On Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:02:37 -0600, robert bowman
wrote:

Curly Surmudgeon wrote:

Not a "perfectly good older one" but a "clunker." *Ergo the name "Cash
for Clunkers". *It must be less than 25 years old, get less than 19 mpg,
have been owned and insured for 12 months with a 10mpg improvement.

That covers about every two year old SUV on the planet. otoh, I doubt many
people tooling around in their 1985 Oldsmobiles laying down a cloud of
smoke from the 500 miles per quart oil consumption and the worn out 4
barrel will take advantage of the plan. I see it as a great way for people
to unload the Navigator they can't really afford and get into a Toyota.

Which are made 35 miles from me.