Another brain black-out from congress.....they want to give us poor folks a big chunk of money to trade in our old "gas-guzzlin" clunkers for a new fuel efficient car. Huh? A new car is gonna cost a lot more than a rebate and a trade-in, and all just to get 25 mpg.
What that amounts to for us is a car payment every month (which we do Not have now,) less gas mileage than we get now, probably a lot less comfortable ride, loss of sleep over how to make those payments, higher insurance, higher license and tag fees, to name a few drawbacks.
Our '94 Buick may not be as pretty as it once was, but it still runs great after over 130,000 miles, gets 27 mpg in town with the a/c on, and 29 to 30 mpg on the highway and it was paid for several years ago. At the last tune-up the mechanic said it was in excellent condition and all it needed was a change of transmission fluid and filter, and it would be good for another 200,000 miles.
I don't believe we will give up our ol' Buick for a few years yet (if ever) because it gets us where we want to go trouble free. A new car would not do any better than that.
Keep your (our) money congress.
Grandma in the yellow house
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