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Old Jun 18, 2009 | 08:06 PM
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Cash for Clunkers

http://autos.yahoo.com/articles/auto...nkers-program/


After reading this it made me wonder If my TL every again needed a replacement tranny would I be better off trade it in for Newer vehicle. Since they are offering $3,500-4,500 voucher toward new or 04+ use vehicle. Cause I know TL with bad tranny or dead broke TL it's resale value is under 3K. Only bad part is starting over an having to make payment.

What would you do?
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Old Jun 18, 2009 | 08:25 PM
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spending the money on the tranny is way better than making payments for the next 5 years...
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Old Jun 18, 2009 | 08:27 PM
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Congress approved a "cash for clunkers" program Thursday to provide government incentives of $3,500 to $4,500 to motorists who trade in their gas guzzlers for more fuel efficient vehicles after Senate Democrats narrowly defeated a Republican effort to kill the plan.
I think they only offer the incentive for new cars, not used. This sounds like something I would do if I was thinking about getting a new car
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Old Jun 18, 2009 | 08:40 PM
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6 speed > payments
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Old Jun 18, 2009 | 09:10 PM
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Maybe when Acura puts out a nicer looking TL. The 09s are
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Old Jun 18, 2009 | 09:25 PM
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Where does it say "04+ use vehicle"? Looks like it applies only to new car purchases-
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Old Jun 18, 2009 | 09:34 PM
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yea i thought it only applies to new vehicles. And well it basically depends how many miles you have on ur acura, the more u have the more maintenance you have to do. Also problems are more likely with higher mileage. If u can get a good deal on a car and u can afford the payments do it! This bill is suppose to help our economy and make people buy new cars
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Old Jun 18, 2009 | 09:39 PM
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umm our cars arent gas guzzlers

and this is gonna be moved to cartalk
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Old Jun 18, 2009 | 09:47 PM
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dude did you read the article? lol nothing you said applies to it
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Old Jun 19, 2009 | 08:09 AM
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Originally Posted by 1st timer
spending the money on the tranny is way better than making payments for the next 5 years...
Originally Posted by phee
6 speed > payments
Originally Posted by Gfaze
Maybe when Acura puts out a nicer looking TL. The 09s are
especially with Gfaze...
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Old Jun 19, 2009 | 09:52 AM
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Plus in the fine print the vehicle you buy has to get at least 4 mpg higher than the one you are getting rid of.
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Old Jun 19, 2009 | 10:16 AM
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I've been following this bill and it passing benefits me. I've been looking to buy a car for a long time, and now I'm thinking of going new. I have a 1984 V8 F-150 that gets 11 mpg . Any car over 22 mpg would qualify for a $4,500 voucher. Now to decide on what new car to get. I had thoughts of BMW, but only the 128 and 328 automatic trannys get 22 mpg; the manuals get 21. The TSX 6-speed is a good option... I just want Acura to get that stupid ping problem under control! I'll keep looking around.
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Old Jun 19, 2009 | 10:52 AM
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Originally Posted by spurfan15
I've been following this bill and it passing benefits me. I've been looking to buy a car for a long time, and now I'm thinking of going new. I have a 1984 V8 F-150 that gets 11 mpg . Any car over 22 mpg would qualify for a $4,500 voucher. Now to decide on what new car to get. I had thoughts of BMW, but only the 128 and 328 automatic trannys get 22 mpg; the manuals get 21. The TSX 6-speed is a good option... I just want Acura to get that stupid ping problem under control! I'll keep looking around.
Hopefully the 2010 4-bangers have been fixed. Maybe we'll get some new owners signing up with reports of good news for you. :wink:

My mom wants to try to push my aunt to replace her old Mazda6. I think it's 16 years old or something like that.
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