Dealers will have one good month. The 4th quarter, IMO, will be one of the worst in the history of the industry since anyone that was even considering buying in the next year or so, just did.

This will wreak havoc with dealers.

Hope you folks saved all your commision checks from july, cause it’s gonna be a pretty bad christmas for you.

As for the alleged fuel savings, once you figure in the costs to produce extra new cars, scrap perfectly good ones and the increase in miles driven by the former clunker owners, I think you will find the actual decrease to be pretty meager.

This money would have been much better spent improving public transportation and improving roadways to promote bicycle use.

I ride my bike over 12 miles to work somedays. Parts of this trip are on roads ill suited to bicycles with poor/non existent shoulders. Improving such roads to make them bicycle friendly would result in increased bicycle commuting which would also help the country’s obesity problem.

Overall, C4C is nothing more than an stimulus package for the automotive industry, another way to move old inventory. At least that’s all I see. My biggest fear is this will bring a lot of future potential buyers into the buying cycle and result in a lull in the coming months.

We will gather data as long as it is coming in. We would love to get your numbers.

Reporters. Here are the survey participants that are OK to contact:

Joe Najar
joseph.najar@silverstarauto.com
Honda of Thousand Oaks
http://www.hondaofto.com

Alex Snyder
axsnyder@checkeredflag.com
Checkered Flag
checkeredflag.com

Jim Graves
jim.graves@economyhonda.com
ECONOMY HONDA SUPERSTORE
economyhonda.com

Steven Moore
stevemoore@sandyspringsford.com
Sandy Springs Ford
sandyspringsford.com

Gerald Hand
geraldhand@hotmail.com
O’Neal Auto Group

RESULTS:
2,313 Crushed Clunkers counted
MPG Clunkers: 16.3
MPG New Units: 24.6
MPG Difference: +8.4 MPG

If driven 15,000 miles per year
And
if 750,000 Clunkers are Crushed

Each unit burns LESS gas, 310 gallons less.

That’s 5.5 million barrels of crude that won’t have to be imported.

That’s 3 million tons LESS Co2.

thnx,
Joe

I am so glad you’re here to contribute to our Dealer Refresh community effort.

Gather your “numerous studies” on MPG induced driving behavior and be prepared to create a projection based on your findings. Be sure to include references.

As you mentioned, you will be able to support you research on the costs and pollution of destroying these units. Again, be prepared to create a projection based on your findings. Be sure to include references.

Cash for Clunkers overnight update:

2,112 clunker sales recorded:
–MPG Clunkers: 16.15
–MPG Noobs: 25.35
–Change: 9.2 mpg

WOW, on pace to save 250 MILLION gallons of gas per year.