JusBringIt
07-30-2009, 06:21 PM
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/2/AmericanFlag.jpg Some car shoppers find that the fuel economy for their old cars has suddenly improved - making them ineligible for Cash for Clunkers. (http://money.cnn.com/2009/07/28/autos/clunker_mpg_switch/?postversion=2009072811)
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/Polluting_Car.jpgPeter Valdes-Dapena - CNN (http://money.cnn.com) - July 30, 2009
Boy could they not just leave the ones that were already traded??:rolleyes: --Ed.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Some car shoppers are finding that their trade-in vehicles, which qualified for a Cash for Clunkers rebate last week, don't this week because of changes in the EPA's fuel economy ratings.
In some cases, car buyers say, dealers are backing out of sales they've already made because the EPA changed the fuel economy figures on their trade-in.
"My wife just received a call from the sales manager saying that our clunker doesn't qualify anymore, and that we could either pay the extra $4,500 or return the new car (and get our old car back)," Greg Straka wrote Tuesday on a message board at the Edmunds.com automotive Web site.
He had signed a document agreeing to provide additional documentation needed to process his trade-in, but had not done so yet, Straka wrote.
He had made the deal for his new car last Saturday, the day after program rules were supposed to have been finalized, Straka wrote in an e-mail to CNNMoney.com. But the fuel economy information on the car apparently changed the next day, he said.
Straka declined to name the dealership or the specific car models involved in the disputed transaction.
Another car shopper e-mailed CNNMoney.com saying he went to the Environmental Protection Agency's fueleconomy.gov Web site on Saturday to double-check the fuel economy rating for his 1987 Mercury Grand Marquis. When he had visited previously, the car's combined city and highway fuel economy was rated at 18 miles per gallon, making it eligible for the program.
But on Saturday, he found something different: The fuel economy for his car had been raised to... http://money.cnn.com/2009/07/28/autos/clunker_mpg_switch/?postversion=2009072811
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/Polluting_Car.jpgPeter Valdes-Dapena - CNN (http://money.cnn.com) - July 30, 2009
Boy could they not just leave the ones that were already traded??:rolleyes: --Ed.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Some car shoppers are finding that their trade-in vehicles, which qualified for a Cash for Clunkers rebate last week, don't this week because of changes in the EPA's fuel economy ratings.
In some cases, car buyers say, dealers are backing out of sales they've already made because the EPA changed the fuel economy figures on their trade-in.
"My wife just received a call from the sales manager saying that our clunker doesn't qualify anymore, and that we could either pay the extra $4,500 or return the new car (and get our old car back)," Greg Straka wrote Tuesday on a message board at the Edmunds.com automotive Web site.
He had signed a document agreeing to provide additional documentation needed to process his trade-in, but had not done so yet, Straka wrote.
He had made the deal for his new car last Saturday, the day after program rules were supposed to have been finalized, Straka wrote in an e-mail to CNNMoney.com. But the fuel economy information on the car apparently changed the next day, he said.
Straka declined to name the dealership or the specific car models involved in the disputed transaction.
Another car shopper e-mailed CNNMoney.com saying he went to the Environmental Protection Agency's fueleconomy.gov Web site on Saturday to double-check the fuel economy rating for his 1987 Mercury Grand Marquis. When he had visited previously, the car's combined city and highway fuel economy was rated at 18 miles per gallon, making it eligible for the program.
But on Saturday, he found something different: The fuel economy for his car had been raised to... http://money.cnn.com/2009/07/28/autos/clunker_mpg_switch/?postversion=2009072811