JusBringIt
08-23-2009, 08:48 PM
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/2/AmericanFlag.jpg More than 12,000 Minnesotans have taken advantage of the program, which tacks on as much as $4,500 to the trade-in value of qualifying vehicles. (http://www.startribune.com/business/54400982.html)
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/92_F-150_C4C.jpgSteve Alexander and Maura Lerner - STARTRIBUNE (http://www.startribune.com) - Aug 23, 2009
The auto market will be real interesting for the next few months --Ed.
It was guilt, as much anything else, that led Annette Tousignant to Walser Toyota in Bloomington on Saturday.
She’s been driving to work, 22 miles a day, in a minivan that gets about 15 miles per gallon. “You feel guilty when you’re driving a vehicle too large for one person,” she admitted.
But it didn’t hurt that she qualified for $4,500 under the federal “cash for clunkers” program, which expires today . So on Saturday, she and her husband Roger sealed the deal, trading in their nine-year-old gas-guzzler for a new silver Corolla that averages 29 mpg.
“I hope I’m going to notice that when I fill up at the pump,” she said.
Car dealers throughout the metro area are in high gear as the clunkers program comes down to today’s 7 p.m. finish line.
More than... http://www.startribune.com/business/54400982.html
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/92_F-150_C4C.jpgSteve Alexander and Maura Lerner - STARTRIBUNE (http://www.startribune.com) - Aug 23, 2009
The auto market will be real interesting for the next few months --Ed.
It was guilt, as much anything else, that led Annette Tousignant to Walser Toyota in Bloomington on Saturday.
She’s been driving to work, 22 miles a day, in a minivan that gets about 15 miles per gallon. “You feel guilty when you’re driving a vehicle too large for one person,” she admitted.
But it didn’t hurt that she qualified for $4,500 under the federal “cash for clunkers” program, which expires today . So on Saturday, she and her husband Roger sealed the deal, trading in their nine-year-old gas-guzzler for a new silver Corolla that averages 29 mpg.
“I hope I’m going to notice that when I fill up at the pump,” she said.
Car dealers throughout the metro area are in high gear as the clunkers program comes down to today’s 7 p.m. finish line.
More than... http://www.startribune.com/business/54400982.html