Comments on: Reporter's Notes: Cash for Clunkers http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2009/06/05/reporters-notes-cash-for-clunkers/ Science, Environment, and Nature in the SF Bay Area Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:39:48 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Malinda http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2009/06/05/reporters-notes-cash-for-clunkers/comment-page-1/#comment-63583 Malinda Sun, 14 Jun 2009 04:54:53 +0000 http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/?p=2716#comment-63583 If you don't have your vehicle's manual handy and want to figure out what your vehicle's combined gas mileage is, the government has a free site where you can plug in your year, make and model to get your car's info. It is at: http://www.fueleconomy.gov/ If you want to follow the latest news on the Cash for Clunkers legislation, I found a site that lets you sign up for an alert and also has the latest news info. It is at: http://cash-4-clunkers.com If you don't have your vehicle's manual handy and want to figure out what your vehicle's combined gas mileage is, the government has a free site where you can plug in your year, make and model to get your car's info. It is at:
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/

If you want to follow the latest news on the Cash for Clunkers legislation, I found a site that lets you sign up for an alert and also has the latest news info. It is at: http://cash-4-clunkers.com

]]> By: Amy Standen http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2009/06/05/reporters-notes-cash-for-clunkers/comment-page-1/#comment-63535 Amy Standen Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:10:36 +0000 http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/?p=2716#comment-63535 Good point. It would also likely funnel cars out of the state Cash for Clunkers programs that we mention early in the piece. Of course, the federal $$ comes in the form of a voucher, redeemable only toward the purchase of a new car. Not everyone with a donation-ready clunker is going to be ready to come up with the remaining $10K + it would take to buy the new car. (The state programs (http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/avrp/avrp.htm)issue a check, no strings attached.) Good point. It would also likely funnel cars out of the state Cash for Clunkers programs that we mention early in the piece.

Of course, the federal $$ comes in the form of a voucher, redeemable only toward the purchase of a new car. Not everyone with a donation-ready clunker is going to be ready to come up with the remaining $10K + it would take to buy the new car.

(The state programs (http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/avrp/avrp.htm)issue a check, no strings attached.)

]]> By: kcampese http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2009/06/05/reporters-notes-cash-for-clunkers/comment-page-1/#comment-63517 kcampese Fri, 05 Jun 2009 23:37:32 +0000 http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/?p=2716#comment-63517 This bill would put every charity car donation program in the nation out of business since the amount of the voucher would be much greater than the tax deduction. The solution is to simply allow the charity to issue the voucher in lieu of the tax deduction. The charity would then junk the car in accordance with the bill. This way, everyone wins, the car dealer, car maker, car buyer and the charity. This bill would put every charity car donation program in the nation out of business since the amount of the voucher would be much greater than the tax deduction. The solution is to simply allow the charity to issue the voucher in lieu of the tax deduction. The charity would then junk the car in accordance with the bill. This way, everyone wins, the car dealer, car maker, car buyer and the charity.

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