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Replying to: boomchek (Jul 02, 2009 5:47 pm) What is with people like that? What kind of dope goes around agreeing to buy a $20-30K item without being sure he really wants it. Probably the same guy who holds me up in the McDonald's drive-thru because he can't choose between the McMuffin and hashbrowns. 
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President Obama is expected to pass the U.S. "cash for clunkers" law within a matter of days. There's already a website laying out the complicated rules. And just as the United States is gearing up its billion-dollar rebate program aimed at enticing people to trade in old cars and buy new ones, the Europeans are beginning to consider how to get out from under theirs. The European schemes have been wildly successful. But like many subsidy schemes, the program is as addictive as a drug. Valium may solve your nerves problem for now, but what happens when you try to quit? The article goes on to say a few people will move up their car purchases, but there will still be a void at the end, and we'll have another recession in car sales when the demand has been met. What I wonder is this.......Oldfarmer got a $3500 reduction on a PT Cruiser without the rebate. With the rebate the price will probably be MSRP less $4000, a real savings of just $1000, and who is going to soak up the rest.....here we go again. Yes, the taxpayers, soon there won't be any of us left!
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Replying to: driver100 (Jul 03, 2009 3:53 am) This is a question which has come up before...will the manufacturers just reduce incentives to match the CFC money. Joel says they will not. I'm not sure. I got my discount because Chrysler had $1000 customer cash AND $1-2000 in dealer cash. That made the deal fairly easy for the salesman. When I looked up the incentives here on Edmunds just now I noticed that the dealer cash was gone for July. This could mean that Edmunds just hasn't posted this incentive yet or it could mean just what you are saying--manufacturers are cutting marketing support in anticipation of the government money. Only time will tell. As for you vanishing taxpayers, my poor friends and I are waiting for the government to order you "rich" guys to put us up at your house. You have all those extra rooms that you aren't using and you want to be "fair"....don't you Comrade? 
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Replying to: driver100 (Jul 03, 2009 3:53 am) Now you've got me wondering. What kind of math is that? Canadian?  jmonroe
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Replying to: driver100 (Jul 03, 2009 3:53 am) With the bank and insurance bail outs, the climate bill, the health care bill, the $250 stimulus checks, the cash for clunkers, the REEP bill requiring us to retrofit our homes once put up for sale, the on-going war in Asia, and the auto bail outs, just how much financial burden can the taxpayers shoulder? If you think that the American Revolution was a spectacular event, you have seen nothing yet! Richard |
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Replying to: jmonroe (Jul 03, 2009 5:58 am) Yes, $1 Cdn buys .85 cents U.S. With the exchange, interest, payments to convert, extra doc fees, mop and glo, insurance, dealer rust proof, tire insurance, extended warranty, financing charges, etching,......my math is right on!
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To all of the U.S. posters here... Happy 4th of July. Enjoy the weather, your family, and your friends. As for police and their radar traps.... there is a small town near me with a Canadian Tire store. One police officer continually set up his trap beside one of the store's mobile sign boards. The store was tired of being accused of helping trap speeders. They changed the side opposite of where the officer parked to read: "slow down, cop on other side of this sign".  I have also noticed that the prices of used cars is climbing here in my area (South Western Ontario, Canada). GM has just run some ads that show up to a $8500 cash credit, but they don't tell you which models. The ad indicates that it's on Buicks and GMC. I still wouldn't buy one (I own Fords, Chryslers and Toyotas).
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I have noticed several ads from Ford for the new F150. The model they advertise is the crew cab, 4X4, the usual goodies. What I noticed is that they show a payment amount of $279.00. When you read the really small fine print, this is a biweekly payment. Actual payment is $558.00 per month. Are they doing this in the U.S. also? I congratulate Ford on leading in sales for June, but come on, be honest in your advertising. It's these kind of stunts that gives car sales a bad name.
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Replying to: canadiantoyota (Jul 03, 2009 7:34 am)
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Replying to: imidazol97 (Jul 03, 2009 7:44 am) Any payments that we advertise are also bi weekly, but we put in in normal print. They're easier to swallow than monthly payments nowadays since average prices of vehicles are high. |
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