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eric81 · 08-05-2009, 12:44 PM

I think the funniest part of all this, is that most of the american cars don't qualify for the good money ($4,500) which your new car must get 10mpg better than the old car, because they don't have super efficient cars like Toyota and Honda and those companies. Sure, they have one or two, but the SUV's all use MORE gas than there current clunker. If they had really started making fuel efficient vehicles like all the foreign companies 5 to 10 years ago, they would be selling more cars in the cash for clunkers thing. I believe the only vehicles we can't get to qualify are the Sequoia and the 4Runner. Every other vehicle has been sold to someone, just at my dealership alone. American's need jobs, I am not arguing with that. But my cousin got a job with GM, and they paid him 75% of his regular wages to be "Voluntarily laid off" for 6 weeks. If you are not working in Japan, the don't pay you. OR, they get smart and just reduce hours so you CAN continue to work regularly, just for less time, so you don't go hungry or unpaid. I think the US needs to look at how some other countries are doing business, (ALL other countries, to be honest) and start implementing some of their rules and ethics. I was in the US Army for 9 years, and when I was deployed to Iraq, I made about $50,000 a year, less before my extension. Civilians who never left the bases there were clearing $100,000 for doing next to nothing. They play on computers, eat 4 meals a day, get large SUV's to drive on the bases, and get issued body armor and side arms, and they never leave the base. They also get larger rooms, and if my A/C goes out, they still take priority because they are civilians. Trust me, we need to rethink how we do things here.

08-05-2009, 12:44 PM	#13
eric81 View User's Garage Drives: Toyota Salesman Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Clarksville, IN Posts: 297	I think the funniest part of all this, is that most of the american cars don't qualify for the good money ($4,500) which your new car must get 10mpg better than the old car, because they don't have super efficient cars like Toyota and Honda and those companies. Sure, they have one or two, but the SUV's all use MORE gas than there current clunker. If they had really started making fuel efficient vehicles like all the foreign companies 5 to 10 years ago, they would be selling more cars in the cash for clunkers thing. I believe the only vehicles we can't get to qualify are the Sequoia and the 4Runner. Every other vehicle has been sold to someone, just at my dealership alone. American's need jobs, I am not arguing with that. But my cousin got a job with GM, and they paid him 75% of his regular wages to be "Voluntarily laid off" for 6 weeks. If you are not working in Japan, the don't pay you. OR, they get smart and just reduce hours so you CAN continue to work regularly, just for less time, so you don't go hungry or unpaid. I think the US needs to look at how some other countries are doing business, (ALL other countries, to be honest) and start implementing some of their rules and ethics. I was in the US Army for 9 years, and when I was deployed to Iraq, I made about $50,000 a year, less before my extension. Civilians who never left the bases there were clearing $100,000 for doing next to nothing. They play on computers, eat 4 meals a day, get large SUV's to drive on the bases, and get issued body armor and side arms, and they never leave the base. They also get larger rooms, and if my A/C goes out, they still take priority because they are civilians. Trust me, we need to rethink how we do things here.