What is Cash for Clunkers (C.A.R.S.) Doing for YOU?

[Ann]

Maybe the dealer GMs are more stubborn in my state but talking with the GM didn't produce results. He says the state law says it is illegal for the federal government to tell him how to run his business and that he can decide not to release the vehicle until he receives approval on the voucher. I am still paying insurance on the trade in vehicle that is signed over to the dealership, the warranty is running on the car that is on the lot. The GM says I should be okay with the warranty since my estimation of how much I drive would make the warranty mileage driven not time driven. Bottom line he won't release the car, he tells me it is my option whether to turn my clunker in to his lot and he can arrange for someone to pick it up if I decide that is what I want to do. Also, signing an agreement to pay $4500 or return the car has fine print which states I would be responsible for depreciation and other costs involved with using the car if I decide to return it.
State AG office seems surprised that the fed government refers me to them for problems with a federal program.

 

[Steve (blog)]

Ann, you should have your vehicle. I was in the same situation. I told my dealership that the NHTSA as well as the CARS hotline confirmed that I should have gotten my car the day of the deal. The NHTSA also requested that I report the dealership to them, and that the dealership could face fines if they refuse to deliver the vehicle. Tell the GM that under the rules of the program, they should not be waiting for the government money, and that the NHTSA has requested that you report the dealership to them because of this violation (and that they can expect fines if refusing to deliver your new car). Also, when the NHTSA made this a new CARS requirement to deliver the vehicles, they also gave the dealerships the option to opt out of the program if they couldn’t afford to get rid of the cars before receiving payment. Instead, your dealership (and many others) are bending the rules of the program in order to sell more vehicles. As a result, they are taking away the consumers clearly outlined rights under the program.

 

[chris (blog)]

Patch W Adams. With all of this getting people so hot under the collar I hope your satire was not lost here! Of course, if you are serious, well.....WOW!! LOL

 

[John Quinn]

Chris -- haha! This string was getting so long, we were bound to see something like this. There's one in every crowd! ahahaha...

 

[Joe Diaz]

@ chris @John Quinn: Patch W Adams is not being satirical, the trends he describes are unfolding daily. Unfortunately, most people are unaware of the profound implications of current events (national, international, economic, political, ideological, technological). It's amazing to see the degree to which most of the populace are in a type of induced trance state; like lambs, blithely -and willingly- going to slaughter.

 

[Robert Smithwicks]

I guess Patch Adams and Joe Diaz missed the sign above, eh?

 

[Brian T in Etown]

Hmm? I wonder if that UFO I saw last night was part of the smart grid? I think it had a G.M. badge on the front....... sorry couldn't resist

 

[Robert Smithwicks]

AHAHA! Usually you have to be in a bar sitting next to the town wacko to get this kind if witty repartee! How did a conversation between dealers and consumers about vehicle transactions turn into a Mel Gibson movie?

 

[Alex Snyder (blog)]

I love the Internet.

 

[Joe Diaz]

You guys have the same degree of "insight" and "intellectual acuity" as the "experts" at the SEC, who repeatedly dismissed Markopolos' warnings and accurate assessments of Madoff's pyramid scheme. It’s amazing to see the degree to which most of the populace are in a type of induced trance state; like lambs, blithely -and willingly- going to slaughter.