I’ve been trying to purchase a new car and take advantage of the governments Cash for Clunkers (CARS) program.  I’ve been looking to trade in my 1991 Acura Legend 4spd auto which qualifies under the program.  I’ve been following the progress of the program since rumors of it first came about this past March.  I put a downpayment on a new car, that qualifies under the program as well, on July 14th.Here I am and still no car.

First my car was submitted the Tuesday after everything started but was rejected because the dealer didn’t have everything in place.  Then apparently it was rejected a second time.  I gave all the paperwork required the first time through.  I’ve had the car registerd consistently under my name and insured for the past 9 years and i have all that paper work.  The dealer sent me things to fill out, sign and send back to them.  I’ve done everything and still no car!

The dealer calls me, sends me more paper work to fill out and sign.  I send it back as soon as possible…  This back-and-forth has been going on 2 weeks now.  If I knew this would be more complicated and stressful than buying a damn house I would have opted out of it!  Totally not worth all this frustration for the money.

I’ve seen other people get their cars already, it’s taken them a couple of days to do the transaction.  This is just rediculous.

Update:  The dealer got a hold of me this evening to tell me the NHTSA rejected my car because it wasn’t insured for more than a year.  I suppose sending in a copy of my current and last insurance cards, showing well over a year of coverage, wasn’t enough.  So the dealer said he resubmitted everything with a letter from my insurance company with proof of insurance.  To top things off, the dealerships are supposed to be able to check on the status of a vehicle via a website provided by the NHTSA which the dealer stated wasn’t working either.  This bag of fail puts Mary Poppins purse to shame…