W ell, first of all I have a clunker.  A minivan to be precise.  It is rusty on the top, and though it drives fairly well in town, our mechanic recently warned us not to take it out of town.  So we went to look at some new cars when this cash-for-clunkers scheme was hatched, because there’s no way we could sell that thing for $4500.  A few thoughts: First, cars are too expensive.  Basically all the “basic” models were sold-out by the time we got there.  So the Honda Civic advertised at $7999

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brief thoughts on cash for clunkers