Anybody who happily tells me that a car is a “clunker” automatically pisses me off, especially when they start breathing heavily over the program from a decade ago that might have handed them a check for their oh-so-problematic 1991 Ford Explorer if they turned it in. The Car Allowance Rebate System (Cash for Clunkers’ proper name) might have benefitted someone, but if you want me to find who benefitted, no thank you. My opinion only: manufacturers couldn’t move cars fast enough, some back-room handshakes happened, and as the economy imploded and things were going to hell in a handbasket, a carrot was offered on a string to the buying public and somehow people bit on the bait.
Earlier this month Ford hinted that they were more than happy to see a round two of C4C appear to help motivate the economy. I’d rather slam my tenderest bits into a car door repeatedly than see such a program come back into play, but that’s just a surface look. The Roman from Regular Car Reviews has taken another look at Cash for Clunkers and what a second season could mean for everyone involved.
No…Just NO!!!!!
As being in the used car business for over thirty years, I can tell you this is a terrible thing. It will do away with bottom end cars, which there a lot that are well maintained & cars that folks without a lot of money can afford. The dealers who specialize in these cars couldn’t find them anymore, so they move to the next level & prices for this level to retail customers are going to be higher. And it goes on & on with higher prices for all older cars. And parts needed for your older car get harder & harder to find. Used cars & especially trucks are sky high now because of the higher trade in prices new car stores put in them to get new vehicle sold. Where does it end?