[V8] Cash for Clunkers
Scott DeWitt
sdewitt at stx.rr.com
Fri Jul 24 08:46:48 PDT 2009
www.cars.gov
---- J Burns <jpburns3 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't have the link to the site right now but there is a site I can
> go to to see if your car qualifies for the cash for clunkers program.
> The V8 certainly qualifies and when I looked it up it was ranked in
> the bottom category of least efficient vehicles. The mpg is an
> average of city/highway, IIRC the V8 was pegged with a 15mpg average,
> maybe it was 14. They had it as 18mpg highway cycle and 10 or 11 mpg
> city.
>
> If mine had not been sitting in a barn fir the past 5 years I would be
> all over thos offer, especially since the wife is looking to replace
> her leased FX35 with a new crossover variant. BMW is offering an
> additional $4500 on top of the gov 3500/4500 incentive on the X5
> diesel model plus a couple other rebates, effectively knocking $10000
> off retail without even having to ask for it.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jul 24, 2009, at 7:27 AM, "Scott Phillips" <Scottp at ippe.com> wrote:
>
> > You know there are "rules" for getting the $4500 credit right?
> >
> > Namely this biggest one is that the car you have now has to get LESS
> > than 18MPG d to even qualify, then presuming it does, the car you
> > replace it with has to get a min of 5 MPG more. That said I'm fairly
> > sure your 91 gets better than the combined 18 to qualify.
> >
> > And even then, you're talking about spending lets say 20K, just to
> > get a
> > 4500 credit? That's 16,5 financed over 5yrs or about $250.00/mth;
> > not to
> > mention that you have to have full coverage insurance on your pretty
> > new
> > penny.. all to save 5MPG - This is a stimulus to get people back into
> > buying BIG things. And as a afterthought to help lessen our dependency
> > on oil.
> >
> > But I gotta tell you, you're NOT going to get anything near the
> > quality
> > of your 91 for 20K. Remember these cars were 50K+, 20years ago. Even
> > then - if you can dedicate a monthly $350 payment into maintaining the
> > 91 - not only would it be pristine; but you'd almost never think of
> > selling it.
> >
> > Of course I might be delusional, but I don't think so and many here I
> > bet would agree. I drive my V8's by choice, not because it was a
> > least
> > cost solution or it was going to be cool to have one.
> >
> > Just my $0.02.
> >
> > -Scott P
> >
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