Tue, Jul 28, 2009
Cash for Clunkers
Posted to Miscellaneous category
My plan to take advantage of the Cash for Clunkers program has hit a snag.
On Friday I received a call from the Subaru dealership: "We're in the program. Come in and talk."
Yesterday I sent them an email, to make an appointment for this evening.
Today I received an email: "Sorry, but we have left the program."
I tried calling the other local Subaru dealer. Their website said they were in the program but on the phone, they said the program is already running out of money, but if I want to buy one of the cars on thier lot, not necessarily with the features I want, they might be able to make me a deal. I am convinced the salesman was trying to pull some kind of scam: it seems very unlikely that a 1 billion dollar program is running out of funds 2 business days after it officially took effect.
I guess I need to spend some time looking at the specs of other brands of small SUVs and crossovers. The Honda CRV and Toyota RAV-4 are apparently the closest competitors to the Forester, but slightly more expensive and with slightly different features.
Grr.