# Just took advantage of Cash for Clunkers **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 1, 2009, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-took-advantage-of-cash-for-clunkers/504984 "2009-08-01T17:48:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2009, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-took-advantage-of-cash-for-clunkers/504984/21 "2009-08-07T23:36:33Z")
We’re back from Denver with our new minivan. What a great traveling car. No catches or hitches, the program gave us $4,500 where there would only have been a “no thank you” or “call NPR.” ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2009, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-took-advantage-of-cash-for-clunkers/504984/22 "2009-08-08T01:34:00Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > Amusingly (to me, anyway), our craptastic 1991 Toyota Corolla is apparently not clunkery enough to qualify for the program. > > Oh, well. I didn’t really want to buy American anyway. I would like to point out that many models of Toyota are assembled in part or mostly in the US, so if you buy one of those models you are still helping to keep your fellow citizens in a job. In fact, the last Ford car I bought was built in Korea - wow, that helped my neighbors (not). You need to look past the company name and find out where the vehicle was really built. I’d rather buy a Toyota built by Americans than a Ford built in Korea or Mexico. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-took-advantage-of-cash-for-clunkers/504984.md?page=1)