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Old 08-01-2009, 06:24 AM   #1
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Old 08-01-2009, 07:06 AM   #2
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Sounds like the same f-up group that thought up the com. boat buy back program...

better milage cars...right.....my 77 f-250 got 11 mpg...my new 05 gets 12...woopty di do.....BUT! I have less coffee stains on my shirts cause it rides so smoothly..
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Old 08-01-2009, 08:13 AM   #3
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Dealers are gettin ripped off. Still can't tow a boat with a Prius though.
Wish we could get more of these Euro diesels in the US.
60 mpg Volvo's
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Old 08-01-2009, 09:32 AM   #4
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Sorry, the US is the only country in the world where gasoline is the predominate consumer transportation fuel. It makes no sense at all.

Major transport business is all diesel, truck, train, construction all diesel, it hurts my head
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Old 08-01-2009, 09:58 AM   #5
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hey old fart how ya been! I was thinking of you the other day
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got a house full stayin here...and I didn't send out any invits..hid my best bone so they'll b something left when their gone.
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Old 08-01-2009, 11:18 AM   #6
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Ludicrous summed it up nicely, Scott.

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Old 08-01-2009, 11:42 AM   #7
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i looked into it....

and it was a complete JOKE
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Old 08-01-2009, 12:14 PM   #8
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the dems are touting it as a HUGE SUCCESS...let's see, borrow a ton of money that you know someone else and even more likely, their children, will have to make the payments on and then advertise that you are giving it away for free and you suddenly find that you quickly run out of the borrowed give-away money(no way!) that someone else will have to make the payments on and THEN you immediately begin scrounging around for more borrowed money to give away...BRILLIANT!!! I can't believe they never thought of this before how about $45,000 to get rid of your crappy old inefficient home to move into a nice small efficient mobile home, we can just burn all of the old, large, inefficient homes to the ground and turn them back into open spaces for the skunks and raccoons and coyotes...think of all of the energy we'll save...
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Old 08-01-2009, 07:01 PM   #9
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A little 1 billion dollar program BOTCHED by Congress. NOW prove to me how they will get the healthcare thing right... It's only about 4 THOUSAND times more money....

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Old 08-01-2009, 08:36 PM   #10
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All cars now carry a Global Warming rating sticker. A 1 to 10 scale. We will all be driving little death traps before long, Welcome to the Obama years. You asked for change... now change you will get.

FYI one of the larger contributors to the green house effect now is the stuff they replaced freon with. What a shocker.
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Old 08-02-2009, 11:52 AM   #11
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A little 1 billion dollar program BOTCHED by Congress. NOW prove to me how they will get the healthcare thing right... It's only about 4 THOUSAND times more money....
Ya, they can't even run a small simple 1 billion dollar rebate plan,
and they are going to put forth a new 1 TRILLION dollar health care plan over haul.

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Old 08-02-2009, 01:16 PM   #12
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So if I have a clunker with a trade in value of 15K and the govmint gives me 4500 and the dealer matches it I have basically a 24K TRADE IN,right? So I buy a 15k Yaris, do I get a check?

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Old 08-03-2009, 01:35 PM   #13
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This Clunker of a program will become permanant under this group of idiots.
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Old 08-03-2009, 02:03 PM   #14
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Nameless Toyota dealer on Aquidneck, told potential buyer he would have to chase the Febs for the 4500. The dealer refuses to do so. But will destroy the clunker at buyers expense.
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Old 08-03-2009, 06:24 PM   #15
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Use some of that TARP money that has been returned, or the high-mileage vehicle funding already available but not taken by the RustBelt car manufacturer's
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I have a 2-stroke, would they give me money towards buying a 4 stroke?
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Old 08-04-2009, 01:22 PM   #17
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Good part of the program is that the car makers getting the profits from this program are MOSTLY OVERSEAS

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Old 08-04-2009, 03:31 PM   #18
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Use some of that TARP money that has been returned, or the high-mileage vehicle funding already available but not taken by the RustBelt car manufacturer's
Pffft, that TARP money is going boys, and it ain't coming back, to your hometown, this is your hom...

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Old 08-04-2009, 03:47 PM   #19
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So when banks say they are paying back TARP money, does Barack actually get it? Does it get reused?
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So when banks say they are paying back TARP money, does Barack actually get it? Does it get reused?
Its recycled back into the Tarp program
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Old 08-04-2009, 07:57 PM   #21
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I'm waiting for a reel clumker program so i can get a Van Staal.

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Old 08-07-2009, 08:15 AM   #22
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The dealership near me has about 50 clunkers parked in the back lots with no plates or prices on them.

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Old 08-12-2009, 03:05 PM   #23
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It seems that dealers are no longer letting customers pick up their cars because the Feds are screwing up the 1 billion dollar program so bad.

Health care anyone?
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Old 08-25-2009, 03:19 PM   #24
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YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK.
Yes and the $4500 rebate is prolly taxable as income, like all other Gov't rebates.

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Old 08-25-2009, 04:33 PM   #25
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I'll keep my clunker

thanks anyway Gubbermint .... for Nuthin
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Old 08-31-2009, 10:33 AM   #26
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Well I took advantage of this program, thanks to all of you for your contributions in future tax $$. Traded in my 97 4 Runner with 185K miles on it for a new Tacoma. Happy to take $3,500 from Uncle Sam, and no it is not taxable.

As a tax payer I hate this program, but I'll take it!!
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Well I took advantage of this program, thanks to all of you for your contributions in future tax $$.
Since I helped pay for your new ride I'll be expecting you to give me rides when needed, which isn't all that often. I usually only need rides late at night after drinking too much or when I need to carry something really messy in the car like a carcass.

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Old 08-31-2009, 05:56 PM   #28
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Well I took advantage of this program, thanks to all of you for your contributions in future tax $$. Traded in my 97 4 Runner with 185K miles on it for a new Tacoma. Happy to take $3,500 from Uncle Sam, and no it is not taxable.

As a tax payer I hate this program, but I'll take it!!
And I'm sure Japan will take it too
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So the program didn't help GM? Strange, I wonder why

http://autos.yahoo.com/articles/auto...VyLW51bWJlcnM-
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Well if you can't figure out why.....
They're vehicles are %$%$%$%$
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