Cash For Clunkers

[Jim Ferron]

Funny how things can be looked at from a different viewpoint...this whole program was done at the expense of USED CAR DEALERS...

I'm a used car dealer...

First, have you ever looked at the list of 'eligible' trade ins? These are NOT 'new' car buyers...these are used car buyers CONVERTED into new car buyers..by this program.

So Used car dealerships LOSE 250,000 sales while NEW car dealers get these sales...the way the program is advertised by the new car dealer...it brings in thousands of possible buyers who THINK they will get 3500/4500 for their junk only to find out their car doesn't fit the guidlines...but once in the door, they are at the mercy of a new car salesman.

We used car dealer have NO PROBLEM with new car sales..it is from these sales that the 'trade-in' is garnered,[our inventory...but under this plan, the 250,000 cars are to be crushed, we should have gotten the majority of these car in trade ins to US...

So when John Q Public trades in his old Aerostar Van, he bought from me ten years ago,on new VW..it's on my back that VW [German company]makes money,a millionare car dealer makes money, and after all the years MY service department took care of this Aerostar ..he is lost to a dealer who has done NOTHING to 'earn' this customer, all backed by the government, [MY taxes] in a deal that's too good to pass up..

I lost at least two sales last week to this program...College costs me the same as Mister VW dealer, And need to but food on my table just as well...

[almost fell off my soap box...]

[Late BrakeU2]

They did a news piece on a local guy that traded in his twenty year old benz on 15k sticker KIA.. after the gub-mint voucher, his credit union discount,dealer rebates he paid $5500 + T&L- or a third of window, not too shabby!