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Cash for Clunkers Testimonials
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226 responses on “Cash for Clunkers Testimonials”
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My first experience with One Stop Motors was excellent. I sold my car yesterday and was so pleased with the service provided , I signed up to sell another car with Joel Hendricks your Sales Representative..
All your people were very professional and most helpful.
I also will refer any friends or family to One Stop Motors.
Regards,
Ira Epstein
While reading all the sites that i found, the Dealership has the responsibility after taking the car in. Contract list as trade, when the Gov rejects it. Is it not there fault? They ae the experts, they review all documents and make the decision. I have the vehicle and hope not to have the bad experiences some of you have had. Although I am expecting it, I have already gotten the call to come in and renegotiate the deal. I too have made the complaints to Florida BBB, no help; NADA No help; CARS.gov hotline “thats between you and the dealer”. Florida AG took all my info, still awaiting there reply; etc.. Trend that no entity wants to clarify or help it seems. Anyone with advice or has resolved thier issue pls leave a note. Ohh PLEASE a reference….
Paul Larkin –
We had the EXACT same problem. We were told by the dealer that they were 99.9% sure our deal would go through. Until CARS finally said that the 99 Suburbans were Category 3. Like I said in a different post, if this information was available from the beginning, we wouldn’t have used the CARS program.
Paul Larkin,
The bads news for you is that the program ended yesterday :O(
the possibly useful news in case the program is later extended, from cars.gov:
From the Consumer FAQ
I have an SUV with a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) under 8500 lbs. and a curb weight over 6000 lbs. I thought this vehicle was a category 1, but the website does not have a fuel economy rating for it. Can I still participate in the CARS program?
YES. SUVs with a GVWR under 8500 lbs. and a curb weight over 6000 lbs. are not rated for fuel economy by EPA. Therefore, these vehicles are treated as category 3 trucks and must have a model year of 2001 or older (but manufactured no earlier than 25 years prior to the date the vehicle is traded in). The special rules relevant to the trade-in of category 3 trucks apply.
Note: When using the comparison tool on our website, your trade-in vehicle will not appear
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From the Dealer FAQ
My consumer has an SUV with a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) under 8500 lbs. and a curb weight over 6000 lbs. Is there a special manner in which I must enter a CARS Program credit application for this type of trade-in vehicle?
YES. When you enter the attachments on the qualifying CARS Program credit application you will need to do two additional things:
1. Include a cover page that states ?Unrated by EPA because trade-in has a GVWR under 8500/Curb Weight over 6000.?
2. At step 8 of the iSupplier screen, under ?Invoice Description,? write the following: ?Note: Unrated by EPA because trade-in has a GVWR under 8500/Curb Weight over 6000.?
I have a 1999 Suburban 1500 4wd and it was not on the list, but the 2wd was. What a bunch of crap, i called my Congressman and he couldn”t even help. BS to the program!!
My name is Paul M Larkin and I live in Ohio. I am in need of your support and assistance. I currently have a 1999 GMC 4-wheel drive Suburban with 318,000 miles. I am in desperate need to take advantage of the Clunker Program.
Last week I went into a Honda dealership in hopes of taking advantage of the trade in program. I have been advised by three different car dealerships that the vehicle I own qualifies for the $4500.00 dollar trade in program, however, is not on the list.
I selected the vehicle that I wanted and went thru the proper credit check etc. and was approved for the purchase. However, when the dealer put my vehicle name, year and model into the government approved program, it does not recognize a GMC or Chevrolet 4- wheel drive Suburban. (It does recognize a 2-wheel drive). A vehicle that clearly meets the requirements by the federal government.
The dealer has advised me that the program has left out several vehicles off their list of approved automobiles for the Clunker program. They have submitted to the program administrators the problem at hand and have had no luck in a return emails or phone calls from them.
I need your assistance to put pressure on the program administrators to review and add my vehicle to the list. It clearly meets the requirements and is an oversight by the administrators. As you can imagine, I am very concerned that I will miss out on the Clunker program due to an oversight by the agency. Please assist me in my efforts to take part in this great program offered by our government. I can be contacted directly and look forward to hearing from you or one of your staff members. Thank you again in advance.
Such a great program. I think they should do this for houses as well. Maybe give 100k towards a new house, but the old one has to be destroyed.