I have a clunker. A Chevy car older more than a decade old that survived several winters of Pennsylvania potholes and corrosive road salt. At 93,000 miles, she still runs... but has, of late, begun to show the distinct signs of leprosy. Things are breaking left and right (in fact, hubby has to run to the auto parts store to grab a belt to bypass the air conditioner now... and we live in the south. Imagine no AC in a car living down south!) But I digress...
My car is a clunker. Wait, no, not by the government standards. It is simply an old car that will be lucky to pass inspection next February (straight from the mechanic). I inputted all the vital info into the EPA site and voila, my car is not a clunker by their standards, averaging a hefty 23 MPG. So my clunker isn't a clunker, though it is a better candidate for the scrap yard than someone's new model Hummer? Um, yeah.
Does your car qualify?
CARS.gov site to look up your car
or, if it is running too slow, try:
Edmund's list (quickly searchable)
2 comments:
Just makes you want to go "Duh"
Mona
I have the same gripe - dh's old work car does not qualify because I guess it gets 20mpg. Hello, its a 1992 model, do you think anything works as well as it did new? However my SUV qualifies but the blue book price is $6700, why on earth would I trade it in for 4500? And it gets better gas mileage than the 1992 does currently! Ugh, government programs are crazy!
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