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Anyone used the $3500/$4500 Cars.gov offer?

Discussion in 'Fred's House of Pancakes' started by timtim2008, Jul 24, 2009.

  1. timtim2008

    timtim2008 Member

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    I was thinking about stripping out my truck and tradeing it in on the new cars.gov program.. (no the picture is not my truck)

    anyone here done it before?

    If you think about it, the program requiremnts state the car/truck only needs to RUN...
    I could sell the seats, radio/cd player, the other 3 doors. truck, tail gail, sparetire, rims, etc.. and make another $1000 or $2000 on those parts selling them on ebay


    --------------- The real cars.gov rules -------------
    Your trade-in vehicle must
    have been manufactured less than 25 years before the date you trade it in
    have a "new" combined city/highway fuel economy of 18 miles per gallon or less
    be in drivable condition
    be continuously insured and registered to the same owner for the full year preceding the trade-in
    The trade-in vehicle must have been manufactured not earlier than 25 years before the date of trade in and, in the case of a category 3 vehicle, must also have been manufactured not later than model year 2001
     
  2. vapor8

    vapor8 New Member

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    The vehicle needs to be in drivable condition; that is, road safe/legal. You take off the doors and seats, etc, I doubt it's considered in 'drivable condition'...
     
  3. boulder_bum

    boulder_bum Senior Member

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    I'm not sure my Prius gets bad enough mileage to qualify.
     
  4. 2010red

    2010red New Member

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    We used the $4,500 yesterday. Traded in a 94' Mercury Villager. I love our new Prius!!!
     
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  5. bluetwo

    bluetwo Relevance is irrelevant

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    That's awesome, I would like to know more about the requirements and the process you had to go through to get it all done. Was it a pain in the arse?