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Some States Now Pay Drivers To Get Older Cars Off The Road
Some US states and Canada are boosting efforts to get older, dirtier cars off the roads.

The moves come as people are holding onto vehicles longer than ever, amid a weakening economy. And it's expected that people will hold on to their cars and trucks even longer when new U.S. fuel efficiency rules boosting the industry wide, fleet average to 35 miles per gallon drive up the price of new vehicles.

That's why new initiatives are sprouting to get older cars off the roads.

In January, Texas unveiled a $45 million annual program, dubbed "Drive a Clean Machine" that offers up to $3,500 toward a new vehicle for consumers in Austin, Houston and the Dallas-Fort Worth area who make lower incomes and own a vehicle at least 10 years old.

The program has retired more than 11,000 vehicles this year, said Andrea Morrow, a spokeswoman for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. "It's a great way to get those older vehicles off the roads."
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Some States Now Pay Drivers To Get Older Cars Off The Road



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DexDiamondsDexDiamonds - 7/1/2008 10:45:58 AM
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I also think the Feds should start a similar program when the put into effect the CAFE standards.

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Agent009Agent009 - 7/1/2008 11:07:44 AMView My AgentSpace
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If they are 10 years old.

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dwatsondwatson - 7/1/2008 9:43:00 PMView My AgentSpace
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M35MTM35MT - 7/1/2008 1:22:04 PMView My AgentSpace
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Cant you just picture 009's face when he Googled "rusty old Lexus"

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M35MTM35MT - 7/1/2008 1:23:51 PMView My AgentSpace
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I hope they're forced to use their stipends to purchase fuel-efficient vehicles.

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toolatetoracetoolatetorace - 7/1/2008 2:12:18 PM
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Tell this to a single parent Walmart worker with two or three kid at home that he or she has to scrap their car and get a new one

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M35MTM35MT - 7/1/2008 2:35:08 PMView My AgentSpace
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Condoms are cheap, abstinence is cheaper.

Feel bad for the kids but blame the parents not the government.


85bmw745i85bmw745i - 7/1/2008 7:34:39 PMView My AgentSpace
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nice and very true M35mt, however, there are exceptions, like when they end up divorcing and the father abandons the kids or doesn't pay child support. There are always exceptions


09CTSVforMe09CTSVforMe - 7/1/2008 2:40:26 PM
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It's about time (if done correctly).

I've been saying for years that if the Guvmint would subsidize the modernizing of the hooptie fleet puttering and replace it with modern, fuel-efficient American vehicles, we would get the triple-benefit of cleaner emissions, better safety, and increased utilization of US factories/companies.

Think about it. Anyone with an old, crappy car gets a subsidized loan to drive an Aveo or Focus. Chevy & Ford get to make & sell x million new cars, which should enable them to dig themselves out of the crapholes they've gotten themselves into, and the rest of us don't have to worry about the roadworthiness of the hooptie cars duct-taped together and spewing more emissions than a free Hummer convention at Exxon HQ.

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ShredmoShredmo - 7/1/2008 2:45:51 PM
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This is just one more way to help people get in over their heads financially by purchasing a car they can't afford. Did anyone stop and think why these people are driving around >$1,000 cars in the first place?

IMO, $4+ gas will do a fine job keeping krunk-cars off the road.

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eric452eric452 - 7/1/2008 2:59:35 PMView My AgentSpace
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some older cars are more efficent than cars today

the 1997 honda civic got 35 - 44 mpg
and 2008 civic gets 29 - 36 mpg

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TehShibbsTehShibbs - 7/1/2008 7:10:02 PM
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....And the Geo Metro 1.0L 3-cylinder got 50mpg no matter what.


85bmw745i85bmw745i - 7/1/2008 7:36:08 PMView My AgentSpace
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I get almost 30 combined in my old 87 325e but I gave it to my brother. 400,000 miles and running like new.


Htay7500Htay7500 - 7/1/2008 7:53:32 PM
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CRX....59 MPG?

I know the last gen civic with the stick got better as well...


lokhankinlokhankin - 7/7/2008 1:30:44 PM
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And Chinese are buying all those cars for crap metal, so states don't actually spend all the money.

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