine Size 2.8 L
Cylinders 6
Transmission Manual 5-spd
Drive Front-Wheel Drive
Options (FFS)
Vehicle Category Passenger Car
Combined MPG 19
Qualifies for CARS? No. Your trade-in must have a Combined MPG rating of 18 MPG or less to qualify.
I just saved a mint monte carlo ss from going to cash for clunkers! Payed the guy allot of $ for it so he didnt trade it to get scraped! But now i have an amazing monte ss to add to my collection.
The chevy corsica as much of rusted up shit box as it is does not qualify according to the GOV, It gets 21mpg and does not qualify. Even tho it clearly Does NOT do remotely close to 21mpg anymore.
Fuel Type Regular
Engine Size 3.1 L
Cylinders 6
Transmission Automatic 4-spd
Drive Front-Wheel Drive
Options (FFS) (MPFI), CLKUP
Vehicle Category Passenger Car
Combined MPG 21
The nissan doesnt either. 01’ altima.
Fuel Type Regular
Engine Size 2.4 L
Cylinders 4
Transmission Automatic 4-spd
Drive Front-Wheel Drive
Options CLKUP
Vehicle Category Passenger Car
Combined MPG 21
Cash for clunkers my ass,Yet another gov program I will not see a damn dime of. Thank you mister Im looking out for the middle class president. Im sure that there are alot of people who could have maybe put that 3 or 4 k to better use. Maybe rather then blowin it on cars perhaps he should have used it for healthcare. But hey thats just my .02. This programs a joke in its self, I wonder how many “capital hill” fatcats went out and unloaded their lexus and bmw SUV’s for something bigger and newer because of this.
to anwser Jay, a bunch of idiots on craigslist are inflating prices of stuff, but the underlying fact remains, even with a 4500$ credit, poor people wont be buying a new car, so the abundance of 1 - 2k cars will still be around, they will just be less pos’s for the price.
I had a similar stance prior to the program initiation - however, the HUGE rate at which the public has taken advantage of it makes me think the program MAY be serving more of a purpose then I ever expected. $4500 dollars on a new car was never going to get the true “clunkers & beaters” off the road, but thats not really the aim of it either. It’s aim was MPGs. What says MPG pigs more:
a.) Clarence mom taking two kids to soccer in an Excursion that has ZERO resale / trade value in todays market
b.) Leroy driving the 1987 Caprice Estate wagon (which I assume may well get better combined MPGs then the excursion) whose retail value flatlined 15 yrs ago
c.) Pat in his well maintained and illegally modified Transmarobird
I considered pulling the trigger on a truck, but everything is still over priced imho. even with the credit, its like buying it for what it should cost, so no real incentive to me.
My truck has a GVWR of 14,000 lbs, so it doesn’t qualify.
Everything else I own is wayyyyy too old.
Nothing I own qualifies. So, by definition, nothing I own is a clunker. lol.
1995 acura integra rs, 1.8L 16v non-vtec, severe honda rot. 1991 VW Golf GL 1.8 8v (at least according to the title…) actually pretty clean, so no, neither my 15 year old car with 135k nor my 20 year old car with 160k qualifes
my combined mpg is 24, i need less than 18 