20 Responses to “5 Important Things to Know about Cash for Clunkers Program”

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   Teresa Stefanovich said on June 23rd, 2009 at 11:25 am

   If a vehicle has to be 25 years old or less at trade in, then why is 1995 the oldest year of vehicle that you can choose? Why are Blazers not listed?

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   admin said on June 23rd, 2009 at 12:01 pm

   Hi Teresa, you can still choose the earliest year possible to submit your information, we need to fix the program to incorporate more aged vehicles. thanks.

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   bill gonnelly said on June 23rd, 2009 at 5:23 pm

   i have a 96 taurus, i see this car as eligible on ” list of eligible cars” but when i look up my gas l mileage it sais 18 city 24 hwy 20 combined. ihave a v6. the v8 taurus seems to be the only one that qualifies is that how this is working? or are all taurus’ eligible based on the fact that one model gets the required gas mileage?

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   admin said on June 23rd, 2009 at 5:32 pm

   yes, the list is not comprehensive yet but you model should be good. its better to check out here so that a dealer can give you advice: Trade In Form

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   michelle said on June 23rd, 2009 at 10:36 pm

   Where is there a list of eligible cars? I have a 2000 monte carlo. I’m not sure if my car will be eligible

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   admin said on June 23rd, 2009 at 10:40 pm

   mostly like yes, but the safest way to do is to fill out a Trade-in form so that the participating dealer will reserve the rebate for you.

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   rob said on June 24th, 2009 at 7:17 pm

   I had to deinsure my truck while I waited to get it fixed, around Christmas time. I reinsured it with the same company in April, 09. I seem to be about the only person who badly needs this assistance who’s getting burned by the poorly written rules. I’ve had the truck for 10 years and it has 275,000 miles on it. Just because I was smart enough to not pay insurance while it was not running I will not be able to use the voucher. This has me very upset because the truck is dying more every day now. I feel really ripped off that I will pay everyone else to do this and get nothing.

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   Kaelene said on June 25th, 2009 at 2:21 am

   In order to get an estimate on a vehicle older than you list, on a site that requires our SSN, was tagged as being a place unsecure for personal information. I’ve just spent the day calling a lot of places because I just learned that I’m a victim of identity theft, Reeeeaaally makes me feel secure trying to see how this would work for me.

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   Diane said on June 25th, 2009 at 7:10 pm

   My husband and I would like to purchase an Altima Hybrid. Only the regular Altima is listed on the drop down. The Hybrid gets much better mileage which makes me think we could qualify for the full $4500, instead of the $3,500 the system showed based on the regular Altima.

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    mike said on June 28th, 2009 at 4:48 pm

    Which mpg formula is appropriate if I am driving a 1986 jeep cherokee with a combined 16 mpg and I want ot buy a truck. Is it s 2mpg or higher?

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    alex5 said on June 28th, 2009 at 9:38 pm

    ok so if i trade in my 1999 dodge durango that gets 13mpg do i have to buy a 2010 model vehicle or can i purchase a 2008 or 09? because im a collge student and $4500 still will not help me enough to buy a $15,500 2010 vehicle.

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    admin said on June 28th, 2009 at 9:40 pm

    yes, you can buy any new car as long as the dealers have them in stock. just fill out the form to get answers from our dealers.

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    Mike said on June 29th, 2009 at 2:21 pm

    I traded a 2001 Oldsmobile Bravada for a new 2009 Honda Element around the end of May. Does the bill cover purchases made prior to the bill being signed?

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    admin said on June 29th, 2009 at 2:23 pm

    Unfornately no, it doesn’t work backwards.

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    Gail said on June 29th, 2009 at 2:37 pm

    We have owned a 1998 Olds Intrigue for 11 years–recently put it in 16 year old son’s name (wise move per insurance agent) but does this now disqualify us from the clunker law benefits because we will be the buyers of the new car (son has no $$) but he will have to turn in the deed/registration.

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    Dwayne Woods said on June 29th, 2009 at 7:25 pm

    Do 2009 program vehicles qualify?

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    Lisa Simmerman said on June 30th, 2009 at 10:18 am

    I have a 1981 Ford F-150 that I wanted to trade in. How come this ends at 25 years? If you truely want people to turn in their “clunkers,” then you shouldn’t limit the age- as long as they are in working condition and are still registered and on the road!

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    Amy said on June 30th, 2009 at 10:31 am

    This program is SUV homicide.

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    dale said on July 3rd, 2009 at 10:41 am

    Hi how does the Cash for clunkers work do we trade in our cars/ trucks and then receive a voucher on top of our trade? or is it just a voucher? What if Our clunker is valued at $8,000 we dont get the voucher? Please call me and let me know,

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    dale said on July 3rd, 2009 at 2:00 pm

    Well, This is another opportunity for the federal government to give more my tax dollars to the parasites that suck from the hard working taxpayers. I don’t drive a $500. P.O.S. Car My clunker has Value. Blue book of $5500.00 But gets 13 MPG So this Cash for clunkers Is not geared to Do away with Gas guzzlers. Its a Program Geared to once again GIVE “Losers” Loser Term = Someone whom Based on there decisions in life have found them In a non-enriched Condition. A Hand out of $4500. Rewarding them for there poor planning and decisions. At the expense of the working class. Bail-out is a Sell out OF Americans. You want to help? Give everyone who paid Taxes Every Dollar that you took from us in the past 5 years. I’m sure I could Buy 2 New cars with that. Otherwise I will just wait for the Scumbag who gets there new car with this Auto Welfare Voucher has it REPOSSESSED. See you can’t fix a problem with the same mind set that created the problem.

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