SUV's and Trucks Bought with Cash for Clunkers

[Reliant121]

A 2.2 liter isn't all that small. Its not a monster of an engine but most compact cars have engines in the high 1.0s to low 2.0s. Some of your lower end mid size cars also have engines that sized. I think we've also beaten things to death with US vs. European cars. Suffice it to say that you might consider a 2.2 liter engine to be ridiculously huge but we have ten states bigger than your entire country and half of our states are larger than England. The realities of driving in the US are significantly different than those in Europe.

Fair I guess.

[Mikey]

You're not bursting my bubble. I've seen dealers try to get paid back for that "truck to truck" credit. You can guess by my reaction what their success rate has been.

[Tyyr]

Well according to the government if the new truck gets at least 18MPG and gets 2 more MPG than the old one they're entitled to the money.

[Mikey]

I'm telling you from the inside that this whole program is the biggest example of the government shoving it's head up it's ass that I've seen in a long time. Ex.: The CARS program was instituted on July 1st. The details (for dealers) on how to register, program requirements, disposition regulations, how to apply for reimbursement (oh yes - we have to float the money and then apply for reimbursement, plus we have to pay fro disposition!) etc. weren't released until July 23rd.