There's an old Russian saying: "The farther away from the Czar you are, the longer you live."
The less we rely on the Government to make our choices for us, the better our prospects for life, liberty and happiness. Cheers, bruce/safesectors > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: OT -Clilmate was R:quiet in MS > From: Bill Downall <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, July 28, 2009 3:43 pm > To: [email protected] (RBASE-L Mailing List) > > > Bob, > > Not quite that wise. The old car can't be too efficient. My wife isn't > eligible for the big rebate if she were to trade in her 12-year old Mercedes > 230 for a 50 mpg Prius, because the Mercedes is rated too efficient at 21 > MPG. The 29 mpg improvement doesn't qualify. The old car must have had a > rating of 18 MPG or worse. She's been saving too much gasoline for too many > years. > > The rules: > > According to USAToday.com <http://usatoday.com/>, in order to take advantage > > of the offer, the individual making the purchase must fulfill two > > requirements: > > 1) Must have a trade-in that has been registered and in use for at least a > year, and has a federal combined city/highway fuel economy rating of 18 or > fewer miles per gallon. > > 2) Must buy a new car priced no higher than $45,000 and must have a MPG > rating of at least: 4 MPG higher than the trade-in to get $3,500 or 10 MPG > higher than the trade-in to get $4,500. > > Bill > > > On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 6:33 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > To my understanding, the wisdom of our government concerning cash for > > clunkers is: > > > > Car trade in.... new vehicle has to get 10 miles/gallon more. > > > > > >
