Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:54:08 -0400
Reply-To: Ron Tipton <uther@DRAGONHOME.ORG>
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From: Ron Tipton <uther@DRAGONHOME.ORG>
Subject: Re: Casfor Clunkers
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here are some details on the cash for clunkers bill:
Benefits you will get
1. You can get $4,500 if new car is 10 MPG more fuel efficient than
the older car
2. You can get $3,500 if new car is 4 MPG more fuel efficient than the
older car
3. You may trade in or buy a domestic or a foreign vehicle
Who is eligible?
1. Only purchase or lease of new vehicles will qualify
2. Clunkers eligible for the program must get 18 MPG, or less
3. Must hold a valid legal title to the car seeking to trade in
4. Registered to the same owner for the full year preceding the trade-in
Who is NOT eligible?
1. Cars that have not been insured for the past year
2. Cars that are older than 25 years
3. Cars not in drivable condition
4. New Car manufacturer's suggested retail price cannot exceed $45,000
r
On Jun 23, 2009, at 12:01 AM, Don Hanson wrote:
> Thanks
> I'll check into it. Buy some plates and insurance and I would still
> be
> ahead..Drive it down to the DMV or where ever and make about $3k of
> free
> money towrards a replacment for...my 1977 Dodge V8 automatic 10mpg
> van...I
> could sell it to a migrant fruit picker as family transport..they
> seem to
> like the older large size vans, but I'd probably only get a few
> hundred
> bucks that way..
> Don Hanson
>
> On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 8:51 PM, Allan Streib
> <streib@cs.indiana.edu> wrote:
>
>> Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> Where and what is this program? Anyone have a web address to find
>>> some
>> info? I have an old Dodge Van in my pasture
>>> that has been sitting for a bunch of years...Late 70s van, still
>>> runs ok,
>> was my way old Baja cruiser at one time.
>>> I could only get scrap $ for it now, probably, but it might be
>>> nice to
>> get some Government $ if they are giving it
>>> away....
>>
>> No, you can't drag in some hulk out of a field, trade it on a new
>> hybrid
>> and get $4,500 for it. The old car has to have been a legal,
>> registered
>> and insured vehicle for the previous year by the same owner.
>>
>> Some info here:
>>
>> http://www.reuters.com/article/earth2Tech/idUS216228605420090619
>>
>> Allan
>> --
>> 1991 Vanagon GL
>>
I remain, as always
YrLyl&ObdntSrvnt,
r
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