No, although I do own a ‘73 Mercury Marquis that probably gets 12 mpg. However, it’s got about 44,000 original miles, so I’ll probably keep it.

Glad to see the program got off to a quick start, although the logistics of it were helter-skelter. It’ll be interesting to see for how long it might be extended.

We traded in our clunkers (93 Toyota pick-up, 91 Toyota MR2) many years ago. We’re now driving an 03 Honda Civic Hybrid and an 05 Toyota Prius.

If I had it to do over, I’d have bought the Honda Civic GX:

•Advanced Technology Partial-Zero-Emission Vehicle (AT-PZEV)

•Fueled by Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) for nearly zero emissions

Wow, like I didn’t know really how people got around. Nice comments so far. And for the don’t drive one, nice! My nephew is like that too, drunk driving and a bad accident there. Me, I’m still driving my 72 MGB all summer long. Don’t dare for the winter because of the salt on the roads. Got over 416 thousand miles on it so far.

But I must say the way they scrap the car will make them that is left worth more for parts alone.

Once again, America forgets that money has to come from somewhere and there is no "free lunch.’

Here we go again, just how we crashed the world markets last September - and Bush nationalized the banks! Let’s move on into a new era of reality, please!