Date:         Mon, 3 Aug 2009 19:36:20 -0700
Reply-To:     chris and/or ruth <populuxe59@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         chris and/or ruth <populuxe59@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Idiots for Clunkers
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I've been looking into the Clunkers option, but I look into all options and run the numbers. I'm just like that. Dodge is offering to match the $4,500! That's $9,000 off a vehicle--easy. When I looked into it more, found that Dodge is completely out of their compact sedan type car I want.  Remember, they shut down their plants a couple months ago?  Even if I wanted a more fuel efficient car they have none.  Ford? Out.  Chevy? None. Import? Doesn't seem right to use the money skimmed off your paycheck to buy foreign.   
Now, about my 90 MV getting crushed and shredded.  Currently I'm offering it at $4,500 and no offers.  It's got rust and high miles. Unless I want to stick 5-10,000 into it, it's pretty much at the end of it's useful life. Then last night it started sucking coolant on the highway and it looked like disater(turned out to be a small coolant coupling).  I would hate to see it go that way, but I bought it and took over the maintenance 8 years ago.  How much longer am I required to do this, and if I don't, do I have to give it away for thousands less then our generous government offering?  It's coercion. 
Chris C
90 MV
 
utube of Volvo getting "disabled":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waj2KrKYTZo
 
 
  miguel pacheco  wrote.......
"Ok, I'm with you....son gets it, but not dad. I'm opposed to this
program for many reasons. I am one of those who believes it makes >more
sense to drive/use what exists, rather than consume energy and
resources to manufacture new. Furthermore, and more significantly,
when I see any VW van go the boneyard, I am like the indian of tv
commercial fame, overlooking the Hudson (is it the Hudson?).......zoom
in and you see me shed a tear.
But what about the junky Vanagons, sitting in a field of weeds, that
are continually advertised and rarely purchased? Are we to berate
those frustrated sellers who finally give in and send these vehicles
to the junkyard?