Archive for 2009

Cash for Clunkers Activity Creates Used Car Opportunity

With the end of Cash for Clunkers, your used car is more valuable than ever before and the participating dealers listed on this TexasCashForGuzzlers.com are accepting all used car trade-ins at never before seen price levels.  
After the recent buzz about new cars, why is your used car worth so much?  Since the Cash for Clunkers program eliminated used car [...]

Cash for Clunkers Program Will End on August 24

Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. “cash for clunkers” vehicle trade-in program, credited with reviving auto sales and criticized by dealers for slow reimbursements, will close on Aug. 24, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said.
The clunkers plan, which offers auto buyers discounts of as much as $4,500 to trade in older cars and trucks for new, [...]

Clunker Wind Down Planned

by Nei Roland
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration plans to announce in the next few days a strategy for winding down the $3 billion cash-for-clunkers program so dealers aren’t on the hook for credit given to customers, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said.
The department will rely on surveys of dealer sales and other surveys to estimate the [...]

Fox News in Houston – Dealers Awaiting Payment

The Fox affiliate in Houston profiles the Cash for Clunkers program and Honda Cars of Katy.  Click through to see the YouTube video of the broadcast.

Cash for Clunkers Tips

 

If you’re considering trading in your old gas guzzler, listen up; Kelli Grant, Sr. Consumer Reporter for SmartMoney.com, has some tips so you can get the most for your money.
First, watch out for waivers. Some dealerships are asking customers who to sign a waiver stating that if the government doesn’t come through with the money, [...]