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When this originally came out (last year?) it was called an Air-Check. Same rules, perhaps same program now - dunno.
I had an older car, POS, and thought what the hell. So I called and qualified and got my aircheck (more than $4500 tho, then).
With that guvmunt check in hand I looked around. It became apparant that this is a scam. Not intended to be a scam I'm sure, but like alot of government help programs it wasn't exactly well thought out.
See, if you use your aircheck you have to give the carlot your clunker for free to be crushed. They apply the $4500 against the price and aren't very interested in haggling down the price.
Or...
Just trade in your clunker which no respectable car lot wants and they crush it. They've inflated their price to cover your car and they'll give you (if you haggle) $4500 trade-in for your car.
Same same only one is free money to the car lot from taxpayers and one is old fashioned car business. You the poor consumer are still gong to pay the same for the car either way and your country's national debt continues to rise and rise....
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